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Is Manufacturing Weighing Down the U.S. Economy?

By Joel Kotkin and Michael Shires |  Jul 10, 2008

The answer may surprise you.  Read story

Plan of Attack

By Jay Conrad Levinson |  Jan 1, 1997

The author of the popular Guerrilla Marketing series explains how to start the year with a marketing calender.  Read story

Which Cities Will the High Cost of Energy Hurt (and Help) the Most?

By Joel Kotkin and Michael Shires |  Aug 6, 2008

A high cost energy future will profoundly impact the cost of doing business and create new opportunities, but not necessarily in the way most people expect.  Read story

The Great Beer Crisis of 2008

By Mike Hofman |  Sep 1, 2008

If all your competitors were hurting badly, would you help out?  Read story

An Industry Insider Makes a Film about the Beer Business

By Nitasha Tiku |  Apr 14, 2009

For her first documentary, Anat Baron focused on a subject she knew well: the craft beer business. In Beer Wars , Baron, who once worked as the gener...  Read story

Messing Around On Cloud Nine

By Reg Bragonier |  Jun 1, 1981

Entrepreneur Dell Riebe and famous test pilot Chuck Yeager soar over the Sierras in an ancient two-seater.  Read story

Beer Drinkers Wanted More. The Brewer Had No Room to Expand.

By Alex Salkever |  Oct 1, 2007

How could it keep the taps flowing?  Read story

The Cultural Evolution

By Nancy K. Austin |  Oct 15, 1997

Michael May of Empower Trainers & Consultants has developed an extraordinary corporate culture that helped put his company on the 1997 Inc 500 list.  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

The Integrators

By Inc Staff |  Nov 1, 2006

Bringing fundamental change to everyday life. And, for that matter, death.  Read story

Boomtowns '06: Hottest Large Cities

By Joel Kotkin and Michael A. Shires |  May 1, 2006

Employment Base of 450,000 or more.  Read story

The Wonderland Economy

By John Case |  May 15, 1995

A close-up look at the vital role small business plays in America's economy that debunks many myths about this sector.  Read story

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