Best in Business XINTIAN TINA WANG

These Successful Black Founders Have 3 Tips for Those Just Starting Out

Pinky Cole, Monique Rodriguez and Richelieu Dennis offer advice on hiring, funding and more.

These Successful Black Founders Have 3 Tips for Those Just Starting Out

Pinky Cole, Monique Rodriguez and Richelieu Dennis offer advice on hiring, funding and more.

Best in Business SETH CASDEN

3 Lessons I've Learned From Being a CEO for 20 Years

Here are my top lessons for entrepreneurs and leaders looking to establish their businesses.

3 Lessons I've Learned From Being a CEO for 20 Years

Here are my top lessons for entrepreneurs and leaders looking to establish their businesses.

Best in Business XINTIAN TINA WANG

Children Were Losing Their Indian Roots. She Started a Toy Company to Reconnect Them

Avani Modi Sarkar explains how she found a niche – and thriving – market in the toy industry.

Best in Business XINTIAN TINA WANG

Children Were Losing Their Indian Roots. She Started a Toy Company to Reconnect Them

Avani Modi Sarkar explains how she found a niche – and thriving – market in the toy industry.

Best in Business XINTIAN TINA WANG

Children Were Losing Their Indian Roots. She Started a Toy Company to Reconnect Them

Avani Modi Sarkar explains how she found a niche – and thriving – market in the toy industry.

Best in Business HOWARD TULLMAN

Tesla Has a Bigger Problem Than Elon Musk

So does the entire auto industry. The allure of owning a car is fading. Young people would rather ride share and urban planners are rethinking transportation.

Tesla Has a Bigger Problem Than Elon Musk

So does the entire auto industry. The allure of owning a car is fading. Young people would rather ride share and urban planners are rethinking transportation.

Best in Business XINTIAN TINA WANG

This Entrepreneur Started Her Hair Care Brand in the Kitchen. Now the Multi-Million Company Sells in 87 Countries

Monique Rodriguez of Mielle Organics shares how to turn a passion project into fast-growing business.

This Entrepreneur Started Her Hair Care Brand in the Kitchen. Now the Multi-Million Company Sells in 87 Countries

Monique Rodriguez of Mielle Organics shares how to turn a passion project into fast-growing business.

Best in Business GRAHAM WINFREY

How This Toy Sales Firm Made Feeding 1 Million Hungry Children Its Mission

When it's not helping brands sell toys and sporting goods to Target, Toy'n Around runs ambitious philanthropic campaigns dedicated to helping children.

Best in Business GRAHAM WINFREY

How This Toy Sales Firm Made Feeding 1 Million Hungry Children Its Mission

When it's not helping brands sell toys and sporting goods to Target, Toy'n Around runs ambitious philanthropic campaigns dedicated to helping children.

Best in Business GRAHAM WINFREY

How This Toy Sales Firm Made Feeding 1 Million Hungry Children Its Mission

When it's not helping brands sell toys and sporting goods to Target, Toy'n Around runs ambitious philanthropic campaigns dedicated to helping children.

Best in Business SCOTT OMELIANUK

Here's to the Business of Being Human

The 241 companies on Inc.'s Best in Business list are achieving great works through their work.

Here's to the Business of Being Human

The 241 companies on Inc.'s Best in Business list are achieving great works through their work.

Best in Business ALEX BHATTACHARJI

Peak Patagonia: The Story Behind the Mic Drop Heard Round the World

How founder Yvon Chouinard's final move to give away his company really happened. Why Patagonia is Inc.'s Company of the Year for 2022.

Peak Patagonia: The Story Behind the Mic Drop Heard Round the World

How founder Yvon Chouinard's final move to give away his company really happened. Why Patagonia is Inc.'s Company of the Year for 2022.

Best in Business REBECCA DECZYNSKI

How a Women's Professional Network Is Changing the Face of Leadership – and Mobilizing Its Members to Help

Though it was founded to support women at the zenith of their careers, New York City-based Chief is tackling the C-suite gender gap from all angles.

