Stephanie Clifford


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A New Way to Advertise

iPhone apps that will help you get through conference season . For the small business owner or entrepreneur, springtime often equates to conference ...  Read more

Splitting Heirs [Audio]

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

How Low Can You Go? [Audio]

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

Leisure Pursuits [Audio]

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

How To Get Started [Audio]

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. Wher...  Watch video

Running Through the Legs of Goliath [Audio]

Staff Writer Stephanie Clifford explores how Method is using cutting-edge innovation and design to take on the giants of the household-products industry.   Watch video

Pay Up

Mark your calendars. December 15 is the day corporations need to pay the fourth portion of their 2005 estimated taxes. This quick update was adapt...  Read more

The Well-Balanced Life: Life Plan Worksheet

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

More from the "Women of Inc." teleclass

Thank you to everyone who came to the Principal Financia...  Read more

Going Global, Part 4: And the Survey Says . . .

In January, we surveyed 449 companies about going global, including past Inc. 500 honorees and members of our reader panel, the Inner Circle. Sixty-two pe...  Read more

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

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

Contributors

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Obama's Marketing Value, Small Banks, and the Belgian Blues

Barack Obama, brand evangelist. Former Inc. Senior Writer Stephanie Clifford has a great story in today's New York Times about <...  Read more

What To Do If Your Competitors' Ads Are Untrue

Should you sue a competitor that lies? Earlier this year, Pantene attacked Dove over ads claiming that Dove conditioner actually repairs hair bette...  Read more

Oil Hits $76 a Barrel

The AP is reporting that "Wall Street suffered sharp losses for a second straight session Thursday as a new record for oil prices and discouraging analyst...  Read more

The Well-Balanced Life: Paid Time Off

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

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

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

Putting the Performance in Sales Performance

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

The App Market Grows

A big weekend for the iPad. Roughly 300,000 people bought iPads on Saturday, the day Apple put its new gadget on sale. That's more than the first g...  Read more

How to Find Investors on eBay; $20 Million for Twitter

Not just for Jesus-shaped potato chips . One struggling publisher found a buyer for his small gaming magazine, Hardcore Gamer, in an unlik...  Read more

Start-up Star Search, Part 1

A clever idea. A passionate founder. A little bit of well-timed luck. What makes for a great start-up? The July cover story of Inc. raises that questions ...  Read more

Startup Lesssons and Recession Strategies

Vacant stores become ads. With bankruptcies on the rise and commercial real estate still sluggish, a handful of advertisers are turning vacant stor...  Read more

Entrepreneurial Revival in China

Entrepreneurship is gaining more respect in China. Today, the country has nearly 24 million small independent companies, and small and medium companies ar...  Read more

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 more

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 more

Orthodox Entrepreneurs; Vice Industries Feel the Pain

Zipcar Goes IPO . Zipcar, the car sharing service based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is going public next year, according to Read more

How I Did It: Morgan Lynch, CEO, Logoworks

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

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

One of the things I've always admired about entrepreneurs is their drive to continue building and innovating, even after reaching a level of success that ...  Read more

Wal-Mart Gets Creative on Employee Retention

The retail giant is offering a new education perk to employees who have been on the job for at least one year full time or three years part time.  Read more

Building a Global Network

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

26 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs: Katrina Markoff

for setting a completely unreasonable goal for her business  Read more

Saying No to Retirement

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

Death of the Elevator Pitch

Is the elevator pitch extinct? New York City VC Mark Peter Davis says it is. Writing on the Read more

From the Editor of Inc.: The 2007 Inc. 500

Jim Melloan, Project Manager fo...  Read more

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

Tougher than the rest.  Read more

The Well-Balanced Life: The Turnaround

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

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 more

Katrina Markoff, Vosges Haut

for setting a completely unreasonable goal for her business  Read more

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 more

IPO Craziness, Pandora Edition

It's nice when good things happen to good companies. After a more than decade of struggling to turn its streaming music service into a viable business (fo...  Read more

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