Julie Spear Merritt
Age: 30 Hometown: Houston Undergraduate Degree: Southern Methodist University Business School: Graduate School of Business, University o... Read story
University of Texas at Austin
Biotech Start-up Wins Global Moot Corp
Novophage Theraputics from Boston University hopes to market technology that slows resistence to antibiotics. Read story
Getting In On the Action
Universities are on the prowl for deals with entrepreneurs. Here's the lowdown on five tech transfer schools. Read story
Fountain of Youth: The Under 30 Hall of Fame
Some of the biggest names in business got their start before their 30th birthday. Read story
How The Survey Was Conducted
Early this year, we set out to survey members of the M.B.A. class of '87 with the goal of gaining some insight into who they are, what they believe, and w... Read story
Read storyCounting Chairs
More universities are appointing endowed chairs in the field of entreprenuership. Read story
Inc. Online Exclusives: October 2009
What's Online: October 2009 1. Prepare Your 2010 Budgets Oct... Read story
Capitalism for Credit
New business manufactures and markets device that attaches to fishing nets and keeps whales, dolphins and seals out. Read story
Professors Get Their Shares
Professors of entrepreneurship often invest in their students' start-ups. Here are some of the guidelines they follow, their methods of investing, and the re... 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
Darn Those Pop-Up Ads! They're Maddening, But Do They Work?
They create as much clutter as those slippery advertising inserts that fatten a Sunday newspaper and are as inescapable as humidity in August. But just ho... Read story
Networking
Gregarious people tend to have a wide circle of friends; they enjoy social contact, like to be with people, and have a knack for connecting with others an... Read story
How to Structure a Business Plan
How to write a business plan that will help you obtain financing, arrange strategic alliances, attract key employees, and boost your confidence. Read story
Why Loans Won't Save the Poor
Two labor and urban affairs experts explain why microlending programs don't solve all the problems of the disadvantaged. Read story
Middle America Coming Out of the Recession?
Of the 20 strongest metro areas in the United States, 14 lie between the Mississippi River and New Mexico. Read story
Tapping Into the Talent Supply Chain
Taking a supply chain management approach to recruiting will help you better control your talent overhead. Read story
Writing a Business Plan: Selected Resources
If " The Bulletproof Business Plan ," makes you nervous about getting funding for your new com... Read story
Reading, Writing, And Revenues
The current crop of student entrepreneurs are determined not to let school get in the way of their education. Read story
The Best Business Plan on the Planet
Go behind the scenes with one of the judges at Moot Corp., a world-renowned business-plan contest hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. 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
Letters
Readers react to articles from the August 1999 issue of Inc. , including "The Taming of the Crew," by Leigh Buchanan, "The Best Business Plan on the ... Read story
Vive la Difference: Using Hyper-Differentiation Strategies to Build Value and Boost Profits
When the upstart Victory Brewery brought its beer to a limited number of store shelves in 1996, the product came along without the usual frothy dose of ma... 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
The Idea Factories
Nonprofit incubators have been quietly nurturing fledgling companies since 1959. And they don't demand a huge ownership stake in your company. 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
A Business Model of One's Own
A recent decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has allowed an Internet-based company to patent its own business model. Will this be a barrier to n... Read story
Let's Be Friends
It seems nuts. But new research says that CEOs who become pals with their rivals do better than those who don't . Read story
Upstarts: University Tournaments
University business-plan tournaments are spawning a variety of sophisticated start-up companies. Here's what students learn from these contests and why inves... Read story
City Of The Future
Its factories have moved to exurbia. As a financial center, it has fallen behind. But a burgeoning class of 'white-collar artisans' may soon make this the ri... Read story
The Do-It-Yourself Angel Round
Getting serious about growing your company but can't afford to hire an investment bank? Here's how Mark Torrance, CEO of StockMaster, raised capital with... Read story
Hot Zones
A look at the best cities in America for starting and growing a business. Plus: CEOs discuss their reasons for locating their business where they did. Read story
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