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Editor's Letter
A few months ago, we decided that the feature section of this issue would be devoted to just one topic: global entrepreneurship. Partly this came about b... Read story
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Reflecting on the current business climate and an unstoppable force. Read story
Written Communication
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Building E-mail Relationships with Preferences
Earn the trust of your customers by letting them choose the types of communications they want to receive from you. Read story
Film Buffs
Eliminating paper in favor of space-saving digital storage isn't a new concept. The idea began in the 1930s with the advent of microfilm. Read story
Licensing
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Who's Expendable?
Inc.'s editor-in-chief reflects on lessons his childhood baseball coach taught him about life and business. Read story
Curtain Going Up
Presentations are performances. The best way to prepare for a performance is to rehearse. So, why not borrow a technique from the theater and hold... Read story
The Exit Strategy: Cashing Out and Other Premeditated Escapes
It was probably Jehovah who conceived the first one, and then some time later he charged Moseswith its execution. Churchill had one at Dunkirk. Westmorela... Read story
The Markdown Blues, Revisited
It's been a while since I've read anything quite like this. Part food fight, part mud wrestling, part theatre of the absurd. A recent New York... Read story
Communication Systems
Communication systems are the various processes, both formal and informal, by which information is passed between the managers and employees within a busi... Read story
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About PR...
Advice on PR strategy with regard to the market, not the media. Read story
Recession Closing the Sex Gap in the Workforce?
Women are on the brink of surpassing men as the majority of the workforce. Read story
Smog Lifters
There are people out there who are even more information deluged than you are. Eleven of the smartest--and most beleaguered--reveal their personal regimens f... Read story
Finding A Place Among The Best-sellers
Writing a best-selling nonfiction book isn't easy. Writing one, publishing it, and promoting it without any experience in publishing or marketing is even... Read story
The Would-be Runners
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Clusters
Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies or institutions that manufacture products or deliver services to a particular field or ... Read story
The Great Games of Business
The businesspeople you see using digital assistants on airplanes probably aren't doing work. They're playing games. But the games they play are teaching them... Read story
Shake Up an Inbred Board
Whether it's the board of a start-up, a family firm, or a closely held company, there always comes a point when you need to crack open the boardroom door ... Read story
At Last, a Green Machine with Polish
The new luxury hybrid you'd want to drive even if it didn't save so much money at the pump. Read story
Put Yourself on the Top of Your Priority List
Running a business can easily run you into the ground. New York Times #1 best-selling author and personal coach Cheryl Richardson offers exclusive tips to... Read story
Testing Laboratories
Testing laboratories are utilized by all manner of businesses to provide objective analytical data on the quality of a product or a process. Some compani... Read story
A Tax-deferred Savings Account -- Sort Of
Take, say, $20,000 that you want to set aside for something down the road -- retirement, maybe, or the first few years of college tuition. You don't want ... Read story
10 Secrets of Breakthrough Companies
Why do some companies "break through" while so many others do not? Author and business consultant Keith McFarland has spent years researching thousands of pr... Read story
Mobile Office
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Tastes Great...Less Filling
The job-generation debate detracts attention from the truly vital issues. Read story
At Work
The pulitzer-prize winning author comments on the technology he currently uses. Read story
The View From The Nets
"The men in the bow ties," one colleague calls them, referring to the network business reporters. "They're all so predictable," another complains. "... Read story
Track Your Press Coverage
Various methods you can use to track what's written about your company. Read story
In This Issue
Inc. isn't just about about business but also about values. Read story
Are Wages Increasing For The Employed?
A recent report indicates higher earnings for those with jobs, but some say there's more to the numbers. Read story
Cutting Through the Clutter
Today, when we want a quick culture check on the relevance of a theme, we turn to Google as our barometer-in-residence. So I've done some searching on our... Read story
Sometimes, It Is Whether You Win or Lose
"The National" folds. Read story
Buzz
A look at the elusive marketing concept commonly called "buzz." Here are some ways that buzz can be generated and the effects it has on a business or product. Read story
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Why Inc. is a great magazine and you should buy 100 more copies. Read story
In This Issue
This month's letter from the editor. Read story
Which Cities Will the High Cost of Energy Hurt (and Help) the Most?
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
Grist: What's in Store for '04
From "perfect storming" to CEOs as name-brands, here are some trends poised to take shape in 2004. Read story
The Fine Print
A modern-day Rosetta Stone. Read story
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