Stanford Graduate School of Business


The Three Toughest Questions

Be honest with yourself about your new business to see how it measures up.  Read story

SCORE with Mentors

Need advice on planning, marketing, pricing? Many people find informal advisers who help guide them, butthere are also formal ways to hook up with mentors...  Read story

Forget Patents, Says Stanford Prof

The author of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law explains why patents may not protect you in the new economy.  Read story

Hire Education

Looking for bright people to recruit for your company? Statistics show an increasing number of business school graduates are interested in working for sm...  Read story

Marketing Lessons from the Lemonade Stand

A simple Stanford Business School study tests which marketing strategies work best.  Read story

The Spirit Of Independence;

"We have lived through the age of big industry and the age of the giant corporation. But I believe that this is the age of the entrepreneur." -- Ronald Reagan  Read story

E-commerce Success Story: Atevo Travel

Interview with Atevo Travel President and CEO Hyun Shin Q: What kind of products or services do you sell on your ...  Read story

How The Survey Was Conducted

Early this year, we set out to survey members of the M.B.A. class of '87 with the goal of gaining some insight into who they are, what they believe, and w...  Read story

Knowing What Customers Want

The “sense and respond?? business model helps companies keep up with rapidly changing markets.  Read story

Reining In Office Rumors

Shutting down the company rumor mill. Plus: Finding sales talent; curing the PO box blues.  Read story

Healthful Meals on Wheels

New business serves healthful fast food from mobile units.  Read story

NFL Players Head Back to School

Some of the game’s big names are sharpening their business acumen at Harvard and Wharton this off-season.  Read story

My Bad

Sometimes, even CEOs have to say they're sorry.  Read story

Looking Out for Number One

A management expert explains that the board of directors you really need cares about you, not your company.  Read story

Innovating with Your Life

Inc.'s editor-in-chief offers an overview of select articles in the May issue.  Read story

The Classroom vs. the Real World

For years, business schools have been criticized for focusing too much on analysis and not enough on practical experience. But as more and more students turn...  Read story

The Inc. Network

Reader to reader advice.  Read story

Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 - Miles Munz, InterviewStream

#14 MILES MUNZ #15 RANDY BITTING INTERVIEWSTREAM Ages: 27 (Munz) and 2...  Read story

The State of Small Business 1995

Inc.'s editor-in-chief profiles the writers appearing in this special annual report, The State of Small Business.  Read story

Resources

A guide to more information discussed in articles appearing in the November issue of Inc. magazine.  Read story

Crossover

Nonprofit leaders look, think, and act more and more like entrepreneurs, and here is your chance to meet a few.  Read story

A Network of Her Own

Women who are entrepreneurs have always found it tougher to raise money than their male counterparts have. New kinds of support and a new breed of investor a...  Read story

Patent Fending

A look at some famous legal battles between inventors and the corporations that stole their patented ideas.  Read story

Pulling the Plug

A management expert explains that to make room for new projects, you must stop some old ones.  Read story

Resources

A guide to more information on subjects covered in the Inc. magazine special issue: The State of Small Business 1997.  Read story

Capital Punishment

A look at the problems caused by having too much capital and the benefits of bootstrapping.  Read story

What Comes Next?

A best-selling business author tells why products, strategy, and charismatic leadership will become things of the past.  Read story

The Matchmaker

A look at how a catalog retailer and his start-up provides customers with hard-to-find batteries.  Read story

That Championship Start-up

An up-close look at a start-up that is creating its own market with new video technologies for sports coaches.  Read story

The Change Masters

Profile of how Granite Rock Company stays ahead of the competition.  Read story

The Great Leaders Series: Phil Knight of Nike

He conquered a niche, then brought it mainstream. He was one of the first American entrepreneurs to source product in Asia. And he created a brand that inspi...  Read story

Made to Order

In-depth analysis of a start-up catalog business.  Read story

The Classics

A noted author offers readers a guide to the best business and management books of all time.  Read story

Professors Get Their Shares

Professors of entrepreneurship often invest in their students' start-ups. Here are some of the guidelines they follow, their methods of investing, and the re...  Read story

You Had Your Chance!

Some of the best ideas are those offered by employees to employers. And some of the best companies are born when those employers say no.  Read story

Why Disney and ATT Went Astray in Dot-comland

Newspaper headlines are filled with reports describing the demise of dot-com firms. The rapid reversal of fortunes, however, has not been limited to pure-...  Read story

Rolling In Dough

As Tombstone Pizza expanded, its founders discovered that the key to future success was hidden in the company's own past.  Read story

The Complete New-Business Survival Guide

Inc.'s catalog of the best books, agencies, networking groups and information sources for the self-educating CEO.  Read story

Will Work for Equity

Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash.  Read story

Dear John

What happens when the venture capitalists find profit in your company -- but don't see profit in you?  Read story

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