Arts and Crafts


Home Workers Win Case Against Feds, Labor

It was billed as a case of big government and big labor vs. "the little people," and it appears that the little people have prevailed. The issue was...  Read story

Extended Interview with David Blumenthal

Here's more from the February 2005 Inc. magazine interview with David Blumenthal, CEO of Lion Brand Yarn Company.  Read story

Splitting Heirs

Nearly a hundred years ago, Lorenzo Vaughn planted a time bomb in his company. Finally, it went off  Read story

The Trouble with Tax Holidays

Consumers and politicians love them, but state sales tax holidays are becoming a major headache for businesses.  Read story

The Get Ahead Guide: Seema Sudan Made Money on Her First Collection

But the rag trade is full of knockoff artists. How can she protect her brand?  Read story

He Took On the Whole Power-Tool Industry

Why wasn't anyone else interested in building a safer saw?  Read story

How I Did It: David Blumenthal

The family yarn business was just getting by until knitting became cool (perhaps you've seen Gangsta Knitter?). Now it's on its way to becoming a $200 millio...  Read story

Net Flix

Jeff Rix, founder of DVD Empire, discovered that it is possible to bootstrap your way to dot-com success.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Anne-Marie Faiola

Showing up to work in the right outfit makes the Segway a necessity.  Read story

The Smart Way To Sell Out

A careful sales strategy can help you get the most money for your business with the least amount of trouble.  Read story

Customer Prospects

When recruiting sales managers for its retail outlet, one company sends out a direct mailing to existing customers.  Read story

Tailor-Made Entrepreneurs

The runways of Fashion Week aren't just a showcase for frivolous frocks. For entrepreneurial designers, high fashion is a high-stakes business.  Read story

Common Threads

Joe Fulmer, CEO of Stitching Post, deliberately transformed his store into the kind of place where customers socialize with one another.  Read story

More Independent Voices

I was sorely disappointed in the July special issue. Cute aphorisms from Boone Pickens et al are not why I buy INC. I'm looking for meat and potatoes, no...  Read story

The Future of Manufacturing

A New Zealand company called Ponoko has reinvented the factory for the 21st century.  Read story

A Brief History

The man who invented the typewriter did not want to invent it; the company that first made it did not want to make it; when it got to market, hardly anyon...  Read story

Kid Holder

Woman creates Wiggle Wrap, a harness to bind children into seats.  Read story

Counterrevolutionaries

Jerry Gorde runs Vatex with the elan of a banana republic fascist. No one quarrels with the necessity of operational directives, but it does nothing for h...  Read story

The Classic Bootstrapper

A candle maker's frugal ways recall the bootstrapping techniques of yesteryear Don't look to Paul Aldrich for clues on how to boot...  Read story

Private Lives;

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

Drives: Turn to Port, I Mean Go Left

How will you know the world's most expensive convertible? It's the one with a cloth top lined with cashmere.  Read story

Alumni Network

Cabinetmaker refers his customers to other woodworkers, many of whom are former employees.  Read story

Charting Value

Here's how John Ford grew an idea from his wife's law school notes into a multimillion-dollar publishing enterprise.  Read story

Step Right Up

Whether you peddle hot sauce or high-technology hardware, an effective way to promote and sell products is to set up exhibits in airport terminals or shop...  Read story

Hot Tip: Managing Territory Collisions

Stephen Wald, CEO of Naturally Knits, believes faxes, cell phones, and the Internet are wreaking havoc on the old geographic sales territory. It's whom yo...  Read story

Shutterfly Files $92 Million Initial Public Offering

The Inc. 500 company, which is banking on growth in the photo print market, will trade on the NASDAQ.  Read story

10 Secrets of Breakthrough Companies

Why do some companies "break through" while so many others do not? Author and business consultant Keith McFarland has spent years researching thousands of pr...  Read story

The Business of Death

Dying in the United States is an $11 billion industry. Creative entrepreneurs are looking beyond the great beyond, turning the afterlife into a booming after...  Read story

Sizing Up Donald Burr

Hurrah for the "people" people. In "Bitter Victories," I was delighted to hear over and over again the concern for employees' welfare and customer servic...  Read story

Grand Plans

Shoestring start-ups: seven fast-growing companies that were started for $1,000 or less, and tactics to borrow for your own start-up.  Read story

Industries In Transition

Overcoming foreign competition and shrinking profit margins, successful growth companies tailor thier products to a specialized customer base.  Read story

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