How New Sagaya Overcame the Odds

Inc. 5000 honorees tell us how they would tackle a common business challenge.

The Woman Who Broke The Code

CODE THE SILICON VALLEY GENDER NARRATIVE IS FIRMLY  ENTRENCHED: WOMEN DON’T GET COMPUTER SCIENCE  DEGREES AND DON’T START SUCCESSFUL TECH COMPANIES. DON’T TELL THERESE TUCKER ANY OF THAT

Wrestling With ESPN

How The Brothers Behind The Scrappy Startup Flosports Are Going Big By Going Small For Now, At Least

Going Global A Founder's Big Bet

Eyal Levy thought Yogibo would be big in Japan. How could he best expand the brand?

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

Why This Startup Made a $100 Million Gamble on a 100-Year-Old Factory

The co-founders of New York City’s e-commerce startup Harry’s are taking an unconventional path to category disruption— purchasing a nearly century-old factory in Germany.

How To Channel Your Inner Podcaster

It’s the medium du jour, but how - and why - should your business start a podcast?

Balance Spending Now With Saving For Later

Get ready for big life expenses, including retirement, with these tips

Gary Vaynerchuk

Why I Can’t Stop Starting New EnterprisesOnce you’ve mastered the fundamentals, your passion will lead you to the next venture

8 ways to avoid misunderstandings, communicate better, and get more done at work

8 ways to avoid misunderstandings, communicate better, and get more done at work

Mail Champ

Ben Chestnut and His Team at Mailchimp Built an Amazing Business and Became Inc.’s Company of the Year. It Only Took Them 17 Years

How Synbio Will Save The World

Reprogramming microbes so they eat toxins and CO2? t’s not science fiction. It’s happening right now.

How I Beat Cancer— While Still Running My Company

Saundra Pelletier Evofem Biosciences - Evofem Biosciences is a pharmaceuticals startup that makes products supporting women’s reproductive health.

The Art Of The Pitch

Asking for money for your business is always time-consuming, often fruitless, and inevitably stressful. But there are ways to make the process more productive and maybe even a little bit enjoyable— beginning with how, and to whom, you make your pitch. To start, “keep it short,” advises Barry Schuler, the former America Online CEO and chairman turned high-profile venture capitalist at DFJ. He’s one of several top investors Inc. recently asked to share their pitching advice for entrepreneurs—based on their experiences vetting thousands of founder pitches, managing billions of dollars, and backing companies including Tesla, Uber, and Twitter. So while there’s no one right way to make the money ask, you can get ahead of the game by consulting these investors’ secrets for making successful pitches.

Lord Of The Things

When the connected future finally arrives, Jahangir Mohammed will be sitting there, reeling it in.

Kevin Plank Is Betting Almost $1 Billion That Under Armour Can Beat Nike

Kevin Plank built Under Armour into a $4 billion behemoth. He's just spent almost $1 billion to get into an entirely new business. Can this decade's most unlikely tech startup beat Nike?

3 Situations Where Hiring a Lawyer Will Save You Money

You can avoid hiring an attorney for many business issues. But there are good reasons not to skimp on expertise.

An Entrepreneur Lives His Nightmare as a Rival Cashes In on His Best Idea

To score big with the NFL...a small company named Lynx invented a cool new technology...but a funny thing happened on the way to the end zone.

The $520 Million Company That's Solving All Your Financial Needs

NerdWallet co-founder Tim Chen wanted to build a personal finance company that would provide smart, unbiased information. He could have used some in overcoming his company's near-death experience.

Why Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary Wants You to Be Evil

What is the fundamental purpose of a company? To benefit owners and shareholders? Or to make the world a better place? Inc. asked two notable entrepreneurs who stand on opposite sides of the debate to make their cases.

Selling a Better Night's Sleep

Casper takes the pain out of buying a mattress.

What It's Like to Run a Company in the Most Dangerous Places on Earth

Inside the deadly, controversial, highly secretive, and crucially important private warfare waged by Patriot Group.

Meet the Entrepreneurs Reinventing the Health Care Industry

Stashed away in the Byzantine language of the Affordable Care Act are rules that have caused a Big Bang-size explosion in health care startups - led by founders who will reinvent the health care industry.

The Family Feud That Almost Killed Mardi Gras

For decades, New Orleans's legendary Blaine Kern ran the company that makes the grandest Mardi Gras floats. Then it came time for the next generation to take over.

How To Navigate The Dreaded Tech Bubble

Anyone paying attention knows what it's called. But no private tech investor dares speak the word, for fear of triggering the beginning of the end. We break down the stakes for companies trying to grow during the tech...boom, bulge, barbell, or whatever you'd like to call it.

Bill Clinton On The Importance of Entrepreneurship

No president has, upon leaving office, launched himself as vigorously into supporting entrepreneurship as Bill Clinton. Both the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative have created programs to fund and mentor hundreds of entrepreneurs at home and abroad. In a wide-ranging interview - on everything from electric car charging stations to the proper role of banking regulation - the 42nd president shares with Inc. his vision and priorities for business leaders in the 21st century.

Fintech Finally Lifts Off

It's been about two decades since a financial company really changed the world. Inc. 500 entrepreneurs are leading a pack of disrupters, raised in the shadow of PayPal, who will change your business relationship to money forever.

The King of Spa Castle

Steve Chon's drive, determination, work ethic, and single-minded focus helped him build his spa empire. And led him to almost lose it all.

Does More Pay Mean More Growth?

Dan Price set a $70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle shop. No one was prepared for what happened next.

The DNA Whisperer

Anne Wojcicki's genetic testing company was almost shut down by the FDA. Now it's worth a reported $1 billion.