Cody Pickens
How America's Fastest-Growing Company Turned Video Games Into a $54 Million Cash Cow
How did America's fastest-growing company learn the skills to conquer? Countless hours of e-sports.
September 2017
The Magazine for Growing Companies
Daymond John Tunes You Out and Thinks About What's for Lunch If You Say This in Your Pitch
Meet the man who thinks entrepreneurs need to double as 'shrinks.'
How These Successful CEOs Learned to Lead Through Uncertainty
With agility and resilience, the Inc. 500 companies are threading through the chaos.
He Used to Sing in a Boy Band. Now He's Making Millions by Tweeting (a Lot)
The former member of Pretty Ricky began selling out his product in fifth grade.
18 Secrets From CEOs Whose Companies Won't Stop Growing
These founders don't plan on seeing the finish line anytime soon.
How This Once Homeless Refugee Built a Booming $12 Million Logistics Business--and Bought His Mom a House
The Albanian entrepreneur turned the Atlanta-based platform, which books buses for events, into one of this year's fastest-growing companies.
Determination, Risk Taking, and Vision: The 3 Elements That Link Today's Top Entrepreneurs
This $3 Million Company Hires People Who Need a Second Chance. Because Its Founder Needed Help Once, Too.
Founder Chris Rickerson isn't just employing his workers, he's turning their lives around.
How to Grow a Company at Lightning Speed, According to 500 CEOs
Inc. 500 founders and executives reveal their biggest policy priorities and what it is that keeps their companies growing.
How One New Mom Launched a $13 Million Business from Cribside
Lauren Stokes managed to turn a doctor's order of bed rest into the foundation for her booming fashion business.
Nils Ericson
How a Career Crushing Event Helped This Former College Basketball Star Launch a $7 Million Athletic Brand
Lanny Smith's sports injury permanently ended his athletic career, but it led him to thrive in a new one.
Top CEOs Get Brutally Honest About What It Takes to Run a Company
How 2 Golf Buddies Found Healthier Living (and a $27 Million Business) Through Beef Jerky
The New Silent Killer: Your Office's Data Dashboard Monitor
Jeremy M. Lange
Meet the 'Shark Tank' Co-Founders Giving Remote Work to Military Spouses
When you move all the time for your spouse's job, a career of your own can be tough. These founders built a business that could move with them.
Entrepreneurs Say This Is the No. 1 Factor in Their Success
The Brilliant Way One Founder Made a Killing From the Music Industry
For David Kalt, stock trading and selling guitars isn't all that dissimilar.
These CEOs Don't Like Face-to-Face Feedback All That Much. Here's What Worked Better
These 2 Co-Workers Quit to Build a Startup. 3 Years Later, Their $14.6 Million Company Crushed Their Old Employer
Six weeks after the co-founder's baby was born, they landed their biggest customer.
Your Brain Doesn't Like Classrooms. This MIT Blackjack Ace Figured Out How You Learn Best
After losing thousands at the card table, this founder learned about what risk really means.
When to Jump on the New Tech Bandwagon (Hint: Not When It's Cool)
How Elon Musk Inspired a Russian Immigrant to Create Smarter Chargers for Electric Cars
Valery Miftakhov is transforming electric cars to make them even more energy-efficient.
70 Percent of Companies Will Eventually See Unengaged Employees. Here Are 6 Ways to Prevent It
She Lost Everything, Went to Jail, and Now Runs an $11 Million Company
A decade after her first business filed for bankruptcy protection, Heather Blease made the greatest comeback.
A Simple Tech Failure Could Lose You $440 Million in 30 Minutes. Here's How to Prevent Disaster
13 Tips From Top CEOs on Hiring and Keeping the Very Best Employees
The tactics--and offbeat questions--Inc. 500 founders and execs use to thrive.
How This High School Dropout Found a Great Company in the Trash
18-year-old Hunter Moore found the ultimate opportunity in sorting through everyone's garbage.
How to Have a Diverse Work Force (Even When You Don't Hire That Often)
This Former Engineer Recognized the Salad Craze--and Jumped on the $6 Million Opportunity
The salad craze is in full swing in the U.S., and this former software entrepreneur figured out how best to capitalize on it.
How This Former Firefighter Found a Niche in the Organ Transportation Business
From transporting patients to vital organs, this entrepreneur says time is of the essence.
The Brilliant Strategy This Salon Uses to Sell $25,000 Manicures
How to get customers to buy into even the most expensive products. $25,000 manicures? Yes, that too.
He Got Kicked Out of His Family Company--and Built a $6 Million Business
There's more than one way to outpace your parents. Here's how one founder took to the family business in a whole new way.
How This Company Holds 3,300 Linemen Across the U.S. to the Highest Ethical Standards
It's not easy keeping thousands of subcontractors across the country in check. Here's how one husband and wife is doing just that.
Hospitals Called This Company When Ebola Scares Gripped the U.S.
This $25 Million company specializes in the sensitive work of keeping contaminants out and disease-spreading germs in.
How 2 Neighbors and 'Walking Dead' Fans Spotted a Business Opportunity in the Zombie Apocalypse
How James Frazier and Eric Nordhoff took their obsession with zombies to a whole new level.
The Steel Industry Is Alive and Well in the U.S. Just Ask This Former Medical Student
When Kristina Benza bought the steel and other metals fabricator in 2013, the then 24-year-old knew she was in for something big.
He's 34 Years Old. He Runs 2 Fast-Growth Companies. And He Teaches the U.S. Military How to Fly Jets
Both of Jared Isaacman's companies have landed atop the Inc. 5000. And he's not slowing down.