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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.
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From Filmmaker to Entrepreneur
Independent filmmakers bypass distribution companies to maintain control of their projects. 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
Pixar's Slow Start
One of the more interesting moments, from an entrepreneurial perspective, of last night's Golden Globe awards was the acceptance speech of 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
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
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
A Look at the James Beard Noms
It's Jean George Vongrichten's ABC Kitchen versus Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone's Torrisi Italian Specialties. Read more
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So You Wanna Be in Pictures
An independent entrepreneur creates an inexpensive alternative to the large Hollywood movie studios. Read more
Jason Pollock, Digital Producer, Filmmaker, and Writer
Jason Pollock was named one of the "100 People to Follow on Twitter" by PC Magazine . Watch video
Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Photo-Kicks
Two founders turn their photography and Web-design studio into a movie production company. Read more
Film Documents Young Business Dreams
Mary Mazzio’s documentary Ten9Eight follows several high school teens as they compete in a nationwide business competition. Read more
Learning Business From the Big Screen
From overcoming fear to maintaining work-life balance, here are 7 lessons every business owner can learn from big screen classics. View slideshow
What the Stars Ate Last Night
How do you keep 1,500 power players well-fed and happy on Hollywood's biggest night? No one knows better than Wolfgang Puck, who has been catering the Gov... Read more
When Venture Capital Was an Adventure
A new documentary film takes a look at the lives of the original rat pack of venture capitalists including Tom Perkins, Arthur Rock, and Don Valentine. 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
How We Did It: Amy Robinson and Eric Steel, producers of Julie & Julia
Movie producers, like entrepreneurs, need a strong stomach for risk. It can take years of planning, pitching, negotiating, coaxing, hoping, and praying to... Read more
Diary of a Start-Up: The Competition
Competition is good, right? It keeps you on your toes and makes you think more creatively. Let's hope so! Because just as we're about to open our own movi... Read more
How to Make a Splash at SXSW
It seems as if every company is looking to create buzz at SXSW in Austin this week. Here are some strategies for making a memorable impression. Read more
Drucker: The Movie
A comment on the use of Peter Drucker's material by Whit Stillman in his movie "Barcelona." Read more
Say Hello To Hollywood
As a movie, The Running Man was one of the more forgettable box-office hits of 1987, but the story behind it is the stuff of dreams. It stars a 40-year-o... Read more
In 1928, the young Hollywood filmmaker directed his efforts toward raising money for more cartoons starring a character he invented. Arriving in New York,... Read more
I Lost It at the Movies
Glamour, moguldom, potential home-run returns -- is it any surprise that so many CEOs with cash want to try their hand in the film business? Or that bad thin... Read more
Small-Game Developers Poised to Score
Gamers see a new way to compete. Read more
Ricky Gervais: The Start of a Twitter Backlash?
Asked by publicists to tout the Golden Globes, British comedian Ricky Gervais decides that self-promotion on Twitter is "undignified." Read more
Building a Fortune on a Grudge
David Fincher's sensational film looks at a company whose founders have already had the kind of falling out that used to take friends in business a couple of... Read more
Small-Game Developers Poised to Score
Gamers see a new way to compete. Read more
Editor's Letter
In the movie Groundhog Day , Bill Murray is doomed to live the same day over and over again until he finally “gets it,” “it̶... Read more
Almost Famous
When you watch a popular TV program such as The Apprentice (is there an Inc. reader who doesn't watch it?) there is a huge array of smal... Read more
Update: Tax on Fancy Freebies
March 2004 When we wrote about a few of Lash Fary's favorite possessions ("Read more
Trademark Usage Trumps Domain Name Registration in Internet Battle
In a recently issued decision, Brookfield Communications, Inc. v. West Coast Entertainment Corp. , F.3d, 50 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1545 (9th Cir. 1999) the N... Read more
Chris Paine on Revving Up the Auto Industry
The director of Who Killed the Electric Car? and Revenge of the Electric Car talks about the changing face of car manufacturing and salesâ€... Read more
Small Business Products Get 'Sex and the City' Close-Up
For a few small companies, there's only one answer to the love or hate 'Sex and the City 2' question. (Hint: It's love it.) Read more
Honorable Mention: Mel Gibson
Bringing faith to the masses. And Hollywood. Read more
Celebrity Cachet of SwaddleDesign
How Lynette Damir's company in Seattle, SwaddleDesign, which sells baby-related products, grew to $3.6 million Read more
Buzz Power
Adage.com reports that Mel Gibson's new film, the highly controversial The Passion , took... Read more
More Advanced Iris Scanner
The InSight VM by AOptix is much more advanced than the iris recognition device in The Simpsons Movie. Read more
Three Terabytes in a Box
Congratulations, Seagate! The titan of data storage has done it again; this time in its debut of the first ever Read more
America’s Fastest-Growing Travel Company
Sixthman designs theme cruises geared toward music and movie fans, such as Kid Rock’s Chillin’ the Most Cruise and the Turner Classic Movies Cruise. Read more
The Return Of Billy Jack
Tom Laughlin has set out to do for videocassettes what Amway did for household products and Domino's did for pizza Read more
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