Hot Tip: Protecting Intellectual Property
Firstuse.com , a start-up based in Westlake Village, Calif., has launched an Internet site that instantly time-stamps... Read story
University of California-Berkeley
The Competence-Confidence Disconnect
A new study warns of placing too much weight on interviews when hiring. Read story
The Suitable Throne
The Explorer E-cliner could be the most comfortable home office ever. Read story
Power Ranger
Computers consume a lot of power even when nobody's using them. If users won't take time to power down their PCs, Surveyor software will. Read story
Read storyThe Recyclers
Most people see refuse. These entrepreneurs see raw materials. Read story
30 Seconds with Guerrilla Marketing's Guru
Jay Conrad Levinson answers questions and explains how guerrilla marketing works. Read story
CEO Passions: Competitive Diving
Co-founder of GIS Planning and competitive diver Anatalio Ubalde gets a rush free falling without a net or parachute. Read story
Too Cool For School?
After years of loathing M.B.A. programs, here's why today's savvy entrepreneurs are now seeking these degrees. Read story
Market Research, Student Style
Working via electronic mail, market research company employs a flexible work force of graduate students. Read story
Faster Tech Transfer
Carnegie Mellon University is trying to streamline technology transfer. Read story
Hari-kari;
DID TINY ZYTREX INC. GIVE away the crown jewels? Zytrex, a four-year-old semiconductor company, was in deep financial trouble earlier this year. De... Read story
Down in the Dump
Profile of a start-up company that has created a foam to spread over landfill garbage. Read story
University of Southern California:
Smells Like Team Spirit
Like many of his classmates, University of Southern California senior David Wachtel is crazy about college football and will follow the Trojans nearly any... Read story
UNTITLED
This Valentine's Day, as people celebrate their romantic bonds, many will also reflect on another significant relationship in their lives: the one between... Read story
Finding and Hiring Great Techs (and Anyone Else)
At the recent International Security Conference and Exposition (ISC East) in New York City, I attended a workshop by recruiter John Rose, president of Rus... Read story
Forget the Better Mousetrap
Column about the changing competitive strategies in high-technology markets. Read story
The Secrets of Open-Source Managing
Start treating your customers like employees. Read story
Welcome! No, Not You
American business moves fitfully toward website accessibility for the disabled. Read story
Small-Business Research--Job Detection
An urban economist offers a way to identifying start-ups and counting the jobs they create. Read story
Texas Super Bowl
The University of Texas' International Moot Corp. Competition, the most well known of the country's intercollegiate business-plan tournaments, is a launch pa... Read story
CEO's Regret #4: Not Going to College
Behind every successful CEO probably lurks at least one major regret. The best, or the luckiest, CEOs learn from their mistakes and get an opportunity to ... Read story
Winning in the Asian Era
The U.S. must take a new commerce perspective in regard to the changes taking place in the world economy. Read story
DNA-Like Toy Inspires Brand Creation
Start-up toy company Primordial, LLC, created a specific brand image for its Lego-like construction toy by selling only through upscale specialty retailers. Read story
Origins of the 500: Globe-Trotters
Where do America's fastest growing private companies get all those great ideas? Here's how powerful forces propelled three Inc. 500 CEOs to venture overseas. Read story
Polishing The Apple
Federal legislation might have given computer companies a tax break for giving equipment to schools. But the bill stirred up its share of controversy. Read story
Business A La Carte
Beset with a sick economy, France's Socialist government has begun waving the flag of entrepreneurism: decentralizing economic command posts, abandoning unpr... Read story
Efficiency Experts
A look at how some executives have found the high-tech tools they need to add time to their busy days. Read story
Reality Bites
The scientists at Emotiv have done the impossible: created a brain-wave-reading headset that lets you conjure entire worlds using nothing but your mind -- a ... Read story
For Roy Eisenhardt, Business Is A Ball
The Oakland A's youthful president is using aggressive marketing and a low-key management style to turn his team into a winner. Read story
The Chinese Way Of Business
What appears to be a good old-fashioned family business may be a $100-million international conglomerate Read story
Trade Winds
A sail manufacturer rides the weak U.S. dollar to new markets overseas. But what happens when the greenback rebounds? Read story
John Scharffenberger, The Tastemaker
John Scharffenberger is a crucial part of the gourmeting of America. He got his start making fine chocolate and now he plans to create an American version of... Read story
What America Needs Is A Few Good Failures
Four years ago, David Birch showed that small companies create most of the country's jobs. Now he has found that failure is just as important as success in k... Read story
The Third Wave
U.S. entrepreneurs are filling new niches in the semiconductor industry. Read story
Dilbert Fired! Starts New Biz
The creator of the comic strip Dilbert exchanges some e-mail with Inc.'s editor-in-chief. Read story
Patent No. 5,524,641: An Inventor's Story
That's Arthur Battaglia's patent number. He applied for it eight years ago, got it six years ago, and has been pushing his idea ever since. So far, no takers. Read story
Case Study
The Problem: Magnetech wants to triple its work force. But with manufacturing waning, skilled workers are very hard to find. Read story
If Only...
Want to hear about somebody else's business regrets? Seven Inc. 500 company founders tell all. Read story
Born To Be Wild
Dave and Dan Hanlon hope to challenge long-dominant Harley-Davidson for a portion of the American-made motorcycle market. Can their company, Excelsior-Hender... Read story
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