The Great Cupcake Wars
You know who plays for keeps these days? Cupcake makers. The stakes are high. Ditto, our correspondent’s blood sugar
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The Great Leaders Series: Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade
Lifelong friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield took both sustainable profit and social activism into consideration when starting their ice cream business.
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Uptown Cupcakes Attract Scores of Harlemites
Breaking away from New York's downtown cupcake explosion, Tonnie Rozier finds a new demographic in need of the sweet treats uptown.
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The Sweetest Success
Even in lean economic times, the American appetite for cookies, cake, ice cream, and other tasty treats continues to grow. Savvy entrepreneurs are doing ever... Read more
Obits: Despite Student "Army," Ice-Cream Venture Is Frozen Out
Jeremy Kraus took the principles of microbrewed beer and applied them to ice cream. His unique marketing efforts built a loyal cult following, but it wasn't ... Read more
Building a Cupcake Empire
As consumers warm to splurging on little luxuries, niche bakeries are booming. Here's how one law student spotted the trend and found the sweet smell of succ... Read more
Triple-Scoop Sellers
Super-premium ice-cream stores, once a safe niche, have become almost as easy to find as espresso shops. So Amy Miller needed a new recipe to differentiat... Read more
Business For Sale: Maine Homemade-Ice-Cream Parlor
An overview of a business offered for sale, including the price, price rationale, outlook, as well as pros and cons. Read more
Do You Pay Your Top Sales and Marketing Executives Enough?
Average 1991 base salary for top sales and marketing executives. Read more
All Together Now
An ice cream and mail-order candy shop promotes reading in community schools by giving away ice cream. Read more
Persona Non Grata
It's one thing to sell your business -- but quite another to find that your identity has been unwittingly sold along with it. Just ask Steve Herrell. ... Read more
The New Artisans
ELLIOT HOFFMAN Just Desserts Inc. There is a larger meaning, perhaps, in the fact that it took a New Yorker to bring a decent cheesecake to Sa... Read more
The Role of Giving
Franchisees are often finding ways to be a part of the community -- it helps business. But charitable giving has other benefits, too. Read more
Start-Ups 2010: Gourmet Ice Cream, Served From a Truck
Ben Van Leeuwen and Laura O’Neill on how to launch an ice-cream company. Read more
How to Write a Bakery Business Plan
Niche bakeries are one of the fastest growing industries and here is how you can get started on your confectionery dream. Read more
When Quality Isn't Everything
Great Midwestern Ice Cream produces a private-label product for supermarkets. Read more
Hall of Fame Profile: Joey Crugnale
On taking something common and making it special. (Repeat when necessary.) Read more
Doug Ducey, Cold Stone Creamery
CEO Doug Ducey takes Inc. TV on a tour of the flagship NYC store, and discusses how he is building an empire with premium ice cream and singing staffers. Watch video
For the Love of Franchising
So you want to be in business for yourself, but you don't have a novel business idea. You want to be your own boss, but the boss of what? You say you're i... Read more
Quote Of The Month;
"Quality is a matter of faith. You set your standards, and you have to stick by them no matter what. That's easy when you've got plenty of product on han... Read more
Chips Ahoy
Americans spend an estimated $2.5 billion a year on cookies, mostly on packaged supermarket varieties. About 10 years ago, Wally "Famous" Amos opened a s... Read more
Cold Stone Creamery Forms Franchise Conglomerate
The former Inc. 500 company is joining forces with Kahala, which manages Blimpie and 10 other franchise brands. Read more
Managing Information: Beyond Horsepower
A quick look at a small company that turned to an inexpensive minicomputer to achieve efficient management. Read more
The Next Krispy Kreme?
Is cupcake chic destined to burn out in the same way that the Krispy Kreme phenomenon of the late '90s did? So asks Jennifer 8. Lee on the New York Tim... Read more
Surveys of Substance
Tips on designing and administering employee surveys. Read more
Local Hero or Tax Cheat?
Gus Rancatore's ice cream shop, Toscanini's, is a fixture in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When it was seized for nonpayment of taxes, the community responded. Read more
For the Love of Franchising
Doug Ducey explains why franchising has been a good business for him and others. Read more
Ben & Jerry's Fair Trade Fanfare Belies Struggle With Corporate Parent
In a sweet victory for the ethical ice cream company's founders, Ben & Jerry's corporate parent agrees to make a commitment to use only fair trade-certified ... Read more
MyCubi Strives to be the eBay of Services
Local business finder MyCubi allows small business contractors to bid on service jobs while narrowing their marketing focus. Read more
Strange but True
A fun-fact explaining how one ice cream maker is the world's largest Kahlua customer. Read more
D.C.'s Cupcake Battle and Is Twitter Only For Old Folks?
Steve Jobs is back. Apple fanatics rejoice! Yesterday's Wall Street Journal included a story about Apple's development of a Read more
Behind the Scenes: Companies at the Heart of Everyday Life
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Five Ideas to Watch
Going private, Republican ice cream, a fab scanner, and more. Plus: Remembering a factoring guru. Read more
Just Desserts
You're inhaling the last string of fettuccine, mopping the last crust of bread through the marinara sauce. Your potential customer sits across from you, f... Read more
Sundae School
A CEO tells why it is so difficult to be socially resposible when creating daily business policies. Read more
Taking Your Mission Beyond the Product or Service
How long have you been in business? Do you have a mission statement yet? If you do, when was the last time you leveraged its content to grow your company?... Read more
Americans Put More Money Into Machines
Last year Americans pumped a record $13.8 billion into the nation's six million vending machines. That figure, according to Vending Times magazine, ... Read more
A Pinkberry On Every Block
Is Pinkberry the new Starbucks? It will be if Starbucks founder Howard Sch... Read more
Aerosol Yogurt
New business information on yogurt-based whipped cream. Read more
A Tale Of Two Companies
There's more than one way to bake a cookie -- and build a business. Read more
The Top 25 Angel Investors
Ranking the top angel investors. A couple years ago, we told you about a start-up called YouNoodle that claimed it came up with an algorithm that c... Read more
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Giving Us a Sweet Break From a Stressful World
Amy Simmons was en route to becoming a doctor. Now she's celebrating her 27th year as an ice cream entrepreneur. Read more
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