Whole Foods Market Inc.


John Mackey of Whole Foods on Hiring Leaders

He used to be impressed by people who were articulate. Not anymore.  Read story

Editor's Letter

When I think about customer service it's usually because I'm not getting enough of it. Waiting forever for a service rep to pick up the phone, twiddling m...  Read story

What's In That Diaper?

In 2002, Jason and Kimberley Graham-Nye faced a decision: cloth (a hassle) or disposable (wasteful). "We looked at each other and said, 'That's it?'" says Ki...  Read story

The Best Little Handbook in Texas

How to make your company's employee handbook one of your most important tools.  Read story

The (Handbook) Handbook

A guide to writing the perfect manual for employees you care about.  Read story

Wal-Mart Goes Organic

The small companies that make their livelihood growing and peddling organic food fear the entrance of major retailers will destroy the industry.  Read story

The Granola Guys

Jason Osborn and Jason Wright started Feed Granola Co. out of their New York apartment. Today their healthy snacks can be found on the shelves of Whole Foods...  Read story

The Ultimate Business Tune-up for Times Like These

In a tough economy with credit extremely tight, big investments are not an option for most companies. Yet no business can afford to stand still. We asked our...  Read story

Case Study #3: The Taste Maker

The Start-up: Ventana Health The Founder: Tim Avila San Clemente, California The business proposition:Read story

Packaging's Folk Revival

As folk art grows in popularity, marketers are using folk imagery to sell goods ranging from cookies to CDs.  Read story

Charity Begins at Home

Various ways in which small businesses give back to their communities and why.  Read story

8 Tips for Managing Staff Through Hard Times

Tips on keeping employees motivated despite cutbacks.  Read story

The Entrepreneurial Year That Was

The subprime mortgage meltdown. Extinction-threatening climate change. Presidential debates with fields of candidates larger than your high school graduating...  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without

A master chocolatier's fancies.  Read story

Building a Company That Wins

Inc . recently sat down with Arthur Rubinfeld, the mastermind behind Starbucks' meteoric growth and the founder of ad agency AIRVISION, to discuss hi...  Read story

Building a Company That Wins

Inc . recently sat down with Arthur Rubinfeld, the mastermind behind Starbucks' meteoric growth and the founder of ad agency AIRVISION, to discuss hi...  Read story

You're Fired: Getting Rid of Bad Customers

How to deal with difficult customers  Read story

How We Did It: Sara Wilson and Warren Wilson, The Snack Factory

As told to Aviva Yael Industry Leader: Food & Beverage Three-Year Growth: Read story

When the Boss Gets Cancer

What happened to a start-up when the founder discovered he was fighting cancer  Read story

The Believer

The Harvard M.B.A., the Fortune 500 experience, the connections that come with both--those are just some of the reasons Selena Cuffe can pretty much write he...  Read story

How to Launch a Cool, Profitable, Worth-All-The-Risk, Kick-Ass Start-Up (And Live To Brag About It)

Four legendary company founders tell four promising entrepreneurs a thing or two about running a business.  Read story

The Product: Grilling Planks

They're hot, but are they supermarket material?  Read story

Gift Guide: Care Package

Send a client a well-chosen gift and kick off a new year of goodwill. We've got a wide range of shopping ideas that will help you say, "We value your busines...  Read story

Local Hero or Tax Cheat?

In the past few weeks, I've been called both.  Read story

What Entrepreneurs Can't Learn at Business School

Spreadsheets are handy tools -- but nothing can replace that fire in the belly.  Read story

How to Choose the Right Collaboration Software

Although e-mail remains the primary method of office communication, businesses are increasingly turning to programs designed specifically for office collabor...  Read story

University of Pennsylvania:
Bottled Water You Can Feel Good About

When Ben Lewis met the national beverage buyer for Whole Foods, the buyer was shocked to discover that the founder and CEO of Give Water was a sophomore a...  Read story

Grist: Wanted: Something New Under the Sun

If we measured consumer excitement about new products and used it as a bona fide economic indicator, we'd all be pretty worried. That's because there's too l...  Read story

Valuations 2004: What's Your Company Worth Now?

How, and by whom, valuations are established.  Read story

The Silver Lining for Small Business in a Recession

Kauffman Foundation president Carl Schramm talks about why great companies tend to get launched during recessions  Read story

The Inc Life: Passions

"You're doing something magical. For a minute at a time, I can play in the sky."  Read story

Courage to Charge More

Most businesspeople I know would do anything, anything other than raise their prices. Few prospects send as many corporate chills down as many corporate ...  Read story

More Companies Gambling on Sin City

Forget showgirls and slot machines. Las Vegas is experiencing a surge in population and new business opportunities, making it the nation's hottest city for e...  Read story

One Company's Budget: A Nice Consistency

Organic ice cream maker PJ Madison's looks to bring discipline to its marketing  Read story

How to Start a Beverage Company

You don't need tons of capital, says Clayton Christopher of Sweet Leaf Tea. You might, however, need Grandma's recipe  Read story

The Builders

A cleaner environment starts at home and at work. Now, how's that headache?  Read story

Updates

Making the Most of a Brush With Fame November 2006 In our list of 50 green entrepreneurial companies ("Read story

The Apprenticeship of Irwin Simon

Inc takes you inside the life and mind of Irwin Simon. The CEO has built the Hain Celestial Group Inc. into the market leader in natural foods.  Read story

The Inner City 100

100 street-smart companies.  Read story

2. The Product Makeover

For years, OMI sold its odor-masking chemicals to big, stinky factories. Did it make sense to target Whole Foods as well?  Read story

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