Small Business

We are happy to introduce the first ever Inc. Vision Summit. This gathering of entrepreneurial thought leaders will seek to help founders and C-suite executives from fast-growth companies looking for answers to today’s most pressing business challenges. The Inc. Vision...

In the wake of the pandemic and the social upheaval of 2020, Black business owners have a stronger sense of community and more opportunities than ever. That's according to panel of small-business experts who spoke at an Inc. National Small Business Town...

By Colin Darretta, co-founder at Innovation Department, WellPath, and Finn; former private equity at CI Capital and banker at Goldman SachsAssembling the right team of advisors for your fledgling enterprise can have a profound impact on your business, especially...

There are three reasons why Warren Buffett's shareholder letters, the most recent of which dropped Saturday, are among the most-read missives in all of corporate America:First, because of Buffett's wealth and experience. He could probably gather an audience to read his...

Building a high-performing team requires more than great people and clear goals. You need psychological safety. A few years ago, Google discovered that psychological safety was the key ingredient behind effective teams and since then, leaders have been eager...

Contributed by Erik Kruger, founder of Modern Breed, an international learning and development firm cultivating a new breed of leaders and teams. As a speaker, writer and thinking partner for entrepreneurs and business leaders, Erik shared his expertise with Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) members during...

In the early 1980s, Melvin Whitfield was working for a health nonprofit in West Africa when he came to a realization: Few of the children he encountered had dolls, and the dolls he did see were modeled after white...

I'm reading all of Warren Buffett's old Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letters. It's part of a project for my free e-book Warren Buffett Predicts the Future, which you can download here.There are some really smart, interesting, and controversial items in there. For example, there's been a lot of debate about a...

Welcome to Inc.'s Founders Project With Alexa Von Tobel podcast--where we bring you stories of the entrepreneurs building the future. Listen to the tales of guts, inspiration, and drive that define the people and companies at the forefront of...

After 50 years of starting successful businesses in various industries, and having thousands of employees, not a month goes by--especially in challenging times like these--without my receiving multiple emails, calls, referrals, business plans, requests, solicitations, and other inquiries from...