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On February 16, 2011

We All Work at Enron Now

Remember Enron? That paragon of turn-of-the-century new-economy triumphalism, gushed over by pundits, lauded by investors, celebrated by the cognoscenti — until it turned out to be a roadside bomb in disguise? The cause of its demise, ultimately: overstating benefits and…


On February 16, 2011

Let Your Inner Inventor Out to Play

How in the world did you come up with that idea?

That's what the people said to Fred Smith at Federal Express. People said that to Debbie Fields of Mrs. Fields cookies. They asked Howard Schultz of Starbucks, “How in…


On February 16, 2011

Borders Faces the Music

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today:

Borders files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It's been a long time coming, but the financially troubled chain of book stores…