Auctions


Dug Out From Under

When the Dugout Restaurant in Boston went out of business, the company's trustees and its major creditor, the Small Business Administration, held a public...  Read story

Online Auctions

Related Terms: Internet Payment Systems...  Read story

Bidding on Linux

It's cheap and it works. But can you run your company on Linux?  Read story

Auction Systems Auctioneers and Appraisers, - Inc. Article

Auction Systems Auctioneers Appraisers Location: Phoenix 2002 revenue: $8.6 millio...  Read story

Best of the Net: Beyond eBay

If you're looking to equip your office with used or surplus gear, plenty of online auction sites -- besides the industry's 800-pound gorilla -- can help.  Read story

Why Sell Goods in Online Auctions?

From Beanie Babies to large pieces of industrial equipment, if there is a product that can be bought and sold, there is probably an auction site selling i...  Read story

Best of the Small Business Web: House of the Rising Sun

At Daddy's Junky Music, dynamic online auctions turn aging inventory into hefty revenues.  Read story

Web Business Model: Product Sales

A Web business based on product sales involves selling a physical, shippable product online. There are three main ways to sell products on the Web:...  Read story

Pawnshops Pick a Fight With EBay

An old-school industry lobbies for regulation of online auction companies.  Read story

The Case Against Reverse Auctions

So you've been bitten by a reverse auction. Should you turn around and do the same to your suppliers, making up the difference by forcing them to cut costs?  Read story

Can You Survive the Ebay Economy?

If you think Web auctions are only for collectibles, you're in for a surprise. These online agoras now sell everything from moving services to real estate wh...  Read story

Getting Over the Threshold

Many obstacles stand between a customer and a sale. Your job is to remove them.  Read story

Selling the Company: When Partners Can't Agree

A lawyer explains why partners may opt to hold a corporate auction when they find it's time to sell.  Read story

Reverse Auctions: A Supplier's Survival Guide

A growing number of large companies are forcing suppliers to bid through reverse auctions. Here's how to survive one with your margins intact.  Read story

NetSuite IPO Prices Surge

Following a shaky start, shares in the business software firm are trading up.  Read story

IP Going to the Highest Bidder

Intellectual property rights for everything from financial services to telecommunications applications will be sold to the highest bidder at an auction in...  Read story

Close the Deal, Save the Grizzlies

Why hanging out with Andre Agassi can help you land that big account and save money on your taxes.  Read story

Where Do Great Ideas Come From?

To hear these Inc 500 all-stars tell it, it's not from books or market research; it's from keeping your eyes and ears open.  Read story

Ebay Most Trusted For Privacy, Says Study

June 15, 2004 -- As identity theft worries swell and spamming goes almost unabated, consumers have developed a newfound appreciation for ...  Read story

Trading Places: Are You Ready for an Electronic Stock Exchange?

Wunsch Auction Systems aims to create an electronic stock market exchange.  Read story

Ask Barbara Corcoran

Barbara Corcoran's tips on gaining media exposure.  Read story

Junk Bonds;

"AN INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES involves certain risks which prospective investors should carefully consider. These risks include (1) the highly leveraged fi...  Read story

NetSuite IPO Auction Opens

The hosted business software firm expects to sell 6.2 million shares at $13 to $16 per share, company officials say.  Read story

Windows of Opportunity

Want to auction products online? Address international Web surfers in their native languages? Turn customers into cartoons? Here are 18 tools for turbochargi...  Read story

The Inner City 100 Profiles: 71-80

NO. 71 Redbarn Pet Products Long Beach, California Dog food manufacturing and salesRead story

Value Judgements

Regarding Telepraisal, the firm that supplies values for paintings by telephone (People & Innovations, November 1983): I object to the implication tha...  Read story

Think Employees Are Fudging Their Timesheets? Try Fingerprinting Them

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

Legacy: Ed Justice Sr., 1921-2008

Cars, cars, and more cars.  Read story

Ten Ways to Discover a Goldmine of Prospects

Here are 10 ways to generate sales leads. How many of them have you used tofill your pipeline? 1. Referrals This always has...  Read story

Let Uncle Sam Outfit Your Office

Surplus government equipment may be a good bet if you're outfitting a business on a shoestring. Excess items are auctioned off to the public through two ...  Read story

New Online Payment Application Package

April 2, 2007 -- PayPal, a subsidiary of online auction site eBay, has launched a new application package aimed at boosting the security ...  Read story

Inc. Online Exclusives May 2007

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Is This Any Way to Run a Family?

Hoping to inspire, to teach responsibility and instill determination, Tom Parsons decided to start a business with his 15-year-old son. It seemed like a good...  Read story

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