Inc. Magazine - Winter 2022/2023

In this issue

Best in Business
Our annual list of the companies going above and beyond to leave the world a better place. They’re run by conscientious leaders like Saloni Doshi, CEO of sustainable packaging firm EcoEnclose.

International Van Lines
A moving company that gets foster kids to safe, happy homes.

Competitive Advantage
Finding compromise in the search for a better burger..

How I Got the Idea – A Little Spit and Polish

Imagine walking into a dentist's office and seeing a broken chair in the waiting room with a handwritten sign that reads, "Don't Sit Here." Not once, but twice. That's the gloomy experience that inspired Doug Hudson, 54, to give the dental industry what he saw as a long-overdue cleaning.

1 min

THE ART OF DISCOVERY

Anjula Acharia Founder and CEO of A-Series Management & Investments

1 min

OPEN MINDS, OPEN MARKETS

The Best Parts

1 min

Renewable Energy

The Future of ...

2 mins

How to Turn Chaos Into Cash

Tip Sheet

2 mins

EAT THE BIG ONE FIRST

Secrets to Success

1 min

MEATING IN THE MIDDLE

Competitive Advantage

1 min

I Was Wrong, Bigger Isn't Always Better

When Disney comes knocking at your company's door, do you open up?

2 mins

Early Adopters

Hindsight

1 min

You Catch More Flies With Cookies

These married founders fled to Austin from Guatemala to find a home for their upstart brand. They still had miles to go.

3 mins

How to Not Become Dumb Money

Financing is crucial to many startups, yet too many entrepreneurs don't focus on it, to their peril. Don't be one of them.

6 mins

Don’t Overlook the Outliers

Pattern matching is an easy way to predict winners and an even easier way to miss them entirely.

3 mins

Productivity Tips for Hybrid Teams: Turning Ideas Into Action

Six simple ideas to help businesses maximize collaboration and productivity in hybrid teams.

2 mins

Curastory Has 40,000 Users Who Want New Features. Zola's Co-Founder Knows How to Deliver Them

Shan-Lyn Ma, co-founder of the wedding e-commerce firm Zola, helps Tiffany Kelly, founder of the adtech company Curastory, navigate the highs and lows of running a fast-growing tech startup.

7 mins

Nutrisystem's Revamped Workspace Gave People a Reason to Come Back to the Office

The health and wellness company wanted to bring back in-person collaboration but also let people work from home. An updated office environment helped them do that. Here’s how.

3 mins

Company of the Year – Peak Patagonia

Yvon Chouinard built an empire for the good of the planet. But to ensure Patagonia's purpose in perpetuity, he needed one final, unprecedented move. The inside story of the mic drop heard round the world.

10+ mins

All Soul No Cycle

They turned spin class into a social phenomenon and a $180 million sale. Now, with Peoplehood, Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rice have a new business: they want to teach the world to listen.

10+ mins

Barbara Corcoran

She's been an icon of entrepreneurship for decades-first as a New York City real estate maven and then as a Shark. But even at 73, she still leans on some early lessons learned.

2 mins

Marc Lore – The Multitasker

Visionary, tactician, operator. Disrupter, competitor, and former track star Marc Lore has won many ways_and always with speed. Now he's building utopia in the desert and trying to revolutionize dinner. Has he discovered the secret to entrepreneurship or is his good fortune about to run out?

10+ mins

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10+ mins

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