Upper East Side


Recent Articles about Upper East Side

We really know our business. How do we advertise that?

Neil Rosenblum, owner of three Manhattan Pet Stop stores, has found a way to publicize his staff's expertise. At the company's Upper East Side location, e...  Read more

My Place: Sandy Chilewich's Showcase in the Sky, New York City

Finally Sandy Chilewich has the perfect showcase for her contemporary home goods.  Read more

4 Great Extended Stay Hotels

A look at places to make your home away from home. Hot plate not included.  Read more

4 Great Extended-Stay Hotels

These properties put a sophisticated spin on long-term lodging, offering amenities-laden suites for road warriors that are akin to luxury pied-à-terres.  View slideshow

Otherwise Engaged

The same-sex wedding trade show was super, thanks for asking.  Read more

Grist: A Passport to America

How blue staters and red staters can learn to communicate and do business.  Read more

Laptop Creator Named Director of Smithsonian Museum

Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian's National Design Museum, has a new director and even if you don't recognize his name, you're probably familiar with a rather i...  Read more

Concern For Security Creates New Industry

As more and more businesses and individuals search for improved ways to protect important documents and valuables, a new industry is developing across the...  Read more

Successful Celebrity Entrepreneurs

They aren't exactly bootstrappers, but these stars ventured outside their celebrity comfort zones to start their businesses.  View slideshow

Independent Coffee Shops Caught in Price Squeeze

As coffee prices soar, small wholesalers and retailers continue to feel the grind of rising costs.  Read more

The Pioneer of the Specialty Coffee Business

An ivy-league graduate ditches the corporate life to open a string of coffee shops in New York City.  Read more

Will Elaine's Still be Elaine's?

The de facto living room for luminaries might never be the same without the colorful front-of-house personality.  Read more

How to Get Your Family to Invest Without Drama

Parents are a common source of start-up cash. Here's how to navigate this tricky relationship and keep it drama-free from the start.  Read more

How to Start a Pet Care Business

People really love their pets. Here's how to transfer the love for our furry friends into a profitable pet store business.  Read more

How to Start an Inc. 500 Company: Six Common Questions

Six Inc. writers each examine one common question about starting a successful business.  Read more

Running a Mom-Friendly Business (in Heels)

Rosie Pope, star of Bravo's Pregnant in Heels , on being a mompreneur, having a hit reality show, and getting spoofed on SNL .  Read more

Brynn Jinnett, Founder of The Refine Method

Want a ballerina body? "Back away from the barre," says Brynn Jinnett, 27, a Harvard University-educated former professional ballerina who danced i...  Read more

A Pinkberry On Every Block

Is Pinkberry the new Starbucks? It will be if Starbucks founder Howard Sch...  Read more

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on retaining valuable employees, improving customer service, improving morale in a stressful workplace, and improving cold-call results.  Read more

Obit: Rising Costs, Changing Tastes Lead to Last Call at Legendary Tavern

A look at why a celebrated saloon was forced to close shop.  Read more

The Things We Love

Several executives comment on their favorite high-tech toys and gadgets.  Read more

How We Did It: The Blue Man Group

From downtown performance art to global entertainment empire.  Read more

Engineering a Better Cup of Coffee

An industrial engineer takes on Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts by launching a pair of small, independent coffee shops.  Read more

10 Inspiring Success Stories

May is Small Business Month, and to celebrate we're honoring 31 inspiring stories of small business success. Here's a look at ten of them.  View slideshow

It's Not Easy Being Green

Jeffrey Hollender and Alan Newman disagreed about strategy, fought bitterly -- and created two successful companies. They'd set out to change the world, but ...  Read more

King Of Clubs

In an industry where the deck is stacked against success, Patrick Lyons keeps drawing a full house.  Read more

The Thomas Kron Affair

Chocolatier Kron makes a sweet chocolate-covered cherry but is learning the hard way just how fast a franchise deal can sour.  Read more

The Way I Work: Essie Weingarten, of Essie Cosmetics

"God gave me an innate ability to pick colors."  Read more

The Great Persuader

Each February, Inphonic CEO David A. Steinberg holds a poker party for his top executives at Washington, D.C.'s Historic George Town Club. As a reward f...  Read more

The Return Of Billy Jack

Tom Laughlin has set out to do for videocassettes what Amway did for household products and Domino's did for pizza  Read more

The Great Cupcake Wars

You know who plays for keeps these days? Cupcake makers. The stakes are high. Ditto, our correspondent’s blood sugar  Read more