CEO Passions: Ballroom Dancing
Promise Phelon, CEO of Upwardly Mobile, learns business strategy through ballroom dancing
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Emotiv's Mind-Reading Headset
A Bay Area start-up is creating a technology straight out of science fiction
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Just Play
As the makers of the games Guitar Hero and now Rock Band settle into their success -- check that, their utter domination of the world's basements and dorm rooms -- it's worth asking why the first hit was so painfully long in coming. It seems they had forgotten something: fun
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Steppenwolf's John Kay: My Biggest Mistake
The lead singer of Steppenwolf learned about the need to be hands-on with the business as well as the music. Read more
Business Is Up, And They're Flying High
Joe DelVecchio's balloons are popping up all over the country, from Washington, where they were seen at the White House and Central Intelligence Agency he... Read more
Lords Of The Rings
What has $2 million in sequins and feathers, loads 11 flatcars in an hour and a half, and thrills 7 million people? Ringling Bros. is actually a very serious... Read more
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Singing For His Supper Club
Harold Farb, chairman of the board of The Farb Cos. in Houston, is no Sinatra, but he insists that "my great love is music" and he enjoys singing in the b... Read more
Soaps And Serials
Our man has been dreaming up new business ideas since his days in the sandbox, only to watch others make a business of them. But this is the last straw. Read more
Poncho And Lefty
"It was one of the highlights of my life. I mean, it's not every day that you have a book dedicated to you. But to have one dedicated to you and Willie N... Read more
Love Me (Legal) Tender
Elvis Presley MasterCard introduced in conjunction with Federal Savings and Loan Association, Memphis. Read more
Setting the Stage
Jim Henson's son Brian writes about how he and his siblings filled his famous father's shoes in the family business. Read more
The Dead Have Customers, Too
A look at the business organization behind the rock band The Grateful Dead, which grossed over $50 million in 1993. Read more
To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown
A quote from the founder of Motown, Berry Gordy, about for the record giant. Read more
Labor-Union Disharmony Silences Symphony
Because of a small market and union problems, the Sacramento Symphony went bust. Read more
Spotlight: Hollywood's Dream Factory
Winning one Oscar is small potatoes. Here's a guy who accepts (or rejects) more than 50 every year. Read more
Cartoon Character
Here's how a good reputation and even better timing helped Shawne Kleckner, CEO of Right Stuf International, turn a simple exercise in nostalgia into a boomi... Read more
Taking a Page from Science Fiction
Sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow on thinking out of the box. Read more
How I Did It: Kevin Plank
For the founder of apparel-maker Under Armour, entrepreneurship is 99% perspiration and 1% polyester. Read more
Creativity Regained
Robert Redford happens to be a movie star, but he's the star who founded an enterprise that changed an industry. Along the way, this very successful entrepre... Read more
Onward, Christian Marketer
The success of Mel Gibson's film The Passion revealed opportunities in the Christian market. Read more
More Volume!
How Jerry and Mindy Harvey saved Alex Van Halen's hearing (what's left of it), learned some important lessons about business, and built Ultimate Ears, a $22 ... Read more
Mark Schmitz Aims to Become the Top Hip-Hop Mogul in Phoenix.
First he needs $300,000. Read more
Sing-2-School Wants to Bring Hip-Hop to the Grade-School Set
Can it raise $250,000? Read more
Top 10 Celebrity Entrepreneurs
Plenty of well-known people dabble in business. A smaller number are talented businesspeople, the real deal, and these are the best of them. Plus: Moby, Remi... Read more
Dramatic Results
Making opera (yes, opera) seem young and hip. Read more
Allhiphop.com's Founders Thought a Weeklong Event Would Raise the Company's Profile and Boost Growth
Instead, it almost killed their business. Read more
How Pixar Cheated Death
Pixar's a great success story, but it's worth remembering how close Steve Jobs & Co. came to an unhappy ending. Read more
Fishing for Big Ones
Owners of small companies usually figure that if they can prove themselves with a few smaller clients, they'll be able to attract bigger accounts. Not Jer... Read more
Whose Brand Is It, Anyway?
Terri Williamson did a textbook job of launching Glow. Jennifer Lopez and her team did a textbook job of launching Glow by J.Lo. And then their worlds collided. Read more
From Filmmaker to Entrepreneur
Independent filmmakers bypass distribution companies to maintain control of their projects. Read more
Taking a Page from Science Fiction
Sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow on thinking out of the box. Read more
What I Learned from Michael
The news of Michael Jackson's death took me back to my childhood. We lived on Hovey Street and the Jacksons lived across Clark Road in an area called Tarr... Read more
A Harry Solution
Yesterday, the fifth installment of the Harry Potter film franchise opened in 4,300 locations on more than 9,000 screens--the widest domestic release in W... Read more
Mulligan for Miss USA
When I heard about Miss USA's stumble last weekend at the Miss Universe pageant, I was saddened. I wo... Read more
Farewell Michael Scott. Greetings Casey McCall.
Last month marked the season finale of NBC's The Office -- the only half-hour comedy I expect to mis... Read more
Ask the Godfather of Hip-Hop
Inc. regulars know that each month we let readers lob their toughest business questions at a seasoned entrepreneur. (This month Richard Thalheimer, founde... Read more
Time For Launch 2.0
I was watching Marc Benioff from Salesforce.com launch Chatter (the social networking app for Salesforce.com). No surprises here. The video featu... Read more
Mail: July 2003
Jennifer Lopez: savvy brand builder or trademark thief? Plus: Sales commissions, employee stock ownership, and embezzlement. Read more
Top 10 Celebrity Entrepreneurs
Plenty of well-known people dabble in business. A smaller number are talented businesspeople, the real deal, and these are the best of them. Plus: Moby, Remi... Read more
Pandora's Long Strange Trip
Online radio that's cool, addictive, free, and-just maybe-a lasting business. Read more
A Harry Situation
Yesterday, the fifth installment of the Harry Potter film franchise opened in 4,300 locations on more than 9,000 screens--the widest domestic release in W... Read more
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