Getting an Idea to Market
To succeed at her new venture, an entrepreneur realized she needed more than money and a great idea. She needed the timing of the market as well. Here she of... Read more
Writing a Business Plan
Recent Writing a Business Plan Articles
FYI: My Son, the Downsizer
Lessons learned from watching a seven-year-old entrepreneur at the helm of a hot start-up. Read more
60-Second Business Plan: Space Man
Marc Shuman wants to straighten up your garage. And not just your garage. Shuman plans to make his storage system a nationally recognized brand. Read more
60-Second Business Plan: Bye-Bye, Bogey
Geared toward those new to the fairways, here's a national franchise of golf training centers. Read more
Making Your Financials Add Up
No business plan is complete until it contains a set of financial projections that are not only inspiring but also logical and defensible. Read more
Market Research
With effective market research, you can determine the need for your service, a product's likelihood to sell, target-market demographics, and desirable store ... Read more
Market Research
A guide to effective market research, from online research to focus groups to counting customers. Read more
60-Second Business Plan: The Butts Stop Here
How's this for a breathtaking market? The 35-million Americans who try to stop smoking every year. Read more
Zero-Defect Decision Making
These days any bad decision could devastate your company. So how do you decide which opportunities to bet on? Read more
Getting the Dirt on Your Market
New location? Get market information, including population density, demographics, and the number and type of local businesses. Read more
Business Income Defined
There are many different kinds of business income, and almost all of them are taxable. Read more
Decision Time
Improve your chances for success through better decision making. Read more
Verdi and Me
High-tech entrepreneur Brent Habig on singing opera, and how it makes him a better manager than you are. Or at least different. Read more
What Type of Entrepreneur Are You?
There are a number of different ways to build a business around your interests. Determine your entrepreneurial type to help you decide what type of business ... Read more
60-Second Business Plan: Good-Bye Doesn't Mean Forever
When employees leave, they're gone for good, right? Not if Cem Sertoglu has anything top say about it. Read more
Dialing for Dollars
To provide guidance on the mission-critical subject of cold calling, we turned to Inc.com's Sales mentor, Pat Cavanaugh. In response to our users' questio... Read more
Little Big Company
The fastest growing business in America resides in a Green Acres setting and is run by a couple of non-college-educated brothers whose biggest dream is to ke... Read more
Simultaneous Organization
With four fast-growth companies up and running and a fifth bubbling on the back burner, David Becker performs an impressive juggling act every single day. Read more
The Hall of Fame
For most companies, landing on the Inc 500 list once is accomplishment enough. But an amazing few have made the list five times or more. Read more
How Good is Your Business Idea?
Time for a true confession: my first business idea flopped. When I began working for myself, I started as a ? Charitable Giving Consultant.? My concept wa... Read more
Recipe for Success
"What do you wish you had known when you were starting out?" "What has hindsight taught you?" We posed those questions to four seasoned restaurant owners ... Read more
Writing a Business Plan: Selected Resources
If " The Bulletproof Business Plan ," makes you nervous about getting funding for your new com... Read more
In the Line of Pliers
After living with risk daily, what does a longtime Secret Service agent do for an encore? Become an entrepreneur. Read more
Barriers to Entry
Why barriers to entry are good. Read more
Inside Information
The lowdown on competitive intelligence. Read more
The Bulletproof Business Plan
How to bulletproof your business plan during a slumping economy. Read more
Competitive Intelligence on a Shoestring
Some big companies have entire departments devoted to gathering competitive intelligence. Yet even soloists can get a leg up on the competition through on... Read more
You're Nobody Till Somebody Collects You
PeopleCards helps you get your 15 minutes of fame on the Web. Read more
Enter the Dragon
How do you reconcile a love for Hollywood glitz with an admiration for cost-conscious Asian filmmaking? Ask Robert Cain. Read more
The X Factor
The one quality that can't be taught and that every entrepreneur must have to succeed. Read more
Encourage Self-Appointed Ambassadors to Tell Your Story
Beyond the machinated public-relations plugs and news bites, there's a band of people who can -- and will -- genuinely advocate for your business and its ... Read more
In a Former Life: Greg MacGillivray
Greg MacGillivray, president of a $20-million dollar IMAX-film company, discusses how he learned to be patient growing up as a surfer. Read more
Market Research: An Update on Sources and Techniques for Your Strategic Planning Efforts
So you have finally held your first strategic planning meeting: Congratulations! You have now set the stage for the many potential benefits of disciplined... Read more
