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Sam Kaplan


Recent Articles about Sam Kaplan

Lucrative Expletive

By Gay Jervey |  Oct 1, 2001

Begun as a joke, F***ed Company.com has turned its creator, a disgruntled "geek" named Phil Kaplan, into a folk hero. And it's probably one of the few dot-co...  Read more

Inc Query: How to Cure Those Mail-Order Blues

By Bo Burlingham |  Mar 1, 2002

How to deal with an unresponsive buyer. Plus: strategies for pumping up catalog sales.  Read more

IncQuery: Paths to Glory

By Bo Burlingham |  Apr 1, 2002

Finding key executives, using franchising to expand nationally, and getting a read on your company's market value.  Read more

IncQuery: A Mother of a Problem

By Evelyn Roth |  Jan 1, 2003

Help! My key manager is going out on maternity leave. Plus: What to do when you have only one customer, and how to figure out how to price your business.  Read more

IncQuery: Turning Ideas Into Products

By Bo Burlingham |  Oct 1, 2002

How to go about getting your first products manufactured, financing a big sale, and marketing a service that no one wants to think about.  Read more

Mail

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 2006

Don't Do It Yourself I'm puzzled by an inconsistency in Inc. 's list of bargains for businesses ["Read more

Sam and Me

By Norm Brodsky |  Jun 1, 2006

Sometimes, even headstrong, go-it-alone entrepreneurs need a partner. I know.  Read more

The Anatomy of a Sale--Ours

By Bo Burlingham |  Sep 1, 2005

Magazines know how to go after a story, but this one came to us. Inc. was recently the focus of a business drama with valuable lessons about what a ...  Read more

The Offer, Part One

By Norm Brodsky |  Nov 1, 2006

You'd think he'd be celebrating, but our columnist has discovered that getting a great offer for your business can be a very scary proposition.  Read more

A Notorious Icon of the First Dotcom Bubble Returns

By Don Steinberg |  Aug 22, 2008

Phil Kaplan parodied the early dotcoms; now he's got his own, and it's one of the fastest growing private companies in America.  Read more

The Downsizer's Dilemma

By Bo Burlingham |  Dec 1, 2001

Struggling with the prospect of having to cut jobs, and other difficult decisions.  Read more

The Offer: Part 10

By Norm Brodsky |  Apr 1, 2008

In which our columnist finally finds the pot at the end of the rainbow.  Read more

The Offer: Part 11

By Norm Brodsky |  May 1, 2008

I'll be over here if anyone needs me.  Read more

Will Work for Paycheck

By Bo Burlingham |  Oct 1, 2001

Can an entrepreneur find happiness working for someone else? Plus, answers to questions about discontinuing a product, valuing a company, and more.  Read more

What's Your Culture Worth?

By Bo Burlingham |  Sep 1, 2001

At first glance, Utah-based Setpoint appeared to have nothing that an acquirer normally seeks. Nothing except an organizational culture so distinct and power...  Read more