Technology
Inc.
Blockfi's Great Rise and Even Greater Escape
It was the country's fastest-growing private company until the crypto winter blanketed the sector. Here's how an innovative financial startup is succeeding through good, old-fashioned fundamentals.
10+ min |
September 2022
Inc.
HOW I GOT SWEATY AND MUDDY AND MADE NONALCOHOLIC BEER COOL
Bill Shufelt, 39, started his craft beer business in 2017 in a moribund segment of an otherwise booming industry: non-alcoholic brews. Shufelt bet that there were many non-drinkers like him who wanted lagers and IPAs that tasted better than water, and were fit for fancy dinners as well as the finish line.
3 min |
September 2022
Inc.
OFF THE CHART
A former nurse builds a health care unicorn in just four years and changes her profession forever. The pulse-quickening case history of Cherie Kloss's SnapNurse.
10+ min |
September 2022
Inc.
HOW I TURNED A FAMILY HEALTH CRISIS INTO A THRIVING BUSINESS
Christopher Castillo, 36, was driving home to Orlando one June day in 2017, after a round of sales calls up in Gainesville, when he rang his father. Rick, 59, sounded frustrated.
3 min |
September 2022
Inc.
MY HOW I PERSUADED MOM AND DAD TO LET ME RUN OUR HOME-GROWN BEVERAGE BRAND
In 2012, to help her mother through chemotherapy, Jesslyn Rollins's father began developing a hydration drink meant to work like an over-the-counter IV.
3 min |
September 2022
Inc.
He helped put the craft beer industry on the map. She's taking it from Sugar Hill to Rocky Mount and beyond
There's hard-earned wisdom on tap as Sam Calagione, founder of four-time Inc. 5000 company Dogfish Head Brewery, talks with Harlem Brewing Company founder Celeste Beatty on extending opportunity to new suds-men and suds-women.
5 min |
September 2022
Inc.
How Fast-Growth Companies Refuse to Lose
The most successful businesses not only build quality into their products, but also tap their customers for help.
5 min |
September 2022
Inc.
Manifest Your Destiny
The day I committed to building a 100-year-old business is the day my company's growth took flight.
3 min |
September 2022
Inc.
Delivering Measurable ROI in Multiple Ways
Offloading HR responsibilities helps small and midsize business owners save money and focus on growth
10 min |
September 2022
Inc.
Inc. Best Workplaces 2022
The Companies Making Work Work
10+ min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
Mark Cuban's Prescription for Big Pharma
Drug companies face a whole other kind of trial, thanks to a dose of this entrepreneurial legend.
10+ min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
It's about time you got on TikTok
Tip Sheet
2 min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
Give Your Team a Better Option
Stock options are a great retention tool-but why should employees have to bear your risk? There's a solution for that.
7 min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
Through the Looking Glass
Glen Tullman envisions an upside-down world-one where health care isn't broken and patients get the treatment they need at a cost they can afford. Now all he needs to do is bring transparency to a system that, by design, is anything but clear.
10+ min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
Business Regrets? They've Had a Few
There are many reasons why companies go thumbs-down on good ideas. Some of those reasons seem reasonable:
4 min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
Be Yourself. Inspire Others
Today's political minefields are so explosive that a step in any direction can seem perilous. But nobody ever inspired a following by standing in place.
3 min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
8 Ways SMBs Can Win in a Tight Talent Market
The Great Resignation has made competition for the best employees more intense than ever
6 min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
The Humbling of Andy Dunn
This is the story of a founder who hit it big and suffered a mental breakdown-and his efforts to win back the trust and relationships he wrecked in the process. One day at a time. One person at a time.
10+ min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
Save Yourself—Then Save the Company
After a devastating customer experience, I regrouped and analyzed everything about my business-and then took my company back.
3 min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
She's Outgrown the Garage and Is Ready for the Next Step. He Has the Experience to Guide Her
Boxed co-founder Chieh Huang helps Bearaby founder Kathrin Hamm navigate the thorny issues that arise when managing a rapidly growing business.
7 min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
The Future of ...WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE RUNWAY IN FADS, FASHION, AND FIRMWARE
I think influencer marketing should become more plugand-play, like with Facebook ads."
1 min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
NET ZERO
Give a ton of a carbon, take a ton. That's what we must do by 2050 or face climate catastrophe. Remarkably, it's possible with pretty simple math: Seven pioneering entrepreneurs plus seven technologies plus seven economic pathways equals a cool, carbon-neutral planet-and continued prosperity.
10+ min |
May - June 2022
Inc.
She Wants to Turn Her Brand Into a Following... And Her Mentor Knows How It's Done.
Emma Grede, co-founder of fashion brands Skims and Good American, shares business advice with KIN Apparel founder Philomina Kane.
7 min |
March - April 2022
Inc.
A Killing in Cannabis
Tushar Atre was a longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur when, in 2017, lured by the promise of a growing market, he launched a startup aimed at revolutionizing the extraction of cannabis. Within two years, he was dead and trailed by a cloud of questions about the true nature of America's newest gold rush.
10+ min |
March - April 2022
Inc.
The Power of 2
Conventional wisdom says that starting a fast-growth business with your spouse is too risky, too intense, too fraught with potential drama. But these couples have turned their partnerships into their superpowers.
10+ min |
March - April 2022
Inc.
Well Coached, Well Played
Tip Sheet
3 min |
March - April 2022
Inc.
The Fastest Growing Companies Coast to Coast
To browse all 923 companies in the 2022 inc. Regionals, go to inc.Com/2022-regionals. These homegrown powerhouses are racking up the revenue, and poised to make this year's inc. 5000. They're also rich with hard-earned local knowledge about how to generate and manage growth that's off the charts.
10+ min |
March - April 2022
Inc.
HR Tech Helps SMBs Navigate the “Great Resignation
As the employer-employee paradigm goes through a period of turbulent change, HR technology provides a lifeline for small and midsize businesses
3 min |
March - April 2022
Inc.
Let's Click on It
Selling a company is complicated. Get advice from the founders of companies such as Qualtrics, Bonobos, and Chewy at inc.com/ exit-interview.
2 min |
March - April 2022
Inc.
I WAS WRONG CHASING THE ILLUSION OF "SUCCESS"
Amber Venz Box was a designer and personal shopper-turned blogger when, in 2011, at the age of 23, she founded the influencer-commission network RewardStyle. By 2021, the Dallas-based company had expanded into a global influencer-marketing platform, rebranded as LTK (short for LikeToKnowlt), and earned a valuation of $2 billion. As the company morphed, so did the founder's sense of its purpose.
2 min |