TV or Not TV
How businesses are selling products through TV shopping channels such as QVC and Home Shopping Network. Read story
QVC Inc.
Getting Ready for Prime Time
Selling a new product? QVC's stamp of approval is increasingly powerful Read story
Tap TV Shopping Channels
Mark Sneider's new products were definitely quirky--a Warm-up Scarf with a heating element and a bandanna with a cold packattached called a "Cooldana." Th... Read story
CIC 101: Enhancing the Customer Experience
Telephone-based retailer QVC saw $3.9 billion in sales in 2001. So why is it investing in its contact center? Read story
Notebook
Statistics and miscellaneous information about start-ups. Read story
The Inc. 100
Overview of the 1992 Inc. 100 with profiles of selected companies. Read story
The Other Amazon
Got a hot new consumer product? The electronic retailers need you. They simply can't add product categories and suppliers fast enough. What does it take t... Read story
The Ride of His Life
Robert Klick's fifth business wowed Oprah, bowled over Kelly Ripa, and put him cheek by jowl with Russell Crowe. Too bad this amazing celebrity run had to en... Read story
Channel Surfers
Investigation of how seven different entrepreneurs found distribution the key to maintaining a competitive edge. Read story
The Innovation Factor: Innovative Minds
Who innovates? A look at the personalities (and brains) behind America's most creative businesses. Read story
Planning for the Perfect Online Store
Here are several successful online stores and the site features that helped make them a success. Read story
The Company That Grew Too Fast
The thing about growth is that you have to finance it. And that, as Brian Le Gette learned the hard way with one-time Inc. 500 company 180s, can be tricky. Read story
Wall Street Goes 'hollywood"
Last year, we told you investors were looking for proven management and a history of solid performance. Well, they changed their minds. Read story
The Discomfort Zone
CEO of nation's sixth-largest broadcast group tells how the fear of failure must be overcome in order to be successful. Read story
Entrepreneurship Lived Deep
Sometimes, ponds reflect the philosophies of their beholders. Consider Henry David Thoreau. Consider Greg Wittstock. Read story
Sing-2-School Wants to Bring Hip-Hop to the Grade-School Set
Can it raise $250,000? Read story
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Most Likely to Succeed
Products for anxious parents. Read story
Inc. 500 Online Retailer Bought by Media Firm
Backcountry.com, a Park City, Utah-based online outdoor-gear retailer, was recently acquired by Liberty Media, an Englewood, Colo.-based firm that owns in... Read story
Revamp Your Annual Meeting
How to give a meeting meaning and how to choose a marketer. Read story
Perfect Form
An operation manager explains how he creates customized invoices and purchase orders to fit each customer's need. Read story
Diane von Furstenberg, Diane von Furstenberg Studio
for staging an elegant comeback Read story
The Rent-To-Own CFO Program
Think you can't afford to bring on a CFO? No problem: Rent one instead. Read story
How to Start a Beauty Company
If you have smarts, style, and nerve, then Maureen Kelly of Tarte Cosmetics says that you could hit it big Read story
The Inner City 100
100 street-smart companies. Read story
Revolutionary Roads: Mapping America's Innovation Capitals
30 tales of following where the spirit leads Read story
A Sales Force of One
Scott Rosen fired his entire sales staff, figuring he could do better all by himself. Read story
Own the Code
How to fine-tune your tech. Read story
How I Did It: Ron Popeil, Ronco
He Slices and Dices, and That's Not All! Read story
An American Start-Up
In 1999, a pair of Wharton grads started a company to build and sell a specialized computer mouse. They chronicled their experiences -- the trials and triump... Read story
The Snack Food That's Packing America
A profile of a start-up that is producing an all-natural packaging material. Read story
How I Did It: Wolfgang Puck
The famed chef and restaurateur Wolfgang Puck of Spago in Hollywood reveals how he built his culinary empire Read story
Catching Up with the 2006 30 Under 30 Alumni
For many of the rising stars on our inaugural 30 Under 30 list, the success has only continued. We asked our past honorees to send in updates about their com... Read story
Growing Up in Public
Discussion of the 100 fastest-growing small public companies in the U.S. Read story
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