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Another Cost of Doing Business?

By Mike Hofman |  Mar 10, 2009

Will this downturn prove to be harsher than the last one in 2001? And if so, how? A news report out of Massachusetts raises one possibility: a spike in th...  Read more

The Business Card Gets Downsized

By Mike Hofman |  May 12, 2008

Companies of all sizes are switching to business cards that are much smaller in dimension than the standard business card, according to the Boston Glob...  Read more

Music biz versus tech

By Mike Hofman |  Aug 15, 2003

Seems like the Congress is going to take a look at the file sharing debate, which pits the recording industry against the tech industry. Read more

Frustrated Invention

By Carole Matthews |  Oct 13, 2003

Ever get frustrated by a product's shortcomings? Maybe you should find a way to make it better. Boston Globe writer Peter Howe profiles Read more

Will Antispam Law Help?

By Carole Matthews |  Dec 1, 2003

The Can Spam Act of 2003 that President Bush has indicated he will sign into law should help clear our inboxes of some of those annoying, unsolicited mess...  Read more

Quote Of The Month;

By Reported by Donna Fenn |  Nov 1, 1987

"Quality is a matter of faith. You set your standards, and you have to stick by them no matter what. That's easy when you've got plenty of product on han...  Read more

And They Call This 'Speculation'?

By George Gendron |  Mar 1, 1992

Chicago Board of Trade offers world's first health insurance futures contract.  Read more

Good Hoops Player, Even Better Entrepreneur

By Kasey Wehrum |  Oct 1, 2010

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: Mee...  Read more

Offline Celebrities Launch Online Start-ups

By Nitasha Tiku |  Mar 9, 2010

Hey internet entrepreneurs, celebrities are encroaching on your market. Thanks to flexible technology and an abundance of developers, web start-up...  Read more

Taking Due Diligence Online

By Carole Matthews |  Jan 23, 2006

Selling a business can be a long, drawn out process. The due diligence process can last weeks, as prospective buyers lock themselves up in corporate confe...  Read more

In this Issue

By John Koten |  Apr 1, 2004

Reflecting on the current business climate and an unstoppable force.  Read more

Coming Attraction

By George Gendron |  Dec 1, 1993

Announcement of Inc. writer John Case's nationally syndicated column "The Inc. Report."  Read more

Behind-the-Scenes Influencers of Silicon Valley

By Nitasha Tiku |  Dec 14, 2009

Get your business a bar code. Everyone knows that Google helps customers find your business online, but today's tech-savvy window shoppers are now ...  Read more

Facebook's Newest Partner

By Jason Del Rey |  Jan 8, 2010

Launch a company for $12, sell it for $100,000. Sean Percival didn't have huge ambitions when he launched a website selling customized European lic...  Read more

Malden Mills Update

By Mike Hofman |  Aug 15, 2003

Aaron Feuerstein is making headlines again. The beloved entrepreneur who became famous in 1995 for keeping his workforce intact following a devastating mi...  Read more

Corporate R&D Spending Down

By Carole Matthews |  Nov 3, 2003

A survey released by the National Science Foundation last month revealed that overall industrial R&D spending dipped to $198.5 billion in 2001, the most r...  Read more

Landing a Spot in Starbucks; A New Boston-Area Booze Biz

By Kasey Wehrum |  Jul 2, 2009

Life at Silicon Valley's most famous research center: A tech geek's uptopia. Read more

Family-Friendly Blackberry Use for the Holidays

By Kasey Wehrum |  Dec 21, 2009

10 Mistakes That Will Kill Your Ability to Scale. Wondering how much impact the inability to scale can have on a startup? Just compare the recent s...  Read more

Businesses Could Foot the Health Care Bill in Massachusetts

By Carole Matthews |  Jan 20, 2006

In Massachusetts, there's good news and bad news on the health-care front for small businesses. The good news is that the Massachusetts' Senate and House ...  Read more

