June 2000
Told You So!
Hot 100 businesses do burn bright, but they don't burn out. Here are the businesses that prove there's life after recognition in Entrepreneur magazine.
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Less Is More
When the right stocks fill out a focused fund, a little can go a very, very long way.
Financial Roulette
Is borrowing from your IRA a healthy risk or a tragic mistake?
Don't Wait Until Tomorrow
Granted, federal estate tax laws might change. But don't let that stop you from taking money-saving steps now.
On The House
Sometimes, the best way to make millions is to provide something free of charge.
Keep On Shippin'
Wanna' keep your online business free of shipping company disasters? Pick the right system from the beginning, and it won't happen to you.
明智的购买
Reviews of PeachLink 2.0 e-commerce and back office function software, Online Merchant Gold Web design software, and Small Office Security software
When Comrades Go Bad
Protecting yourself from business allies turned business competitors
Do As They Say
Laws: Federal, state, local...and if you're not sure your company's in compliance, you'd better get sure.
Don't Tell It To The Judge
It's good to fire bad employees. It's not so good to yap about how bad they were at unemployment hearings.
Testy, Testy
Drug testing: an easy way to keep problem employees out or a cost-ineffective invasion of privacy? Join the debate.
Cover Your E-Tail
Only covered by standard liability insurance? That is so last century.
Show Time
People flip channels during the break...but what if your product were on the show?
You Name It
With domain names getting eaten up as fast as Krispy Kreme doughnuts, try these creative tips for finding a name that works.
Patent Lather
When you create a product with broad commercial potential, be sure to protect your interests by patenting the products in a way that keeps the competition at bay.
What About Me?
Start-up financing is easier than ever--if you're a dotcom. But what about the rest of us? Check out all your options.
Best of the Best
You're young. You're fired up. You want a...franchise? We help you find one that's made just for you.
Highs and Lows
You don't need to spend a fortune on office equipment.or do you? From cheap to posh, here are our picks for the tools you need.
The Real Small Stuff
Pushing the barrier with your palmtop? You need a new breed of processor.
First Come, First Sue
Patents on everyday Web innovations could hurt large and small e-businesses.
Vocal Motion
Online access to thousands of speeches by elected officials, government bureaucrats, business leaders and more
Give 'Til It Hurts
...or until you reach 2.2 percent of your colossal earnings, whichever comes first.
Easy Does It.
For Sustainers, success is alright, I guess-as long as it's accomplished in relative comfort.
Net the World
International Web users want to buy from your site--make it easy on 'em.
If You Don't Have Anything Nice To Say
.say it anyway - but make it constructive, says psychologist Hendrie Weisinger.
You Want The Truth?
If you can handle it, Wal-Mart's panel of experts will tell you how good your invention really is.
Idle Chatter?
Probably not. Those slacker workers by the water cooler may just be working.
What's New
特许经营updates on 1-800-GOT-JUNK, EagleRider Inc., and Sears Carpet and Upholstery Care Inc.
Free At Last
Is your home office a network nightmare-piles of wires, holes in the wall and cabling for everything but the kitchen sink? Take it all wireless!
Burn, Baby, Burn
Entrepreneur and Dun & Bradstreet's Sixth Annual Hot 100--the fastest-growing entrepreneurial businesses in America
Making Time
Not ready for the burden of a full-time business? How do your evenings and weekends look?
From: Business To: Business
Subject: Long-heralded as the next big set of Internet opportunities, business-to-business e-commerce is here--and the crystal balls were right; it's big.
Pass It On
Forget military school.today's colleges and universities have something else in mind of the kids of today: fashioning them into the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Keep Climbing
Don't stop now-for a successful tomorrow, you've got to keep building on the success achieved today.
Hype-O-Suction
Eliminate some of your ad's excesses, and it can garner more attention.
Thinking Out Of The Box
Cap'n Crunch, eat your heart out! These guys got celebrity endorsers to pose for their cereal boxes-and now they've got big aisle-space clout!
Runnning a Multi-Family Business
Working together can get complicated when two or more families run a single business.
Don't Be Afraid
Are you a big scaredy-cat? Here's how to turn terror into super-confidence.
Clean and Mean
One Hour Martinizing provides an opportunity that won't take you to the cleaners.
High Hopes
The business will grow. Clients will come. Customers will buy. And if you think we're wrong, maybe you should think differently.
It's a Rental
You can't build cyberspace without physical space, but do landlords like tech?
You Are What You Eat
Does your favorite snack food say a lot about your personality? Absolutely, says Alan Hirsch, director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago, in the foundation's study, "Snack Food Hedonics and Personality."
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