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Efficiency By Design

For a Miami entrepreneur, uniform describes both a product line and a lifestyle.  Read more

In 1928, the young Hollywood filmmaker directed his efforts toward raising money for more cartoons starring a character he invented. Arriving in New York,...  Read more

What Makes a Company Great?

Inc.'s editor-in-chief offers an overview and review of J. Collins and J. Porras's book 'Built to Last.'  Read more

Babies

* By year-end, each of the more than 3.8 million babies born in 1986 will gobble up 552 jars of baby food, dirty approximately 3,000 diapers, and grow out...  Read more

A Wise Consistency

Lely Barea, owner of Ibiley Uniforms, achieves efficiency by demanding uniformity in everything in her life, including her wardrobe, communications with empl...  Read more

Doubting Thomas

Tom Peters discusses his experiences in the world of business and the nature of entrepreneurship.  Read more

Touchy Subject

Computers allow us to see and hear what's on our monitors. Why not touch it, too? Here's how Thomas Massie, founder of SensAble Technologies, turned his odd ...  Read more

Traffic Will Make You Rich: The Word from the Experts

Sales, not traffic, are what's needed to create profit for a Web site, according to the experts.  Read more

Learning From the Best

Lessons from the Top: The Search for America's Best Business Leaders by Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin. Doubleday, 418 pages, $24.95....  Read more

Masters of the Ordinary

How four companies made the Inc. 500 by putting extraordinary thinking into building an ordinary business.  Read more

Building a Web Site Is Easy: The Word from the Experts

E-commerce experts discuss the technical hardships a business can suffer when trying to create a customer-friendly Web site.  Read more

Wild Ads Make Web Stars: The Word from the Experts

Ad campaigns for dot-coms should explain what the business does in order to be effective, say industry observers.  Read more

Fame

Profiles of celebrity CEOs and the repercussions of recognition and publicity.  Read more

Smart Money Makes You Smart: The Word from the Experts

E-commerce experts weigh in on the importance of finding smart investors.  Read more

Brand Is Everything: The Word from the Experts

E-commerce experts discuss why having a good brand does not necessarily generate sales on the Internet.  Read more

Community, Community, Community: The Word from the Experts

Not every company needs to build an online community, say Web observers.  Read more

The Most Creative Product Ever

A noteworthy business author explains why it's not what you make, it's the way and the why you do what you do.  Read more

Sell Different

A real estate broker and Roger Staubach reflect on sales-force compensation.  Read more

The Best Ads $2.6 Million Can Buy?

Forget Madison Avenue. Super Bowl advertisers are drawing their inspiration from YouTube this year.  Read more

Razzle-Dazzle Makes Web Sites Great: The Word from the Experts

Bells and whistles can hinder a more important aspect of Web sites ? speed.  Read more

Growth Strategies: Cart Tricks

Two brothers define new uses for the old pushcart sales concept.  Read more

Lords Of The Rings

What has $2 million in sequins and feathers, loads 11 flatcars in an hour and a half, and thrills 7 million people? Ringling Bros. is actually a very serious...  Read more

The ADD Dilemma

Some eight million Americans have attention deficit disorder. One of them may work for you. Or be you.  Read more

Book Value: Coaching Success

Several books explore how business leaders can learn from the strategies employed by successful sport coaches.  Read more

The ADD Dilemma

Some eight million Americans have attention deficit disorder. One of them may work for you. Or be you.  Read more

Software That Thinks

Here's a look at how companies can use artificial intelligence to track customers and predict market trends.  Read more

Blue Chip

Related Terms: Fortune 500 A "blue chip" is the stock ...  Read more

Mr. Morningstar Stocks Up

What Morningstar founder Joe Mansueto thinks about money and investing after 17 years of the company-building life.  Read more

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 more

Hot Spots: A Field Guide to Your Local Economy

Some signs to look for suggesting a community's vitality and opportunity, and those signaling economic collapse.  Read more

For Service, Please Hold

Inc. writer reviews seven new books on customer service.  Read more

What Comes Next?

A best-selling business author tells why products, strategy, and charismatic leadership will become things of the past.  Read more

The Greening Of The Guard

The Red Guard generation enlisted by Mao to eradicate all vestiges of capitalism is now in the vanguard of China's entrepreneurial class.  Read more

The Comics Commando

Cartoonist Dick Hafer likes underdogs, including small companies he thinks are being pushed around. Bullies beware!  Read more

What Ever Happened to the Class of 1983?

Profile of Inc. 500 companies from 1983.  Read more

The Hottest Entrepreneur In America

How John McCormack's unique approach to managing people and information produced one of this country's premier growth companies  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