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But Will It Fly?
To get a terrific new product to market, you need a lot more than a terrific new product. Read story
The Business of the Supermarket
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Transforming In-Store Advertising
Using existing technology in a new way, companies can better test store displays. Read story
Beauty on a Budget
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Background Checking Available on the Web
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Perfect Form
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Group Grope, Paper Bagging, Tying One On
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The Years of Living Dangerously
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Going Green Isn't Just about Doing Good
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No False Moves
Small companies waste untold dollars on technology that doesn't begin to solve their problems. Here's how to analyze your business and develop a focused tech... Read story
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Case Study Update: Down, But Not Out
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Desperation Capitalism
What do Clorox and Apple Computer have in common? Both were launched by bootstrappers-- and here are some other bootstrapping Hall of Famers. Read story
Bootstrap Marketing: Taking on Procter
She may not have the resources of her giant competitors, but Amilya Antonetti is making her own mark in the soap business, one customer at a time. Read story
A Start-up Takes on Wal-Mart
Recently-launched Alice.com is Brian Wiegand's fourth Internet start-up, but the first to take on the consumer-packaged goods industry. Read story
The Rise of the Urban Entrepreneur
A Harvard Business School professor explains that small urban businesses can thrive and how the government can help. Read story
Sonic Boom
A profile of Optiva, the number one Inc. 500 company, and the unlikely product -- an electric toothbrush -- that brought it to the top of the 1997 list. Read story
Case Study
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Out of Business
A top-notch CEO discovered that some innovation could only happen after he left the company he founded. Read story
Luck is for Losers
A gambler who loathes risk, Bill Kaplan ran his famed MIT Blackjack Team like a business and left the table with more than $10 million in winnings. Can the l... Read story
Just Play
As the makers of the games Guitar Hero and now Rock Band settle into their success -- check that, their utter domination of the world's basements and dorm ro... Read story
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