Best in Business REBECCA DECZYNSKI

How a Women's Professional Network Is Changing the Face of Leadership – and Mobilizing Its Members to Help

Though it was founded to support women at the zenith of their careers, New York City-based Chief is tackling the C-suite gender gap from all angles.

Best in Business REBECCA DECZYNSKI

How a Women's Professional Network Is Changing the Face of Leadership – and Mobilizing Its Members to Help

Though it was founded to support women at the zenith of their careers, New York City-based Chief is tackling the C-suite gender gap from all angles.

Best in Business ROSS RUBIN

A Simple Way to Show Your Customers You're Serious About Sustainability

Recycled materials are a simple and inexpensive way to reduce your business's environmental impact.

A Simple Way to Show Your Customers You're Serious About Sustainability

Recycled materials are a simple and inexpensive way to reduce your business's environmental impact.

Best in Business ERIC HAGERMAN

Inc.'s Best in Business Application Got You Stumped? Answers to the 5 Most Frequently Asked Questions

The deadline is coming. Fear not. We're here to clear any quandaries, and help you produce your best application.

Inc.'s Best in Business Application Got You Stumped? Answers to the 5 Most Frequently Asked Questions

The deadline is coming. Fear not. We're here to clear any quandaries, and help you produce your best application.

Best in Business LINDSAY BLAKELY

How to Write a Successful Best in Business Application

Do you have what it takes to make our annual list of companies that made the biggest impact in their fields and their communities? Here's how to get the attention of the editors judging this year's applications.

Best in Business LINDSAY BLAKELY

How to Write a Successful Best in Business Application

Do you have what it takes to make our annual list of companies that made the biggest impact in their fields and their communities? Here's how to get the attention of the editors judging this year's applications.

Best in Business LINDSAY BLAKELY

How to Write a Successful Best in Business Application

Do you have what it takes to make our annual list of companies that made the biggest impact in their fields and their communities? Here's how to get the attention of the editors judging this year's applications.

Best in Business LINDSAY BLAKELY

4 Reasons to Apply for Inc.'s Best in Business 2022 Awards

It's not only what you do in business that matters, but also how you do it. Now's your chance to tell your story – and prove that your company is the best in its business.

4 Reasons to Apply for Inc.'s Best in Business 2022 Awards

It's not only what you do in business that matters, but also how you do it. Now's your chance to tell your story – and prove that your company is the best in its business.

Best in Business LINDSAY BLAKELY

Apply Now for Inc.'s Best in Business Awards

Applications are now open for Inc.'s third annual list honoring America's most inspiring companies. Show us how your business is making an impact.

Apply Now for Inc.'s Best in Business Awards

Applications are now open for Inc.'s third annual list honoring America's most inspiring companies. Show us how your business is making an impact.

Best in Business ARTHUR WOODS

Why Many DEI Leaders Are Experiencing Burnout and How You Can Fix It

Here are some of the core challenges many diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders face, and specific ways you can support your colleagues and address the issues.

Best in Business ARTHUR WOODS

Why Many DEI Leaders Are Experiencing Burnout and How You Can Fix It

Here are some of the core challenges many diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders face, and specific ways you can support your colleagues and address the issues.

Best in Business ARTHUR WOODS

Why Many DEI Leaders Are Experiencing Burnout and How You Can Fix It

Here are some of the core challenges many diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders face, and specific ways you can support your colleagues and address the issues.

Best in Business GABRIELLE BIENASZ

5 Black Founders Working To Make the Financial System More Equitable

Black Americans face barriers in the financial system, from buying a home to building credit. These entrepreneurs are trying to help.

5 Black Founders Working To Make the Financial System More Equitable

Black Americans face barriers in the financial system, from buying a home to building credit. These entrepreneurs are trying to help.

Best in Business MARCEL SCHWANTES

1 Simple Idea Bill Gates Uses to Hire the Best Employees

Every employee is looking for this in the post-Covid era.

