Tom Stemberg


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Tom Stemberg on Selling a Small Business

By Tom Stemberg |  Feb 1, 2006

Tom Stemberg is founder and former CEO of Staples and venture partner at Highland Capital Partners in Lexington, Mass.  Read more

Spies Like Us

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Aug 1, 1998

An interview with Tom Stemberg, CEO and chairman of Staples, Inc. Stemberg describes the industry information he gathers by playing mystery shopper at his co...  Read more

Confessions of a Corporate Spook

By Stephanie L Gruner |  Aug 1, 1998

Tom Stemberg, CEO and Chairman of office-supply superstores Staples, is a retail junkie. Every week the founder of the $5.2-billion chain keeps tabs on th...  Read more

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Aug 1, 1998

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Born to Be Big

By Steve Solomon |  Jun 1, 1989

Staples, an innovative supermarket for office supplies, braces itself to face new competition.  Read more

What was the hardest lesson you've learned?, - Inc. Article

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Tom Stemberg, Staples

for doing it exactly right  Read more

The Accidental CEO

By Michael S. Hopkins |  Jun 1, 2005

Beth Williams | Roxbury Technology | Boston The happy story begins sadly. On Thanksgiving morning, 2002, Archie Williams's dream was closer tha...  Read more

What is the one piece of advice you would give to someone starting out?, - Inc. Article

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What would you do differently if you could do it all over again?, - Inc. Article

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What sacrifices have you had to make en route to success?, - Inc. Article"

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Is entrepreneurship getting more difficult?, - Inc. Article

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Upstarts: Dry Cleaning

By Mike Hofman |  Jan 1, 2001

An all-starch cast hopes to bring new-economy practices to the grubby business of cleaning people's clothes.  Read more

The Evolution of the Professional Entrepreneur

By Inc. staff |  May 15, 1997

Characteristics of some company builders from days past and how they differ from those building businesses today.  Read more

Market Research

Mar 20, 2002

A guide to effective market research, from online research to focus groups to counting customers.  Read more

The Entrepreneur of the Year

By Joshua Hyatt |  Jan 1, 1991

Introduction to the Entrepreneur of the Year judges and the selection process.  Read more

Market Research

Mar 20, 2002

With effective market research, you can determine the need for your service, a product's likelihood to sell, target-market demographics, and desirable store ...  Read more

How to Do Market Research

With effective market research, you can determine the need for your service, a product's likelihood to sell, target-market demographics, and desirable store ...  Read more

Mentees on Mentors

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1998

Tom Stemberg , founder, chairman, and CEO of Staples, a $5.2 billion chain of office supply superstores <...  Read more

Laima Tazmin

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Apr 1, 2004

We love her because she's a lot like other kids--and then again...  Read more

Outlook 2006: Communication

By Stephanie Clifford |  Jan 1, 2006

Get hip to blogs.  Read more

Jeff Bezos

By Rob Walker |  Apr 1, 2004

We love him because "optimism is essential."  Read more

FYI: Dr. Wall Street

By George Gendron |  Jun 1, 2002

Not in recent memory has it been so difficult to gauge the prospects for going public, but a veteran entrepreneur helps clear things up.  Read more

If I Had a Hammer…

By Sarah Goldstein |  Apr 1, 2007

Six entrepreneurs on how they'd fix a very public mess.  Read more

The Inner City 100 Profiles: 11-20

By Leigh Buchanan |  Jun 1, 2006

NO. 11 VisionIT Detroit Technology staffing Read more

Time to Fix the SBA

By Elizabeth Wasserman |  Sep 1, 2003

The Small Business Administration is in bad need of an overhaul. Here's Inc. 's bold plan to fix the SBA -- delivered just as the agency celebrates i...  Read more

The Integrators

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 2006

Bringing fundamental change to everyday life. And, for that matter, death.  Read more

The Anatomy of a Sale--Ours

By Bo Burlingham |  Sep 1, 2005

Magazines know how to go after a story, but this one came to us. Inc. was recently the focus of a business drama with valuable lessons about what a ...  Read more

The Mentors

By Edward O. Welles |  Jun 1, 2000

Kent Sutherland solicited Wal-Mart's Sam Walton as his business mentor 18 years ago and has prospered ever since. Here's where to find a mentor and the great...  Read more

How Fast Can This Thing Go, Anyway?

By Stephanie Clifford |  Mar 1, 2008

Zipcar was a classic founder-run company--long on passion, short on cash. Until a new CEO came aboard, gave the business a seven-step tune-up, and put the pe...  Read more