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Oprah's exit from TV is a good reminder for entrepreneurs on how to build a brand, attract top talent, and exit when the time is right. After 4,560 shows, the queen of daytime television said goodbye to her legions of raving fans this week. Her last moments on television were marked by surprise appearances by throngs of celebrities, including Tom Hanks, Jamie Foxx, Maria Shriver, and dozens mores
Read More »Climate Change Is Getting Expensive For The Insurance Industry
As natural disasters increase, insurance companies are paying out more and more. To keep costs down, the industry wants the government to be better prepared.
Read More »Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: VeeV
Twin brothers from Chicago mix up the nightlife scene with their Acai-infused drink, VeeV. As we process applications for the 2011 Inc.
Read More »Core Values of the Top Small Company Workplaces
The crucial element in well-run companies? Leaders who know what they believe in.
Read More »Do Bright Lights Mean a Big (Economic) City?
Take a look at this map of the U.S. at night.
Read More »Leading With Character
Craig Robinson, the basketball coach at Oregon State and Michelle Obamas brother, answers questions about coping with setbacks, what you have to do to get to the No. 1 spot, and Barack Obama
Read More »De-stress in the world’s strangest spas
De-stress in a brewery, a prison, even underwater — the world's strangest spas are in the last places you'd look.
Read More »Reader Mail: May 2011
Money Matters Jason Fried's article about making money [" How I Got Good at Making Money ," March] sparked a lively discussion on Inc.com.
Read More »Reader Mail: May 2011
Money Matters Jason Fried's article about making money [" How I Got Good at Making Money ," March] sparked a lively discussion on Inc.com. "Fantastic article, Jason," wrote Richard Hull, co-founder and CEO of GetInToo.com in Southaven, Mississippi
Read More »How to Hire an Assistant
My desk used to have a very large pile of envelopes stacked in the corner. It included notices from various agencies in the states in which our employees live, pitches from would-be business partners, personal correspondence, and too many other things to list. Under the desk was a box, which contained all of the stuff that had been crowded off my desk
Read More »Grow with Cause Marketing
Do you dream of helping others when you “make it big”? Do you imagine all of the good that you can do once you have no money woes whatsoever
Read More »How a Business Can Change the World
Start a company. Change the world
Read More »Finding Jobs for Ex-offenders
Brenda Palms Barber, Chicago's Queen of Second Chances, is dedicated to finding jobs for former prison inmates. But when the nonprofit she runs couldn't overcome employers' resistance to bringing on ex-offenders, she spun out a business so she could hire them herself.
Read More »Trans fat ban mulled in Illinois
Darryl Townson's doughnuts may get rave reviews, but politicians and health advocates would like to change his recipe.
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