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By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 2006

Shares in Resource Interactive's new stock fund are up 8.4 percent--to about $1,500--since January.  Read more

Capturing Eardrums

By Rob Walker |  May 1, 2005

In a world that's increasingly awash in marketing clutter, Paul Anthony, founder of Rumblefish, believes music can help a brand stand out. So what does your ...  Read more

By Stephen D. Solomon |  Sep 1, 1986

Adolf and Rudolf Dassler ran a factory together making athletic shoes in a small Bavarian town. But after World War II, the founders of Adidas Sports-chuh...  Read more

Gear: What's Your Bag?

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 2003

Take a meeting, catch a train, hit the gym. How to carry it all.  Read more

Keep Running: A Company in Search of the Finish Line

By Robert Andrew Powell |  Aug 1, 2008

The founders of Newton Running believed they could shove their way into the running-shoe business. And so they did. Now, where the heck is that finish line?  Read more

Skin In the Game

By John Fried |  Jul 1, 2006

Here's an innovative way to motivate staffers: buy them stock in your publicly traded clients.  Read more

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By Jay Finegan |  May 1, 1993

New Balance tries to compete in a shrinking industry dominated by intensely competitive giants.  Read more

10 Cool New Tech Ideas to Help You Market Your Business

By Christina DesMarais |  Sep 20, 2011

Facial recognition, eavesdropping apps, augmented reality...these aren't security protocols but new ways for you to be able to market your business.  Read more

2008: A Closer Look

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 2008

The Thrust of It After three failed attempts, SpaceX, a private rocket company with headquarters in Hawthorne, California, successfully launched ...  Read more

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By Evan Klonsky |  Nov 15, 2010

We asked and you tweeted. Here are the books Inc. readers said they want most for the holidays.  View slideshow

Building a Company That Wins

By Lora Kolodny |  Apr 17, 2005

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

Building a Company That Wins

By Lora Kolodny |  Apr 17, 2005

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

Welcome to the Unconference

By Leigh Buchanan |  Dec 1, 2009

Why more industry associations and trade groups are letting members organize their own free-form "unconferences."  Read more

Business Tips from Small-Town USA

By Kasey Wehrum |  Jul 13, 2010

Survival stories from rural entrepreneurs. From the pages of The Oklahoman comes a reminder to big-city entrepreneurs that their rural counterparts...  Read more

The Best Money I Ever Spent: Jason Ross of JackThreads

By Nicole Carter |  Sep 19, 2011

What made the difference? Ross reveals how a $1,000 trade show ticket gave his daily deals site, JackThreads, the momentum it needed.  Read more

Saving Broadway Books

By John Brant |  Dec 1, 2009

A story about blogs, books, burritos--and a son who wouldn't let his mother's business fail  Read more

Choosing a Content-Management System

By Marc Saltzman |  Oct 1, 2006

A CMS can be the backbone for your online presence, helping your company store, organize, and share content via the Web.  Read more

Winning Is A State Of Mind At Nike

By Lucien Rhodes |  Aug 1, 1981

Three running enthusiasts teamed up and turned a fad into a national movement. Phil Knight has turned that winner's attitude into a corporate philosophy.  Read more

Precision Marketing

By Anne Field |  Jun 15, 1996

An in-depth look at how database marketing lets you analyze trends and target top customers.  Read more

Tech Talk: Shoe Maker Steps up Growth with ERP

By Elizabeth Wasserman |  Sep 6, 2010

A new men’s footwear manufacturer looking to compete with larger manufacturers and design houses opted for the functionality of an enterprise resource plan...  Read more

CEO Passions: Collecting Sneakers

By Dahlia Fahmy |  Mar 1, 2011

Coltrane Curtis, founder of marketing agency Team Epiphany, takes his love of sneakers to another level.  Read more

How I Did It: Joe Sitt, Thor Equities

Jan 1, 2006

Transforming urban shopping, one skeptical town at a time.  Read more

Volume Business

By Charles C. Mann |  Jun 15, 1997

What happens when the world's best real-life bookstore battles the world's best virtual bookstore?  Read more

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By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1994

Eight brief profiles of companies launched with almost no money down.  Read more

More Than One Way To Break Up A Company

Feb 1, 1983

"It was a very comfortable marriage and a very comfortable divorce," John P. O'Neil, president of Converse Inc., comments. "I felt like I had just g...  Read more

Trading Places With the Big Guys

By Paul B. Brown |  Jul 1, 1989

How a small shoe-care product manufacturer gets large athletic-shoe makers to endorse its product.  Read more

Brand on the Run

By Christopher Caggiano |  Dec 1, 1998

Martin Connolly, CEO of bicycle-wheel manufacturer Spinergy Inc., used a combination of buzz, product placement, and celebrity endorsement to cultivate one o...  Read more

Heartbreak;

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Apr 1, 1988

"I'M BASICALLY A COMPROMISER," BILL Rodgers was saying, sitting on the patio outside his Phoenix condominium. "If a bad situation came up, I always prefe...  Read more