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 more
Arts and Crafts
Recent Articles about Arts and Crafts
He Took On the Whole Power-Tool Industry
Why wasn't anyone else interested in building a safer saw? Read more
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 more
The Trouble with Tax Holidays
Consumers and politicians love them, but state sales tax holidays are becoming a major headache for businesses. Read more
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 more
He Took On the Whole Power-Tool Industry
Why wasn't anyone else interested in building a safer saw? Read more
Splitting Heirs (1988)
Nearly a hundred years ago, Lorenzo Vaughn planted a time bomb in his company. Finally, it went off Read more
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 more
Things I Can't Live Without: Anne-Marie Faiola
Showing up to work in the right outfit makes the Segway a necessity. Read more
Customer Prospects
When recruiting sales managers for its retail outlet, one company sends out a direct mailing to existing customers. Read more
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 more
Common Threads
Joe Fulmer, CEO of Stitching Post, deliberately transformed his store into the kind of place where customers socialize with one another. Read more
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 more
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 more
The Future of Manufacturing
A New Zealand company called Ponoko has reinvented the factory for the 21st century. Read more
High Tech Helpers For The Fuel Budget
For businesses with a fleet of delivery trucks or account executives who burn a lot of miles making client calls, the price of gas is obviously taking a t... Read more
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 more
Kid Holder
Woman creates Wiggle Wrap, a harness to bind children into seats. Read more
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 more
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 more
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 more
Private Lives;
Demon dialers, Dungeons Dragons, and the great $5 disposable suit. Read more
Alumni Network
Cabinetmaker refers his customers to other woodworkers, many of whom are former employees. Read more
Charting Value
Here's how John Ford grew an idea from his wife's law school notes into a multimillion-dollar publishing enterprise. Read more
Can Rob Kalin Scale Etsy?
An army of 400,000 crafters has made Etsy a hot start-up: profitable, well capitalized, growing. Now founder Rob Kalin is looking for ways to make them succe... Read more
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 more
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 more
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 more
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 more
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 more
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 more
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 more
Industries In Transition
Overcoming foreign competition and shrinking profit margins, successful growth companies tailor thier products to a specialized customer base. Read more
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