Business
Inc.
Going Global A Founder's Big Bet
Eyal Levy thought Yogibo would be big in Japan. How could he best expand the brand?
2 min |
October 2017
Inc.
They Persisted
THEY HAD GAME-CHANGING IDEAS. THEY TOOK ON ENTRENCHED INDUSTRIES.Designing a high-tech solution for a thorny problem: making bus and train travel as effortless as flying
8 min |
October 2017
Inc.
The Challenges Of Building An Ethical Machine
Academics worry how A.I. will be programmed to navigate ethical dilemmas. Founders of A.I.-driven companies dont. But they should.
6 min |
November 2018
Inc.
Two Legends Talk Shop
Panera Breads Ron Shaich and Kinds Daniel Lubetzky discuss creativity, control, and the future of entrepreneurialism.
5 min |
November 2018
Inc.
Banish Payroll Headaches With Outsourcing Options
SMB leaders need to spend more time on business-critical activities and less on admin tasks. Payroll services solutions can help.
5 min |
November 2018
Inc.
How Female Founders Can Combat Bias
Research shows that investors put female founders on the defensive more than they do their male counterparts. Now theres a strategy to turn the conversation around.
3 min |
November 2018
Inc.
It's never Too Late For A Second Act
How to start something new late in your career and still protect your retirement.
3 min |
November 2018
Inc.
Up next / Personal Health Youth, On Tap Forever
Your stem cells hold the cure to a host of illsand maybe aging itself. Forever Labs is making sure theyll be there when you need them.
6 min |
November 2018
Inc.
Horseracing- Against All Odds
Despite the sport's declining popularity and aging tracks, and new opportunities to gamble, BelindaStronachis betting that her company can remake horseracing.
3 min |
October 2018
Inc.
Discovering What Makes Athletes Tick
JAYMEE MESSLER THE PLAYERS’ TRIBUNE - Messler’s sports management firm represented Derek Jeter until the baseball superstar retired. Then the duo hatched their own sports media company.
5 min |
October 2018
Inc.
9 Best Female-Focused Funds
Founding teams that include men and women produce dramatically stronger valuation growth than all-male founding teams, according to research from First Round Capital. But startups withgender-diverseteams win just 18 percent of the venture capital pie.
4 min |
October 2018
Inc.
Healing Communities One Act At A Time
​With the Subaru Love Promise, the car company is taking a stand in an age of divisiveness.
3 min |
October 2018
Inc.
How I Decided To Save My Old hood
Not long ago, Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.—the rapper, actor, and fashion impresario who’s better known as T.I.—took a hard look at the once-vibrant neighborhood he grew up in. By the age of 14, he’d been arrested several times on drug charges. To flip the script for kids like him, in 2017 he founded Buy Back the Block, a real estate venture that reimagines his old neighborhood one building at a time.
3 min |
July/August 2018
Inc.
Founders Project Beauty Insiders
Jaime Schmidt got her natural deodorant and toothpaste onto the mass-market shelves of Walmart and Costco before selling to Unilever in 2017. Now she advises Hero Cosmetics co-founder Ju Rhyu, who’s about to go big with her skin-care business.
6 min |
June 2019
Inc.
What Happens When A Wildly Ambitious Young Startup Decides To Work With The Military?
There were hoodies. Robots. Free drinks. Young founders milling around a loftlike, concrete-floored space.
10+ min |
June 2019
Inc.
How I Built Businesses On Both Sides Of The Border—and Why We Shouldn't Have It Any Other Way
Ricardo Mora is an El Paso, Texas–based telecom entrepreneur, restaurateur, tech investor, and startup evangelist. His various ventures straddle the U.S. and Mexican markets, and give him a uniquely informed perspective on border politics. Business is better for everyone, he’s found over the years, when companies— and people—on both sides of the border work together.
3 min |
July - August 2019
Inc.
How I Proved The VCs Were Wrong
When Tope Awotona founded Atlanta-based online scheduling startup Calendly in 2013, he ran into a common problem for black founders: securing VC funds. The experience taught him to stretch every dollar so that he’d never have to rely on outside funding. He credits his family in Nigeria for showing him the way.
3 min |
July - August 2019
Inc.
Your Employees Want More Financial Transparency. Now What?
Advice from the founders of America’s fastest-growing private companies.
2 min |
June 2019
Inc.
Inc. 500
The founders of this year’s Inc. 500 have already scaled great heights. Now they’re reaching for the next big summits
8 min |
September 2019
Inc.
Another On-Time Arrival
No.413Matt Pyatt ARRIVE LOGISTICSThree-year growth 1,107.1% | 2018 revenue $368.6M Austin | Founded in 2014
4 min |
September 2019
Inc.
Drafting A New Business Plan
No.221Greg AvolaUNTAPPDThree-year growth 1,882% | 2018 revenue $10MWilmington, North Carolina | Founded in 2010
2 min |
September 2019
Inc.
He Escaped War, Hustled In Harlem, And Created Atop Skin Care Brand: The Saga Of Sundial
In 1987, when civil unrest in Liberia brought him to America, Rich Dennis also became an entrepreneur.
9 min |
September 2019
Inc.
Founders Project Best Dressed
No.326Michelle DeLoachREVELRYThree-year growth 1,423.4% | 2018 revenue $3.8M Austin | Founded in 2009
6 min |
September 2019
Inc.
The Next Generation Of Franchising
There are as many reasons for investing in franchises as there are franchise investors. And whether the objective is blending lifestyle with business or maximizing income, franchisers offer opportunities to match almost any motivation.
2 min |
September 2019
Inc.
What's In A Name? A Business, It Turns Out
No.274Darpan MunjalSQUADHELP.COMThree-year growth 1,600.8% | 2018 revenue $3MHoffman Estates, Illinois | Founded in 2011
3 min |
September 2019
Inc.
Making An Impact
North Carolina’s Bogue Banks is home to Transportation Impact, whose 66 employees get time off from work for pursuits such as caring for their waterfront community.
2 min |
June 2019
Inc.
The Problem With The Platforms
Giant tech companies love founders. Until they start getting too successful.
4 min |
May 2018
Inc.
Rising Stars
Nothing better illustrates the vibrancy of entrepreneurship than Inc.’s Rising Stars, the inspiring under-30 founders who are blazing paths in fields ranging from diamond-making to tech to beekeeping. Presenting the stars of the future —and today.
6 min |
May 2018
Inc.
"I'm Doing It at 37, and I Hope to Be Doing It at 57".
And by his high school years, he had mastered the 50-50 grind and the rock ’n’ roll.
2 min |
October 2016
Inc.
How New Sagaya Overcame the Odds
Inc. 5000 honorees tell us how they would tackle a common business challenge.
3 min |