What Makes an Entrepreneur
A seasoned professor debunks some myths about an entrepreneur's traits and lists those he sees as crucial. Read story
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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
Where The Action Is
What kinds of businesses are the newest entrepreneurs launching? Read story
Baby Proof
Company tests a new form of birth control. Read story
What Do Women Want?
A business expert explains why, when it comes to building high-growth companies, men and women aren't so different. Read story
Heather Wictum
Age: 30 Hometown: San Pablo, Calif. Undergraduate Degree: Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles Business School: Graduate School of Busi... Read story
Read storyThe Art Of Selling
Q: You want your salespeople to read a book that will help them improve their selling skills. What's the book? W.R. (MAX) CAREY, president and CEO,... Read story
The Profit-Minded Professor
There's never been a better time to teach entrepreneurship at a business school -- and enterprising professors are sure making the most of it. Read story
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Start-Ups
Inc. 's editor lists seven characteristics of start-up companies that increase their chances of survival. Plus, a look at the types of experts most l... Read story
Values Added
Do you have to be bad to be good at business? Why are American managers so afraid of ethics? James O'Toole, author of Vanguard Management, champions values a... Read story
Read storyReasons for Starting a Business
Chart showing reasons entrepreneurs gave for starting their own businesses. Read story
Five Ideas to Watch
A pick-me-up patch, haggling made more marvelous, and more. Read story
How to Choose the Right Entrepreneurship Program, inc5000 Article - Inc. Article
The study of entrepreneurship has come a long way since early adopters like Indiana University, Harvard, Babson College, and the University of Southern Ca... Read story
Case Study Update: Outside the Big Box
When we wrote about Lance Fried in April 2005, the CEO of San Diego-based Freestyle Audio was thinking about turning down a tempting offer from several big-b... Read story
Easing Workers' Savings Woes
Company provides low-interest educational loans to employees' dependents. Read story
Universities: Your New Best Friend
For resource-hungry entrepreneurs, the explosion of university-based business-development programs comes as sweet relief in tight economic times. From Ann Ar... Read story
Green, The Color of Money
Companies that promote sales by pitching their civic virtue are prime targets for skepticism. Read story
Bridging the Digital Divide
In the United States, it's an unfortunate reality that basic opportunities and values that come from having a good education are not, traditionally, besto... Read story
The Case for a 'Small' Portfolio
Comparing a portfolio of blue chip stocks with a portfolio of small-cap companies. Read story
The Perfect Decision
An interview with Howard Raiffa, John S. Hammond, and Ralph L. Keeney, authors of "Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions." They explain... Read story
Keeping Up, With NASA's Help
Information regarding database searching agency for the high-tech information age Read story
Behind Bars;
STEFAN GOLAB WAS OVERCOME by vapors escaping from cyanide vats at work. Now he is dead. And company executives may soon be in jail. The three exec... Read story
Start-up Chasers Track New-Biz Storm
Start-ups are enjoying newfound importance with policymakers and here's how they're being tracked. Read story
What's Next: Upgrade Madness
Software makers offer new, allegedly better, versions all the time. Is it always smart to buy? Read story
Small Talk
Various entrepreneurs share their thoughts on the changing role of small businesses in the U.S. Read story
California Companies Await Building Boom
Small construction firms are eager to get a piece of the state’s proposed $222.6 billion public-works project. Read story
Resources
A comprehensive resource guide to many of the subjects featured in the April issue of Inc. magazine. Read story
How To Keep Your Company Out Of Court
Legal audits are the newest way for growing companies to prevent problems with the law. Read story
Campus Inc.
An introduction to the Inc. cover story on the hottest entrepreneurial programs offered by universities. Includes brief descriptions of more unique ... Read story
Open-Door Management
TechTarget employees set their own hours and take all the vacation they want. Somehow, it works. Read story
Why We Lose
Book review: The Silent War: Inside The Global Business Battles Shaping America's Future. (Random House 1989) Read story
Case Study
The Problem: Lance Fried planned to sell his waterproof MP3 players in surf shops. But could he really say no to the big-box retailers? Read story
Breaking Away
This year's crop of M.B.A.s has more in mind than investment banking and high-paying consulting jobs Read story
Best Career Advancement: Bottoms Up
How some companies boost their employees' careers by growing them in the jobs they already have. Read story
Strength in Numbers
A profile of the 1995 Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year and the runners-up. Read story
Case Study
Colin Johnson had a bold plan to transform his consulting firm. But when things went awry, sticking to his guns meant risking everything. Read story
Urban Renewers
Some thoughts on what groups are making it in the inner-city, and why. Read story
Back to School
Successful executives head back to business school for further education in management issues. Read story
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