Inside the August 2000 Issue
Features
Under The Sun
Thanks to all the news about Microsoft, a future of all-Internet technology has swamped magazines and TV lately, but for Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy, ideas like those are nothing new.
Gotcha!
A comedy of errors is only funny when it happens to someone else. Enjoy these tales of start-up blunders-but don't let them happen to you.
Sweet and Low
You can start for less than $10K. Here are 10 hot businesses that won't break the bank.
Party Politics
Your dotcom launch party doesn't have to cost you all that hard-won venture capital. If you're gonna do it, do it right. We show you how.
Ice Cubes To Eskimos
Not possible? We've got 35 pieces of advice that will change the way you think about selling.
Damn Dotcoms!
Sick of those IPO-hungry, venture-capital-depleting, media-attracting darlings of the tech world? Moan all you want, but while you're whining, the real winners in traditional business are positioning themselves to ride the e-coattails.
Columns
Hot Seat
The man to call when your business's finances are more fixer-upper than fantastic
Sell
Need visibility for your product or service? Here are a few high-impact strategies.
Beating The Odds
The Seminar Center's Eli and Elsie Marcus don't just talk the talk. Their actions--compared to their shady competitors'--speak volumes.
Cutting Edge
Could your company stand to be more efficient and cost-effective? We know how-and it's totally free.
Family Business
Every relative seems to want a piece of the family business pie--don't let your business be a casualty of these shareholding squables.
Family Business
Lawn firm offers free articles on legal issues surrounding family businesses.
Staff Smarts
Why fill your office with job seekers based on resumes alone? Connect with prospects via the Net and see what they have to offer.
Your Business
What to do when you're the target of an anti-employer Web site
Your Business
The world's growing at Internet speed, but your local economic development agency's still watching out for you.
Your Business
Don't make raises and bonuses hidden treasure--tell your employees what to do.
Funds
Shaken up by market volatility? That wake-up call can help you hone your investment strategy.
Tax Talk
Bush and Gore make very different promises on the subject of tax cuts.
Opportunities
For this franchisee, incorporating a rental-car business into his lube-and-tune was just right.
Opportunities
Not only wire-free--these franchisees became boss-free within their own industry.
Opportunities
It's harvest time for new lawn care franchises as program is put into practice.
Opportunities
Money Mailers wants to help--and it has the jump-start program to prove it.
Opportunity Features
Get your tape. Get your boxes. Buy some stamps. Pay a franchise fee. 'Cause one man's mail can be another man's business.
Connections
That's the idea-and it could give travelers access to your business like never before.
Hot Disks
Reviews of Apps.com, a Web site with Web-based software and information on application service providers, and ZoneAlarm, a computer system monitor
Net Profits
The Internet provides worldwide access to your Web site, but are you ready to trek into foreign territory?
Net Profits
Reviews of ClickStamp Online, an Internet postage solution, and BuyByByte, a Web site that allows merchants to post items for sale for free
Tools
Shaun Jackson Design's Doggie Bags supplementary carrying case that attaches to the case for your laptop
Tools
Virtual Ink's mimio portable PC peripheral that converts ordinary whiteboards into electronic whiteboards
Innovations
Advice from an experienced toy inventor about coming up with and developing your ideas
Magazine Resources
