California Flower Shop
Financial summary and brief description of a California flower shop for sale. Read story
San Francisco Bay
Why I Went Solo
By JONATHAN S. HOLMAN | May 1, 1987
I can't remember exactly when the fantasy started, but it was probably when I was in college. I dreamed of going into business for myself. And I mean re... Read story
Silicon Valley Xanadu
Nov 1, 1987
OWNER: Robert Fenwick, cofounder and chairman of BR Communications, a manufacturer of military and diplomatic communications equipment SITE: 47 acre... Read story
The Best Places For Doing Business in America 2005
By Joel Kotkin | May 1, 2005
We examined 274 population centers, looking for job creation and other signs that businesses are thriving. Here's what we found. Read story
The Small-business Mayor
By Hal Plotkin | Jul 1, 1988
Art Agnos wasn't given much chance when he declared his candidacy for mayor of San Francisco in March 1987. A former social worker turned state assemblym... Read story
Insomnia On The Road
By Irving J. Cohen | May 1, 1982
If you don't sleep well at home, it's usually worse when you travel. And the more time zones a person crosses, the greater the interference with sleep. ... Read story
Selling Workstyle
By Susan Buchsbaum | Jan 1, 1986
You know that a trend is real when people start spending good money on it. Read story
Uhf Stations Target Up-scale Viewer Market
Jun 1, 1982
First it happened with radio, then with cable television. Now programming aimed at specialized audiences, or "narrowcasting" as it has become known, is b... Read story
The Floodgates Are Open
By Stanley E. Pratt | Jun 1, 1981
Loosed by recent tax reductions, a surge of investment dollars has filled venture coffers to record heights. Read story
How Has Technology Changed the Way You Do Your Job?
By Joshua D. Macht | Jun 15, 1994
Various businesspeople comment on their use of technology. Read story
Stop Selling Like a Man!
The typical male way of selling, with its focus on walking in to a prospect's office knowing all the answers, can oftentimes block the goal we're looking to ... Read story
Another Launch
Nov 1, 1983
Richard Henry Dana Jr. couldn't have asked for a better setup: an innocent from Utah hanging around the Golden Gate Bridge and gazing out to sea, wondenng... Read story
Jim Collins: Stock Slugger Ends Slump
By John Dobosz
After a year of strikeouts, one money manager's swing-for-the-fences growth style knocks the ball out of the park in 2003. Read story
The Down-Round Dilemma
By Bobbie Gossage | Apr 1, 2003
Once a rarity, down rounds are becoming the norm among firms lucky enough to get venture capital funding. But is topping off the tanks worth the drop in valu... Read story
City Of The Future
By Joel Kotkin | Apr 1, 1987
Its factories have moved to exurbia. As a financial center, it has fallen behind. But a burgeoning class of 'white-collar artisans' may soon make this the ri... Read story
Strength In Numbers
Oct 1, 1985
Relief may be as close as your nearest trade association. Read story
How I Did It: R. Donahue Peebles
Mar 1, 2005
R. Donahue Peebles built the largest African American-owned real estate development firm in the U.S. by mastering the art of taking risk -- but not too much ... Read story
Rambling for Gems
By Emily Barker | Jul 1, 2000
Here's how one woman turned an impromptu vacation into a thriving jewelry design and manufacturing business. Read story
Who Wants Your New Product?
By Dave Kemp | Nov 1, 1981
Companies waste precious dollars selling to the wrong prospects. Read story
Collection Slip-Ups
By Ilan Mochari | Aug 20, 2002
A panel of veteran collectors offers its opinions on what not to do when when it comes to collections. Read story
Letter From Silicon Valley: Sunrise, Sunset
By Andrew Raskin | Jul 1, 2002
In which our company-founder-turned-writer reveals what may be the final chapter for his former company. Read story
A Summer Fave Gets Saucy and Strategic
By Patrick J. Sauer | Jul 1, 2005
The company barbecue can be a rare business opportunity, but it has to be well done. Read story
Desperation Capitalism
By Mike Hofman | Aug 1, 1997
What do Clorox and Apple Computer have in common? Both were launched by bootstrappers-- and here are some other bootstrapping Hall of Famers. Read story
Upstarts: Internet Salvage
By Emily Barker | Mar 1, 2001
Online companies are falling left and right. But for some start-ups, that spells opportunity. Read story
Strength in Numbers
By JAY FINEGAN | Dec 1, 1995
A profile of the 1995 Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year and the runners-up. Read story
A Limited Success
By Bruce G. Posner | Feb 1, 1988
Limited partnerships still offer an attractive source of capital for growing companies -- provided you can figure out how to sell the deal. Read story
A Business Transformed
By John Case | Jun 1, 1993
How one CEO transformed his entire company in order to make its service indispensable to its customers. Read story
Follow the Leader
By Joseph Rosenbloom | Oct 15, 1997
Kali's SportNaturals Inc.'s all-natural Clif Bar scores big in the energy-bar industry. A profile of an Inc. 500 company. Read story
Strange Brew
By Peter Dworkin | Jan 1, 1985
California Cooler created an industry by using beer distributors to sell wine. Read story
The Right Staff
By Samuel Fromartz | Oct 15, 2000
Richard Tuck, CEO of Inc. 500 company Lander International, has fostered a happy, effective workforce by encouraging employees to integrate work with their o... Read story
Independents' Day
By Kate O'Sullivan | Aug 1, 2002
Want to start your own revolution? It's easy. Just bring together a group of strong-willed entrepreneurs and form an alliance. Your independence may depend o... Read story
How to Collect from Anyone (Even Enron)
By Ilan Mochari | Sep 1, 2002
Thirty ways to get paid within 30 days. Read story
Marketing: Slipstreaming
By Joseph Rosenbloom | Jun 1, 2002
Do extraordinary levels of niche-altering success create competitive opportunities in their wake? Chris Mottern is betting the answer is yes. Read story
Feuding Families
By Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. | Jan 1, 1985
A bitter court battle has pitted the employees of Oakland Scavenger against the "family" that owns it. Read story
The Ultimate Employee Buy-in
By John Case | Dec 1, 2005
Sell the company to your employees? It's a great idea--both for you and for the business you're leaving behind. Read story
Capturing Eardrums
By Rob Walker | May 1, 2005
In a world that's increasingly awash in marketing clutter, Paul Anthony, founder of Rumblefish, believes music can help a brand stand out. So what does your ... Read story
Our Man In Zurich, Tokyo And Hong Kong
By Tom Richman | Jan 1, 1983
Jack Boles is betting that his general trading company can capitalize on the increasing interdependence of world markets. Read story
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