Five Minutes of Fame

By Carole Matthews |  Nov 6, 2006

Who knew a junk-mail shredder could play a supporting role on a sitcom, but according to a story in this weekend's Read more

Goin' to That Penthouse in the Sky

By Christine Lagorio |  Oct 21, 2010

Each day,  Inc .'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: <...  Read more

Good Vibrations

By Alex Palermo |  Jun 15, 1997

An online psychic explains how he is using technology to predict the future, talk with the dead, and track customers.  Read more

Health Care Costs, the Business Canon, and eBay Exits

By Ryan McCarthy |  Apr 14, 2009

A new way to cut health care costs . The Wall Street Journal writes about a no...  Read more

Buyers Beware

By George Gendron |  Oct 1, 1991

An introduction to 'The Insiders Guide' (p.26), an article about buying a business.  Read more

Meat Market(ing)

By Rod Kurtz |  Aug 8, 2006

Brand extension is an issue with which many fast-growing companies struggle. How do you seize upon a successful brand image without straying too far from ...  Read more

Nice Try

By Leslie Schultz |  Oct 1, 1983

At the time, it seemed like a stroke of genius. Ztel Inc., a telecommunications company in Andover, Mass., needed to hire about 15 engineers, fast, ...  Read more

Letter From The Editor: Rescuing the Economy

By John Koten |  Mar 1, 2003

Tax policies should favor, not hurt, entrepreneurs.  Read more

Extra! Extra! U.S. Wins Semiconductor Wars

By George Gendron |  Feb 1, 1993

News of the United States' victory in the semiconductor wars goes unreported.  Read more

AdWord Secrets; How Obama’s SCOTUS Pick Affects You

By Nitasha Tiku |  May 26, 2009

Googlenomics: breaking down the auction process in AdWords. Read more

Mentors on Every Corner

By Carole Matthews |  Nov 2, 2005

Finding a mentor can be as easy as walking down Main Street. In today's Boston Globe, writer Don Aucoin profiles Read more

SpotScout Wants to Be the eBay of Parking Spaces

By Dalia Fahmy |  Jul 1, 2007

First it needs $5 million.  Read more

Blog Better, Sell More

By Max Chafkin |  Sep 22, 2009

5 mistakes to avoid on your company blog. Want the kind of blog that brings attention to your product and turns customers into evangelists for your...  Read more

IPO Fever is Spreading; New Small Biz Plastic

By Kasey Wehrum |  Sep 23, 2009

The flood gates open for new IPO's. With five venture-backed companies set to go public this week, the most the market has seen in about two years,...  Read more

Lessons on Pricing from Menu Engineers

By Nitasha Tiku |  Sep 14, 2009

The behavioral economics behind pricing. Consumers rely on price cues to determine what they're willing to pay for a product. Enter the menu engine...  Read more

What To Do If Your Competitors' Ads Are Untrue

By Nitasha Tiku |  Nov 23, 2009

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

It's a Wal-Mart World

By Carole Matthews |  Aug 17, 2003

First it sucked the life out of Main Street businesses, now it's threatening other large retailers like Target and Costco. Wal-Mart, as Charles Stein puts...  Read more

Banning the Billable Hour

By Mike Hofman |  Oct 10, 2007

Entrepreneurs have long complained about legal fees. Now an entrepreneurial law firm in Boston is attempting to change the way lawyers charge for business...  Read more

EMC founder Richard Egan Dies

Aug 31, 2009

The cofounder of data-storage giant EMC was 73  Read more

Super Bowl CEO's

Jan 28, 2004

So, we didn't back the right horse, or the right Fox. As far as the NFL playoffs, though, we did fairly well as Andy Reid, Jeff Fisher and Brian Billick g...  Read more

Complying with the New Antispam Law

By Carole Matthews |  Dec 29, 2003

Firms that use e-mail for marketing purposes are scrambling to meet a tough deadline this week. On Thursday, the first federal antispam law, the Can Spam ...  Read more