Buckwheat Keeps The Home Fires Burning
Larry Trainer had to come up with a new invention to keep his first invention in business. Three years ago, Trainer started selling an updated, more... Read story
Home Appliances
Zap Dryer
New Business paragraph on microwave clothes dryers. Read story
Sales Are Heating Up
For sale: a northern California manufacturer of wood, gas, and pellet stoves for $2.5 million. Read story
Spontaneous Combustion
The decade-old revival of the wood-stove industry is cooling as quickly as it heated up. Upstart market leader Vermont Castings counts on the reputation it h... Read story
How About A Little One To One For Your Toaster? Enter Device Relationship Management (DRM)
Just when you thought the alphabet soup of CRM terms couldn't possibly get any thicker, along comes a new flavor to add to the broth: Device Relationship ... Read story
Bright Lights, Big Impact
Why digital billboards are growing in popularity. Read story
Most Likely to Succeed
Call 'em snow jobs: These companies capitalize on winter weather. Read story
The Second Industrial Revolution
Against a backdrop of economic turbulence, an economist and a political scientist find that changing tastes and new technology may be ushering in an age of c... Read story
The Self-Cleaning Rest Room
Self-cleaning rest rooms designed for fast-food chains service stations. Read story
Rx for a Short Sales Season
Sales strategy for a short selling season. Read story
Keeper Of The Flame
A CEO discovers the difference between 'best-made' and 'best-selling' and learns to listen to the market. Read story
Money for 'Pre-Export'
Barry Grimes-Hardie went to a specialized trading company for capital to front an export deal. Read story
The Idealist: Into the Frying Pan
After nearly three decades at one of the country's most prestigious business schools, Eric van Merkensteijn tried managing in the real world. Read story
Profit Impact of Market Strategies (PIMS)
The Profit Impact of Market Strategies (PIMS) is a comprehensive, long-term study of the performance of strategic business units (SBUs) in 3,000 companies... Read story
How A Little Black Box Can Save Energy
Whether it blows hot or cold outdoors, an energy management system can cut consumption. But before you buy, lease, or share one, consider the pros and cons. Read story
Case Study: Update
Singling out a new market. Read story
Hot and Cold
An inventor has developed a combination freezer, fridge, and microwave that draws no more than nine amps of power. Read story
Understand Advertising Cost Metrics
Two types of calculations have traditionally been used to determine advertising costs: customer acquisition cost and cost per sale. If you have implemente... Read story
Behind The Scenes: Companies at the Heart of Everyday Life
Bellagio Resort and Casino, Las Vegas 11.14.08 6:30 p.m. Read story
Private Lives;
A sampling of America's pacesetters shows that the CEOs are as diverse as the products and services they sell. Read story
Made In The U.S.A.
Profile of a company aspiring to keep manufacturing cheap and effective in the appliance market. Read story
The Really Bad News about Bad Customers
It's nice to grow your client list, but if you're filling it with clients who don't line up with your company's goals and mission, you may find yourself in t... Read story
Pushing the Customer-Service Envelope
Two executives relate stories of how pushing the limit on customer service paid off for their companies. Read story
Taking a Niche Player Big-Time
Keurig Inc. has transformed office coffee with its unique, one-cup-at-a-time system. Can it do the same for the at-home market--with machines that cost $250 ... Read story
Ask James Dyson
Vacuum guru James Dyson on the advantages of being small. Read story
Silicon Valley Xanadu
OWNER: Robert Fenwick, cofounder and chairman of BR Communications, a manufacturer of military and diplomatic communications equipment SITE: 47 acre... Read story
Real Estate Now
Whether you're looking to move or happy where you are, you need to understand today's unusually favorable real estate market. Read story
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Because of Murray Spangler's chronic asthma, we are all breathing easier. Spangler was a janitor sweeping floors at a department store in 1907. To calm a ... Read story
Office MacGyver
Paul Kilker, CEO of $15 million GGS Information Services, in York, Pa., was about to perform the last rites over two Hewlett-Packard laser printers. The m... Read story
Tick...tick...
Inc. Technology's editor gives readers her thoughts on the CEO's greatest enemy--time. Read story
Free Equity
Leveraged-buyout firm offers 1% equity to anyone who can initiate a successful deal. Read story
How to Start a T-shirt Company
Great designs are not enough, according to Johnny Earle of Johnny Cupcakes. You also need lots of buzz and exclusivity Read story
The Big Chill
An Inc. 500 CEO shares why he thinks he knows the secret behind the Dallas Cowboys. Read story
AT&T Offers Remote Monitor for Small Firms
AT&T (NYSE:T) has unveiled a new service to help small-business owners keep tabs on their places of businesses. The AT&T Remote Monitor serv... Read story
You-Do-It Video
A new computer system enables small companies to produce their own promotional or training videos. Read story
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