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Life in the Fast Lane

Inc. magazine's editor-in-chief offers some highlights from the annual Inc. 500 conference.  Read story

Take the Plunge and Reach the Heights

Novice thrill seekers may point to the ups and downs of the stock market, but the true aficionado knows that for all-out anxiety-provoking, gut-wrenching,...  Read story

Distribution: Mother of Invention

A quick look at how a children's T-shirt company found a niche market in resort gift shops.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without...

An L.A. interior designer's eye for style influences what she wears to impress a client and what she gives as business gifts.  Read story

Applicant of the Week: Johnny Cupcakes

How a 26-year-old college drop-out created a multi-million dollar t-shirt business with no business plan, no advertising, and no investors.  Read story

The Trouble With Harry

Harry Potter has become a children's lit classic--and a huge industry. With the final book due out, how would you develop the Potter brand?  Read story

How I Did It: Blaine Kern, Chairman, Blaine Kern Studios

This is a job for Mr. Mardi Gras.  Read story

Obit: Travel Service Folds When Friend Turns Foe

Here's why Suncoast Representation Services went down in flames when a large competitor entered the market and slashed the commissions it paid.  Read story

I Lost It at the Movies

Glamour, moguldom, potential home-run returns -- is it any surprise that so many CEOs with cash want to try their hand in the film business? Or that bad thin...  Read story

Saving Money in the Magic Kingdom

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (and friends) are the big draws as families all over North America make room for Orlando in their summer vacation plans. The ki...  Read story

Serial Entrepreneurs: They Just Can't Stop Themselves

Once exotic, serial entrepreneurs are everywhere these days. From their tolerance for failure to their creative use of resources to their sense of when to le...  Read story

The Corporate Flea Market

Here's why online business-to-business auctions may be the best way for small companies to make?or save?a buck.  Read story

The Ride of His Life

Robert Klick's fifth business wowed Oprah, bowled over Kelly Ripa, and put him cheek by jowl with Russell Crowe. Too bad this amazing celebrity run had to en...  Read story

Thinking Inside theBox

Geraldine Laybourne of the Oxygen channel has finally discovered what women want -- perhaps to her chagrin, definitely to her profit.  Read story

Creativity Regained

Robert Redford happens to be a movie star, but he's the star who founded an enterprise that changed an industry. Along the way, this very successful entrepre...  Read story

The Buzz Guru

Straddling the worlds of street art and commerce, marketing specialist Shepard Fairey knows how to get alternative culture kids talking about mainstream brands.  Read story

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on: screening potential customers; opening out-of-state offices; investigating foreign banks; and taming the anxiety of starting your own bu...  Read story

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