Entrepreneur of the Year
A close-up look at the 1995 Entrepreneur of the Year, and how he built the company that won him the title. Read story
Anne Murphy
Taking the Fall
By Anne Murphy | Sep 1, 1995
The story of an ailing employee-owned airline pulled together with unemployed personnel from other airlines. Read story
Company Profile: The Missing Link
By Anne Murphy | Jun 1, 1995
A close look at an educational software development firm and how they got their products to the national market. Read story
Enemies, a Love Story
By Anne Murphy | Apr 1, 1995
Why the rivalry between two test-prep services makes them both more competitive. Read story
Reprogramming the Company
By Anne Murphy | Mar 15, 1995
A close-up study of how a company brought in its own expert to upgrade its system, and what that was like. Read story
Company Profile: True Value
By Anne Murphy | Jan 1, 1995
A close-up look at how a new company emerged from failure, and how the cofounders are protecting themselves this time. Read story
13th Annual Inc. 500: A Do-It-Yourself Guide
By Anne Murphy | Oct 15, 1994
A quick introduction sampling what the 1994 winners of the Inc. 500 think about small-business success and growth. Read story
Where the Growth Is: Hot Spots
By Anne Murphy | Oct 15, 1994
A look at the best places to build an Inc. 500 company, and the 1994 winners displayed by state. Read story
The Rapid-Refund Expense Report
By Anne Murphy | Sep 1, 1994
A close-up featuring an E-mail form used for expense reporting and how the company has benefited. Read story
Bad Trip
By Anne Murphy | Aug 1, 1994
An Inc. writer sets out to launch a business on the Internet. Read story
Too Good to Be True?
By Anne Murphy | Jul 1, 1994
Is creating the ideal workplace hazardous to your business' health? The founders of Hanna Andersson are finding out. Read story
The Seven (Almost) Deadly Sins of High-Minded Entrepreneurs
By Anne Murphy | Jul 1, 1994
The high price of running a socially responsible business. Read story
The Enemy Within
By Anne Murphy | Mar 1, 1994
Employees run their own businesses and compete against each other at Spectrum Associates. Read story
Do-It-Yourself Job Creation
By Anne Murphy | Jan 1, 1994
Profiles of entrepreneurs who are creating their own jobs and changing the face of business. Read story
Capital Punishment
By Anne Murphy | Nov 1, 1993
A look at the problems caused by having too much capital and the benefits of bootstrapping. Read story
Masters of the Ordinary
By Anne Murphy | Oct 1, 1993
How four companies made the Inc. 500 by putting extraordinary thinking into building an ordinary business. Read story
The Survivalists
By Anne Murphy | Oct 1, 1993
How one company made the Inc. 500 list without outside financing. Read story
What It Takes
By Anne Murphy | Nov 1, 1992
How some of the country's most innovative and ambitious people managers are trying to build the perfect workplace. Read story
Mommy Track
By Anne Murphy | Sep 1, 1992
Analysis of a for-profit association designed to give young mothers information, services, and purchasing power. Read story
How to Survive Without a Job
By Anne Murphy | Jun 1, 1992
Guide to creating your own workplace in the '90s. Focus on entrepreneurs the changing small business landscape. Read story
The Best Newsletters in America
By Anne Murphy | Jun 1, 1992
Using newsletters to expand your business, introduce new products, encourage repeat business. Read story
The Start-up of the 1990s
By Anne Murphy | Mar 1, 1992
The entrepreneurs of the '90s. Who they are how they create successful start-ups. Read story
Best Face Forward
By Anne Murphy | Feb 1, 1992
New business tries to enter the Asian market with their cosmetic line for Asian women. Read story
Making Faster Chips--For Home Use Only
By Anne Murphy | Feb 1, 1992
New business creates faster chip technology for sale only in American markets. Read story
Room for Used Furniture
By Anne Murphy | Feb 1, 1992
New business sells used office furniture during recession. Read story
Sound Off
By Anne Murphy | Feb 1, 1992
New business sells children's educational audio magazine via direct mail. Read story
Waste Watching
By Anne Murphy | Feb 1, 1992
New business designs system that decontaminates and destroys syringes in hospitals. Read story
From the Scrap Heap
By Anne Murphy | Jan 1, 1992
New business recycles refines tires into fuel oil, natural gas, carbon-black substitutes. Read story
Only a Game?
By Anne Murphy | Jan 1, 1992
New business repackages, modernizes, markets an ancient Chinese tangram game. Read story
Running on Air
By Anne Murphy | Jan 1, 1992
New business designs longer lasting zinc-air batteries. Read story
Sell-a-Vision
By Anne Murphy | Jan 1, 1992
New business magnifies television text and images for the visually impaired. Read story
Soap Story
By Anne Murphy | Jan 1, 1992
New business creates a touch-free, battery-operated soap dispenser. Read story
Attention, Comrades
By Anne Murphy | Dec 1, 1991
Boston-based business showcases U.S. goods to the former Soviet Union markets. Read story
Crimes of the Cart
By Anne Murphy | Dec 1, 1991
New business introduces an antitheft device for shopping carts. Read story
Quick Tickets
By Anne Murphy | Dec 1, 1991
Business launches a network of automated teller machines that deliver airline tickets. Read story
Sounds of Silence
By Anne Murphy | Dec 1, 1991
Computer-peripheral company markets a Nintendo silencer. Read story
Survey
By Anne Murphy | Dec 1, 1991
Survey responses from Inc. 500 CEOs on a variety of small business and economic issues. Read story
If They Will Come, Then Build It
By Anne Murphy | Nov 1, 1991
New business designs an all-terrain portable computer. Read story
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