The New Entrepreneurial Elite
Some of the hottest start-ups are cropping up on campus. Read more
Writing a Business Plan
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Top Gun for Start-Ups
An experimental graduate program at Babson College is designed to carry students to their first start-up. Read more
The Changing Face of Competition
If I asked you who your competition is, you're likely to mention the company down the street or across town that sells the same product or service as you.... Read more
And the Credit Goes to?
It's not the inventor toiling in his lab who becomes famous. It's the one who makes the biggest splash. Read more
Put Yourself on the Top of Your Priority List
Running a business can easily run you into the ground. New York Times #1 best-selling author and personal coach Cheryl Richardson offers exclusive tips to... Read more
Tackling Technology in Your Business Plan
Planning Your Technology Needs Every business needs technology. Even if your company makes old-fashioned chocolate chip cookies, y... Read more
How can I make financial projections in my business plan when I have no solid numbers?
Writing a Business Plan mentor Rhonda Abrams responds: Rhonda's rule: Numbers reflect the decisions you make. One of the bigg... Read more
What does it take to make a business plan attractive to venture capitalists?
Writing a Business Plan mentor Rhonda Abrams responds: Most new entrepreneurs think that a great idea is what captures a venture cap... Read more
Filling In Your Plan: What to Say Where
Here is a brief overview of the contents of the written plan. Keep in mind that after the first two items, the titles of thesubsequent sections can vary. ... Read more
The First Step
There's so much to do when you're starting a company that the hardest part may be figuring out what to do first. CEO Norm Brodsky advises that, before gettin... Read more
10 Things You Should Know About Working From Home
Create a physically separate space for your office -- a separate room, if possible. If your office must be within a room used for personal purposes,... Read more
Seven Signs You Shouldn't Work from Home
Although there are usually options and solutions for most work-at-home challenges, here's a list of telltale signs that working at home is not the best ch... Read more
Why Incubate when You Can Accelerate?
Over the past several years, new companies have been bubbling up out of American business schools, corporations, and garages at a dizzying clip. In fact, ... Read more
Winning in Business as a Woman
Play like a Man, Win like a Woman by Gail Evans Broadway Books, 2000, 193 pages, $23. "No." Everyone kn... Read more
Do I Need to Plan Differently for a Dot-Com Business?
Is drawing up a business plan different for a dot-com? The real challenge today is adapting the intellectual rigors of traditional business planning to the r... Read more
Inside an Internet Incubator
Incubators can be lifesavers for fledgling dot-coms, but Veritas Medicine may be regretting its decision to join one. Read more
CEO's Start-Up Toolkit: The Gear You Really Need
The right technology can make your life easier. The key is to find the right technology for you. This special section will help you wade through the... Read more
Giving Resources to Create Wealth
Before starting my company, NetNoir , I practiced entertainment law. Then I was introduced to a friend of a frien... Read more
A Trademark Tale
What's in a name? Not much, according to Shakespeare, but most businesspeople would tell you that a name is a valuable business asset, a vessel for a comp... Read more
If You Build It, Will They Stay?
Rick Kearney is applying a radical solution to employee turnover: He's building an "employee-centric" office park to house his business, Mainline Information... Read more
Cover All the Bases in Your Business Description
How to Describe Your Business When writing a convincing business plan, an important task is to clearly and exhaustively describe y... Read more
Any Given Start-Up
In years past, only a Super Bowl ring could light up the eyes of a burly football player. Now he's just as likely to perk up over a new dot-com. Pro athletes... Read more
The Good Deed Doers
Infoseek founder Steve Kirsch on philanthropy in the digital age. Read more
The Profit-Minded Professor
There's never been a better time to teach entrepreneurship at a business school -- and enterprising professors are sure making the most of it. Read more
My competitor has venture capital backing. How can I use that fact to my advantage?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds to the following question from an inc.com user: How would you suggest that I use ... Read more
How-to Benefit from R&D
Small businesses may see as much as a three percent increase in market value for every 10 percent hike in investment in research and development (R&D), ac... Read more
Business Plan Outline
This is an outline of a complete business plan: Summary Business concept Current situati... Read more
Pointers on Putting Together Your Business Plan
Getting started The hardest part of creating a business plan is getting started. It seems like a daunting task at first. But once ... Read more
I'm not seeking outside investors. Should I bother with a business plan if a bank doesn't demand it?
Offices & Operations mentor Charles J. Bodenstab responds: Every small business should make a business plan, although a plan that ... Read more
Rich Ideas
Reviews of five new business books -- two about creating wealth and giving it away; two on the importance of differentiation; and a basic guide to writing a ... Read more
Where to Start for Business Plan Smarts
Anatomy of a Business Plan, 4th edition, by Linda Pinson and Jerry Jinnett (Dearborn, 1999) The first edition of Linda Pinson and Jerry J... Read more
Living Business Plans Help Businesses Flow with Future
Sudden, unanticipated changes in your market can have a drastic impact on your business. But you can thwart catastrophe by building flexibility into your bu... Read more
Give Your Marketing Plan a Sure Shot at Success
Writing it down is a good start. But what you do next will make all the difference. Read more
A Simple Approach to Sales Forecasting
How do you forecast sales accurately? The trick is to break the sales down into manageable parts. Read more