1 Simple Idea Bill Gates Uses to Hire the Best Employees

Every employee is looking for this in the post-Covid era.

Best in Business BILL MURPHY JR.

DoorDash Just Announced a New Company Policy, and Yes, You Should Definitely Copy It

It takes time, and it requires buy-in. But in the long run, it's likely to be worth it.

Best in Business BILL MURPHY JR.

DoorDash Just Announced a New Company Policy, and Yes, You Should Definitely Copy It

It takes time, and it requires buy-in. But in the long run, it's likely to be worth it.

Best in Business BILL MURPHY JR.

DoorDash Just Announced a New Company Policy, and Yes, You Should Definitely Copy It

It takes time, and it requires buy-in. But in the long run, it's likely to be worth it.

Best in Business GABRIELLE BIENASZ

This Florida Company Repairs Homes--and Helps People Without Homes Rebuild Their Lives

As Solomon Williams has grown BW Property Management Group, he's also expanded a program to train and employ unhoused people--and helped them start over.

This Florida Company Repairs Homes--and Helps People Without Homes Rebuild Their Lives

As Solomon Williams has grown BW Property Management Group, he's also expanded a program to train and employ unhoused people--and helped them start over.

Best in Business CHRISTINE LAGORIO-CHAFKIN

This Software Startup Tracks Your Apple From Farm to Aisle--and Lets You Tip the Farmer

Paramount Software Solutions might seem like your average dev shop, but its innovative blockchain tools could bring greater transparency, ethics, and equity to the global food supply chain.

This Software Startup Tracks Your Apple From Farm to Aisle--and Lets You Tip the Farmer

Paramount Software Solutions might seem like your average dev shop, but its innovative blockchain tools could bring greater transparency, ethics, and equity to the global food supply chain.

Best in Business CHRISTINE LAGORIO-CHAFKIN

How This Chicago Startup Is Powering the Internet of Everything

Scooters. Cargo ships. Decoy sea turtle eggs. Thanks to its innovative SIM cards, Hologram can equip pretty much any device to connect reliably to the internet.

Best in Business CHRISTINE LAGORIO-CHAFKIN

How This Chicago Startup Is Powering the Internet of Everything

Scooters. Cargo ships. Decoy sea turtle eggs. Thanks to its innovative SIM cards, Hologram can equip pretty much any device to connect reliably to the internet.

Best in Business CHRISTINE LAGORIO-CHAFKIN

How This Chicago Startup Is Powering the Internet of Everything

Scooters. Cargo ships. Decoy sea turtle eggs. Thanks to its innovative SIM cards, Hologram can equip pretty much any device to connect reliably to the internet.

Best in Business DIANA RANSOM

How This Food-Ordering Platform Gave Restaurants a Lifeline During Covid

Covid shutdowns decimated Sharebite's customer base. So the startup leaned hard into doing right by its customers, people, and local community.

How This Food-Ordering Platform Gave Restaurants a Lifeline During Covid

Covid shutdowns decimated Sharebite's customer base. So the startup leaned hard into doing right by its customers, people, and local community.

Best in Business REBECCA DECZYNSKI

This Man Is on a Mission to Find the Next Generation of 'Hidden Geniuses'

Brandon Nicholson's nonprofit The Hidden Genius Project gives young people of color intensive training in tech, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills.

This Man Is on a Mission to Find the Next Generation of 'Hidden Geniuses'

Brandon Nicholson's nonprofit The Hidden Genius Project gives young people of color intensive training in tech, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills.

Best in Business GRAHAM WINFREY

Public School Teachers Can't Live Where They Teach. This Lapsed Banker Figured Out How to Build Them Affordable Housing

The man who wrote the book on helping public schools get the funding they need just changed the game in California with this innovative project that will house more than 100 teachers in apartments they can afford.

