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Why It's Pat Croce's World

By Joseph Rosenbloom |  Apr 1, 2002

During his five-year reign as president of the Philadelphia 76ers, the upbeat, unabashed, and sometimes corny Pat Croce turned the team into the Cinderella s...  Read more

Turning Basketball Back Into A Business

May 1, 1982

A month after Harold Katz purchased the Philadelphia 76ers, a photograph of "Dr. J" -- Julius Erving, the six-foot-six forward for the team -- appeared in...  Read more

48 Hours with the King of Cold Calls

By Jay Finegan |  Jun 1, 1991

A salesman par excellence talks about the rewards of cold calls.  Read more

Judgmentally Ill

By Athena Schindelheim |  Jun 14, 2007

Let's talk about the new judges on this season of American Inventor for a second.<...  Read more

A Little Game Of Hoops

By George Gendron |  May 1, 1985

For the seventh time, our May issue focuses on the fastest-growing public companies in America. While we cover many such companies during the course of t...  Read more

The Myth Of The Workaholic

By Curtis Hartman |  Aug 1, 1983

'Usually I take a couple days off each year -- Thanksgiving and Christmas. But that'll change this year. It has to. I either have to take a vacation or get a...  Read more

Pat Croce's Bottom Line

By Leslie Brokaw |  Jan 1, 2002

Too busy to exercise? Pat Croce's not buying it. Getting fit, he says, is simple -- just use the same tools you use to keep your business in shape.  Read more

The Electronic Slam Dunk

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jul 1, 1983

Beginning this fall, Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics is going to meet Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers in a nonstop game of one-on-one. Not on a b...  Read more

Entrepreneurs In The News

By Nadine Heintz |  Jun 1, 2010

The latest news on Michelle Madhok, John Caplan and Russell Simmons.  Read more

How to Promote Your Consulting Business

By Lou Dubois |  Feb 15, 2011

There has been a notable increase in professional "consultants." Not surprisingly, consultants that spend no money on marketing and advertising tend to do b...  Read more

What Game Are You Playing?

By ROBERT KEIDEL |  Nov 1, 1985

If you think that business and sports have a lot in common, think again, and again. Are you playing baseball, or football, or basketball? The answer, says Ro...  Read more

Slim Pickings

By Craig R. Waters |  May 1, 1985

INC. 100 veteran Harold Katz and his franchisees thought they had a formula for perpetual growth. Then their customers cut them down to size.  Read more

The Fifty-million-dollar Diet

By Craig R. Waters |  May 1, 1982

For the past 10 years Harold Katz has helped people shed unwanted fat. All those losses add up to healthy profits for Nutri/System.  Read more

The Nonstop, 24-7 CEO Salesman

By Susan Greco |  Aug 1, 2000

Pat Cavanaugh not only sells more than just about anyone in his industry but also manages a fast-growing company at the same time. What's his secret? A perso...  Read more