Stephanie Clifford


Splitting Heirs

For every family business success story, there are cautionary tales. How can family businesses ensure a smooth transition from one generation to another? Sen...  Read story

How Low Can You Go?

When it comes to setting prices, most entrepreneurs are playing a guessing game. How much should you be charging? Senior writer Stephanie Clifford explains.  Read story

Leisure Pursuits

Vacations – a time to relax, try new things, visit new places. And that makes them a perfect marketing opportunity. Senior writer Stephanie Clifford explains.  Read story

How to Get Started

The global economy may offer a world of new opportunities, but it also means dealing with red tape, foreign currencies, and confusing local tax laws. Where d...  Read story

The Well-Balanced Life: Life Plan Worksheet

Not sure how to develop your own life plan? Try answering these questions.  Read story

Inc. Online Exclusives August 2007

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The Well-Balanced Life: Need help getting your life into shape?

Resources to help you get your life into shape.  Read story

Contributors

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The Well-Balanced Life: Paid Time Off

Avocations become side businesses for entrepreneurs mixing work and pleasure.  Read story

How I Did It: Bruce Moore, CEO, ARES International Security

As told to Stephanie Clifford Industry: Security 2006 Inc. 500 Ranking: Read story

Putting the Performance in Sales Performance

Four pros share their secrets for winning over even the toughest critics.  Read story

Inc. Online Exclusives July 2007

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The Well-Balanced Life: Got Game?

When life makes you want to call a time-out, perhaps it's time to call in a coach.  Read story

Who We Are

Here are the many staff members and freelancers who labored long over all the pages for the 2007 Inc. 500 issue of Inc. Magazine.   Read story

How I Did It: Morgan Lynch, CEO, Logoworks

As told to Stephanie Clifford Industry: Business Services 2006 Inc. 500 Ranking: Read story

Building a Global Network

Who you need to know and how to find them.  Read story

The Way I Work: Bruce Moeller

The CEO of DriveCam explains how he reads clients and why his family comes second.  Read story

Saying No to Retirement

Older CEOs plan to work past age 65. They may find that harder than they expect.  Read story

The Well-Balanced Life: The Turnaround

How a life plan charted the course of one company and its owner.  Read story

How I Did It: Gert Boyle, chairman, Columbia Sportswear

Tougher than the rest.  Read story

Katrina Markoff, Vosges Haut

for setting a completely unreasonable goal for her business  Read story

Mail

The Inc. 500 Name Game Your annual list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies not only is great reading, but it also contains many imagina...  Read story

How I Did It: Sidney Frank, founder, Sidney Frank Importing

"I wanted to be a billionaire," says the man responsible for your Jägermeister headache. At age 85 he stunned the liquor industry by getting his wish.  Read story

How I Did It: Richard Schaps, CEO, Van Wagner Communications

Richard Schaps sold his outdoor-advertising company, Van Wagner, for $170 million. On Tuesday, he passed out millions of dollars to his people--and then star...  Read story

So many standards to follow, so little payoff

Companies have spent a lot of money to comply with ISO's popular management standards. Now, many wonder why they bothered.  Read story

As Gas Prices Rise, So Do Demands On Employers

Manufacturer Bill Lathem knew that higher gas prices would affect his business--he just didn't expect to have to shut it down one day a week.  Read story

Updates

Sell It Yourself October 2002 When we examined the business plan of ReadyMade, a start-up magazine publisher in Berkel...  Read story

That's Chief Entertainment Officer

Smaller companies do fun better. We got that straight from the skating matador and dozens of his CEO colleagues.  Read story

Mail

This month's letters to the editor.  Read story

Fasten Your Seat Belts

How do you stand out in a field of larger competitors? It's showtime!  Read story

Serial Entrepreneurs: They Just Can't Stop Themselves

Once exotic, serial entrepreneurs are everywhere these days. From their tolerance for failure to their creative use of resources to their sense of when to le...  Read story

Cracks in the Melting Pot

Visa restrictions are keeping entrepreneurial immigrants away, and they're finding new opportunities overseas.  Read story

The Kerry Pitch

Yes, John Kerry is your soul mate.  Read story

Dramatic Results

Making opera (yes, opera) seem young and hip.  Read story

The New Science of Hiring

Care to dramatically enhance your chance of finding great employees? Trade in your gut instincts for a systematic approach to interviewing, testing, and eval...  Read story

Tony Lee, Ring Masters

for saving 16 jobs, including his own  Read story

Jim Sinegal, Costco

because who knew a big-box chain could have a generous soul?   Read story

Fully Committed

Let others proceed gingerly. Bülent Çelebi has set up an American-style company in Turkey, where he enjoys advantages his competition can only dr...  Read story

Find the Fox

Someone on your target's team wants to help you.  Read story

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