Best in Business GRAHAM WINFREY

Public School Teachers Can't Live Where They Teach. This Lapsed Banker Figured Out How to Build Them Affordable Housing

The man who wrote the book on helping public schools get the funding they need just changed the game in California with this innovative project that will house more than 100 teachers in apartments they can afford.

Best in Business GRAHAM WINFREY

Public School Teachers Can't Live Where They Teach. This Lapsed Banker Figured Out How to Build Them Affordable Housing

The man who wrote the book on helping public schools get the funding they need just changed the game in California with this innovative project that will house more than 100 teachers in apartments they can afford.

Best in Business BRIT MORSE

This Startup's Futuristic Idea to Fight Climate Change? Make Meat From Thin Air

Air Protein's scientists are leveraging decades old NASA technology to pull molecules out of the atmosphere and whip up a burger for you--the first carbon-negative protein source on the planet.

This Startup's Futuristic Idea to Fight Climate Change? Make Meat From Thin Air

Air Protein's scientists are leveraging decades old NASA technology to pull molecules out of the atmosphere and whip up a burger for you--the first carbon-negative protein source on the planet.

Best in Business CHRISTINE LAGORIO-CHAFKIN

The Factory of the Future Is Here--and It's Run by Americans (and Small Robots)

Robots can power networks of local factories--bringing your manufacturing closer to home and generating American jobs in the process.

The Factory of the Future Is Here--and It's Run by Americans (and Small Robots)

Robots can power networks of local factories--bringing your manufacturing closer to home and generating American jobs in the process.

Best in Business KEVIN J. RYAN

A Health Insurance Plan You Won't Hate? That's This Company's Mission

Gravie spent years crunching the numbers and rewriting claims adjudication systems to create an affordable health care plan that covers 100 percent of common services--without the co-pays or deductibles.

Best in Business KEVIN J. RYAN

A Health Insurance Plan You Won't Hate? That's This Company's Mission

Gravie spent years crunching the numbers and rewriting claims adjudication systems to create an affordable health care plan that covers 100 percent of common services--without the co-pays or deductibles.

Best in Business KEVIN J. RYAN

A Health Insurance Plan You Won't Hate? That's This Company's Mission

Gravie spent years crunching the numbers and rewriting claims adjudication systems to create an affordable health care plan that covers 100 percent of common services--without the co-pays or deductibles.

Best in Business REBECCA DECZYNSKI

One Company's Rx for the Ailing Health Care System: Affordable Generic Drugs Made in the U.S.

The family-run Nexus Pharmaceuticals opened a $250 million factory in Wisconsin to be able to control the costs and quality of the drugs they produce.

One Company's Rx for the Ailing Health Care System: Affordable Generic Drugs Made in the U.S.

The family-run Nexus Pharmaceuticals opened a $250 million factory in Wisconsin to be able to control the costs and quality of the drugs they produce.

Best in Business GRAHAM WINFREY

Meet the Mission-Driven Production Company Making Movies to Change Minds

Participant uses its Oscar-winning movies, including 'An Inconvenient Truth' and 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' to educate audiences and inspire social change.

Meet the Mission-Driven Production Company Making Movies to Change Minds

Participant uses its Oscar-winning movies, including 'An Inconvenient Truth' and 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' to educate audiences and inspire social change.

Best in Business GRAHAM WINFREY

How This Fintech Company Wants to Make the American Dream More Accessible to Immigrants

Co-founded by the son of Russian immigrants, Nova Credit meets a need that established global financial institutions really can't: helping immigrants establish credit profiles in the U.S.

Best in Business GRAHAM WINFREY

How This Fintech Company Wants to Make the American Dream More Accessible to Immigrants

Co-founded by the son of Russian immigrants, Nova Credit meets a need that established global financial institutions really can't: helping immigrants establish credit profiles in the U.S.

Best in Business GRAHAM WINFREY

How This Fintech Company Wants to Make the American Dream More Accessible to Immigrants

Co-founded by the son of Russian immigrants, Nova Credit meets a need that established global financial institutions really can't: helping immigrants establish credit profiles in the U.S.

