How I Did It: Margot Fraser
Margot Fraser, the founder of Birkenstock, USA, recalls 40 years of peace, love, and clunky sandals Read story
Margot Fraser, the founder of Birkenstock, USA, recalls 40 years of peace, love, and clunky sandals Read story
One of the greatest barriers to productivity is our tendency to sue one another. Read story
Not quite. But big companies that want to copy Japan's success should look at the American small business model. Read story
In the last few years, there has been a notable increase in the number of religious-discrimination lawsuits. Theologians hail this burst in litigation as ... Read story
Many of us muse about the million-dollar idea: the invention that will make life easier for others and more lucrative for us. Most of these ideas never ge... Read story
Entrepreneurs like Mason are solving our "insolvable" problems. Read story
What lurks beyond Rio Grande A leading expert on the opportunities and risks for U.S. companies in Mexico is Stephen Blank, a profes... Read story
"In the past 15 years of economic turbulence small business has proved more flexible and adaptable than the giant corporations. Small companies have provided... Read story
Entrepreneurs like Mason are solving our "insolvable" problems. Read story
Researcher David Birch says the United States is better at providing services than making products. That adds up to a rosy future. Read story
Holt Company is recognized for initiating a "values-based leadership process" in 1989 to both promote ethics as a priority business issue... Read story
Small businessmen who argue that the U.S. tax system favors investment in large companies rather than small ones have support from a study by the Californ... Read story
The matter of legally protecting your intellectual property can get quite complex -- and expensive. You likely don't want to spend endless hours sorting t... Read story
The next takeover that you receive has a 15% to 20% chance of coming from a foreign suitor, says Jerold Morgan, a Chicago-area consultant who arranges and... Read story
THE IRS HAS GOOD NEWS for businesses that had difficulty collecting information before filling in the line on corporate tax form 1120 that instructed them... Read story
Last year, Maureen Reagan and Sell Overseas America helped 740 companies stake out a share of the world marketplace. Read story
During the due diligence phase, the company, its underwriters, and their attorneys will focus on the registration statement. This phase will require the c... Read story
Organized labor's widely publicized protests at the recent World Trade Organization meetings in Seattlereveal its dual situation in the United States and ... Read story
INC.'s roundup of market data provides instant reference to the behavior of the common stocks of small companies. The INC. Index is derived from the sto... Read story
Big business may dominate Japan's image abroad, but 91% of Japanese private employees work in firms employing fewer than 500 workers. Read story
How much lead time is needed from the moment you compete for an order to the moment when it has to be at its destination? Generally, for international ord... Read story
The chart below outlines the type of information you can ask for in applications and during job interviews as specified in federal laws. The chart may als... Read story
The argument made by the proponents of advertising is almost pathetically simple-minded: If you can measure the benefits of advertising on your business, ... Read story
America's "Sunbelt," the land of opportunity for job seekers and businessmen, is beginning to experience the unemployment and high cost of living that pla... Read story
Identifying 100 of the fastest-growing privately owned companies in the United States was a massive editorial project. Modeled on the annual INC. 100 ran... Read story
INC.'s roundup of market data provides instant reference to the behavior of the common stocks of small companies. The INC. Index is derived from the stoc... Read story
More students want to be entrepreneurs, but their professors are turning them into bureaucrats. Read story
The "scientific" methods that once made labor unions strong are now making them weak. Read story
The dearth of American IT professionals has given high-tech workers the leverage to command premium salaries and perks from companies desperate to attract... Read story
Business: Medical transcription service Locations: Sterling, Va.; Bangalore, India; and homes across the United St... Read story
Finding really useful travel sites can be harder than looking for a needle in a haystack. Here are some sites that focus on one aspect of travel and do it... Read story
The question of whether debt increases or decreases a company's value has no one-size-fits-all answer, but here are some guidelines as you think about your o... Read story
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki's response: The advice varies and depends on the country in which the start-up is located. U.... Read story
If a big, newly public competitor of yours is getting good press, don't be alarmed about some new threat. First, do a little background check befo... Read story
"I doubt that we'd be able to operate without the zone," says Richardo Cantu, managing director of Sandyvest Inc., a wholesaler of imported watches and sm... Read story
Ever worry that your employees may be struggling with non-work-related problems but are unable to talk to someone about them? Take a cue from Ipswitch Inc... Read story
It is common for companies across America to complain about a shortage of information technology workers. The reality, however, is that there is no widesp... Read story
Launching a new independent business is a dangerous undertaking, especially in today's economy, when the failure rate is at a near-record high. But runni... Read story
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