All AboardHow can do-gooder execs find, and join, the right nonprofit board? Turns out there are as many different ways as there are boards.
Mirror, Mirror, at the MallA high-tech looking glass could be a dressing-room innovation or an annoyance.
Where Deals Are Regularly DishedMaking an important business call in an unfamiliar city? Every town has at least one place that locals love but visitors never try. Here is a guide to some legendary dealmaking eateries across the country.
Their So-Called SiteRejected by ABC, two TV veterans are launching a Web series and a social network at the same time. Will the kids respond?
Would You Give This Kid $500,000?Just 19, Jared Kim had no problem finding money for his tiny internet startup. With more venture capital available than ever, even grade-schoolers can get a piece of the action.
Oh, Behave!Who to talk to, when to leave, and how to manage an office-party crisis.
Ventures in BabysittingToday's kids are busy and their parents demanding. Twenty-five-year-old Vanessa Wauchope has cashed in on their needs with a million-dollar child-care business.
The Bottom 10Portfolio.com salutes the most embarrassing business escapades of the year.
The Ralph Nader of the SkiesKate Hanni’s persistence, paired with public outrage over air-travel horror stories, got a Passengers’ Bill of Rights to Congress.
Best Patent LitigatorsAs high technology and biotech boom, patent and intellectual property lawyers are in greater demand than ever before. Here are some of the sharpest.
How Right Should the Customer Be?When pleasing one side comes at the expense of disappointing the other, sales reps tend to underperform.
ShanghaiThe buzz about this boomtown of 18 million on China’s eastern seaboard has become so loud that it threatens to drown out the city’s chaotic traffic.
Rethinking the Brain BusinessWhy a mental-fitness program may be the start of something big.
Women and the Labyrinth of LeadershipWomen’s leadership style is ideally suited to today’s business challenges. Increase your firm's competitive prowess by tackling the obstacles to women’s progress.
Will Ferrell and the End of Media as We Know ItHollywood's screwball king and the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital are rewriting the rules of the entertainment business. But will Funny or Die survive?
What's Drudge Worth?A back-of-the-napkin analysis of the politically explosive blog.
Oh, Sand Trap, Where Art Thou?G.P.S. units are increasingly geared to specific sports.
One Billion LaptopsWhat began as a do-gooder effort in the Third World has quietly become cutthroat competition. Now one firm, Intel, has broken ranks with other behemoths trying to develop technology that is both affordable to buy and build.
Putting Her Best Foot ForwardWomen’s soccer has not been a booming business—but former player and Web-content maven Tonya Antonucci has a plan to bring it back and make it work.
User-Generated SoccerWhat if everyone in the stadium owned the team? An English soccer fanatic shoots for a new sports business model.
Ten Smartest C.E.O. Moves of 2007Every so often the guys in the C-suite get something right. Here are 10 of the year's most exceptionally wise choices by corporate chiefs.
Watching for the Next YouTubeOnline upstarts, some backed by major media companies, are looking to take Google’s video site off the air.
Google's Secret FormulaIn the past 12 months, Google doubled its staff, tinkered with its search engine to speed up results, and now answers more queries than Microsoft and Yahoo combined. But there’s one query we had to answer ourselves: How does Google work?
Sallie Gets a Mr. Fix-ItShares surge after a new chairman is named.
Bringing Business to Its KneesEverybody who wants to be anybody in Iran—business leaders, intellectuals, and politicians—attends weekly prayers in Tehran.
The Britney EconomyA back-of-the-napkin calculation of just how much the scandal-plagued star is worth to the multitudes who make money off her.
OscarnomicsThe film world's best and worst financial performances of 2007.
Let Them Eat CakeVanderbilt hoarded his fortune; MacArthur, to thwart Uncle Sam, gave his to charity.
Fat ProfitsYou want onion rings with that? They're already in the burger—along with bacon, cheese, BBQ sauce, and a corporate philosophy that says to hell with the health police.
The Marriage From HellWhy Eddie Lampert's failing Sears-Kmart experiment could mean trouble for dealmakers everywhere.