Yvon Chouinard


Private Lives;

Demon dialers, Dungeons Dragons, and the great $5 disposable suit.  Read story

'i'm Sorry, Yvon's Out Surfing'

How to run a company when you're gone six months of the year  Read story

The Anti-marketers

The best mail-order catalog in America is put out by people who hate to sell, never use the word 'new,' and make customers pay for the privilege of ordering  Read story

Lost in Patagonia

Profile of a socially responsible company, its founder, and the problems of focusing on ideology rather than profit.  Read story

Reconnaissance: Beyond and Back

Yvon Chouinard and the startling power of authenticity.  Read story

The Foundation for Doing Good

Marriott and Patagonia may have wildly different histories and CEOs with little in common, but both represent the corporation as a tool for social change.  Read story

25 Years. 7,900 Companies. One Enormous Impact

For 25 years, the most exciting companies in America have been getting noticed here. Microsoft, Timberland, Jenny Craig--glad to be of service.  Read story

Lessons Learned

A CEO tells how the lessons he learned climbing mountains helped him turn around a company.  Read story

Can Business Still Save The World?

Meet the new breed of socially responsible CEOs. They share the goals of activist pioneers like Body Shop cofounder Anita Roddick and Ben Jerry's...  Read story

Yvon Chouinard, Founder of Patagonia, on Corporate Culture

To build Patagonia's singular corporate culture, Yvon Chouinard first asked himself what kind of business he wanted to own.  Read story

Jim Collins: How to Thrive in 2009

As part of our 30th-anniversary issue, Inc. asked Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last , what we might expect in ...  Read story

The Seven (Almost) Deadly Sins of High-Minded Entrepreneurs

The high price of running a socially responsible business.  Read story

Contributors

For our 30th-anniversary issue, we talked to Inc.'s three longest-tenured employees, as well as two of our newest hires.  Read story

Business Book Reviews - Book Review - Business Books

The 30 Greatest Business Books of All Time

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Friend of the Family

The Socially Responsible EOY winner and runners-up for 1994.  Read story

Review: Getting to Plan B

In Getting to Plan B , John Mullins and Randy Komisar discuss the importance of revising your business model  Read story

The Business Owner's Bookshelf

30 books you should read and put to use  Read story

Inc. 500 Conference Honors America's Fastest Growing Private Companies

Ken Hendricks, founder and CEO of ABC Supply, honored as Inc. "Entrepreneur of the Year."  Read story

Homage To Patagonia

Perhaps you should have investigated the approximately 80% of Patagonia's volume that comes from its retail dealers. We have the same interests and motiva...  Read story

Creativity Regained

Robert Redford happens to be a movie star, but he's the star who founded an enterprise that changed an industry. Along the way, this very successful entrepre...  Read story

This Is How It's Done: Smart Business Moves

30 classic examples of innovation, from the Inc. archives  Read story

My Favorite Company

Inc. writers and editors write about their favorite companies.  Read story

The Fan Versus the Businessman

The techniques of two CEOs from the same region who sell soccer equipment by mail are compared and contrasted.  Read story

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