Best in Business DIANA RANSOM

Moms Are a Huge Untapped Source of Talent. This Startup Can Connect You to Them

Started by a mother of soon-to-be-three children, the Mom Project has the potential to unlock enormous potential in the economy by upskilling working mothers and finding them flexible positions.

Moms Are a Huge Untapped Source of Talent. This Startup Can Connect You to Them

Started by a mother of soon-to-be-three children, the Mom Project has the potential to unlock enormous potential in the economy by upskilling working mothers and finding them flexible positions.

Best in Business MARTIN ZWILLING

7 Leadership Insights That Lead To Winning and Success In Business

Contrary to the myths you may have heard, success in business is not a zero-sum game.

7 Leadership Insights That Lead To Winning and Success In Business

Contrary to the myths you may have heard, success in business is not a zero-sum game.

Best in Business GABRIELLE BIENASZ

He Turned Around His Life After Prison and Homelessness. Now He's Using His Restaurant to Give Back

When Steven Murphy's business was on the verge of closing, the Nebraska community he's generously served stepped up to return the favor.

Best in Business GABRIELLE BIENASZ

He Turned Around His Life After Prison and Homelessness. Now He's Using His Restaurant to Give Back

When Steven Murphy's business was on the verge of closing, the Nebraska community he's generously served stepped up to return the favor.

Best in Business GABRIELLE BIENASZ

He Turned Around His Life After Prison and Homelessness. Now He's Using His Restaurant to Give Back

When Steven Murphy's business was on the verge of closing, the Nebraska community he's generously served stepped up to return the favor.

Best in Business REBECCA DECZYNSKI

Google Teams Up With the 15 Percent Pledge to Support Black-Owned Businesses

The two-year partnership expects to give Black business owners access to training and increased visibility.

Google Teams Up With the 15 Percent Pledge to Support Black-Owned Businesses

The two-year partnership expects to give Black business owners access to training and increased visibility.

Best in Business KELLY MAIN

Elon Musk Reveals His Secret to High Performance. Anyone Can Use It.

The surprisingly simple science behind how to become a genius

Elon Musk Reveals His Secret to High Performance. Anyone Can Use It.

The surprisingly simple science behind how to become a genius

Best in Business REBECCA DECZYNSKI

With Dr. Fauci's Seal of Approval, Halloween Is Poised to Become the Hottest Ticket in Town

The vote of confidence is giving Main Street something to cheer (finally).

Best in Business REBECCA DECZYNSKI

With Dr. Fauci's Seal of Approval, Halloween Is Poised to Become the Hottest Ticket in Town

The vote of confidence is giving Main Street something to cheer (finally).

Best in Business REBECCA DECZYNSKI

With Dr. Fauci's Seal of Approval, Halloween Is Poised to Become the Hottest Ticket in Town

The vote of confidence is giving Main Street something to cheer (finally).

Best in Business INC. STAFF

Holding Your Own Against Big Name CEOs? Apply to Inc.'s First Annual Best Led Companies

Inc.'s new awards franchise will recognize management excellence among companies -- both public and private -- with revenues between $50 million and $2 billion. In its first year, applications are free.

Holding Your Own Against Big Name CEOs? Apply to Inc.'s First Annual Best Led Companies

Inc.'s new awards franchise will recognize management excellence among companies -- both public and private -- with revenues between $50 million and $2 billion. In its first year, applications are free.

Best in Business GRAHAM WINFREY

SpaceX, Seventh Generation, and Toms Among Most Purposeful Brands, According to New Study

The 2021 Purpose Power Index found that the link between a company's reputation and purpose has grown stronger since 2019.

SpaceX, Seventh Generation, and Toms Among Most Purposeful Brands, According to New Study

The 2021 Purpose Power Index found that the link between a company's reputation and purpose has grown stronger since 2019.

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What Nature Can Teach Us About Building Adaptable Businesses

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Big Problems Lead To Bigger Business Opportunities

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