Anne Stuart


The Search Engine

This firm's employees didn't even use computers. But they soon adapted when the business opted to compete on technology.  Read story

MD-TV

A local video company abandons broadcast for webcast and picks up a national medical clientele.  Read story

Digital Inc: Going Mobile

Investing in a wireless network slashed inventory errors at one electronics distributor. Better yet, it turned warehouse workers into high-tech innovators.  Read story

Warehouses Unplugged

Inc Senior Writer Anne Stuart offers a listing of some major players in the wireless data-collection industry, including questions you should ask wh...  Read story

High Concept: Miracle Tablets

New rules covering medical data may create a market among M.D.'s for tablet PCs.  Read story

Hands On: Budgeting for Blunders

Lisa Hickey created a fund to support creative risks her Boston-based ad agency, Velocity Inc., takes when trying innovative ideas that might not pan out.  Read story

Best of the Net: Point. Click. Pay Your Bills

How easy is it to manage your monthly accounting on the Web? Our CEO panel gives credit where it's due.  Read story

High Concept: Miracle Tablets

New rules covering medical data may create a market among M.D.'s for tablet PCs.  Read story

Warehouses Unplugged

em Inc /em Senior Writer Anne Stuart offers a listing of some major players in the wireless data-collection industry, inclu...  Read story

Where Do Great Ideas Come From?

To hear these Inc 500 all-stars tell it, it's not from books or market research; it's from keeping your eyes and ears open.  Read story

Best of the Net: Power Brokers

When it comes to presentation software, most users agree there's one clear standard. We've found some Web-based resources to help you make your point.  Read story

Nickel and Dime: Pennies From Heaven

Reining in the high cost of business travel.  Read story

Cheat Sheet: Eminent Domains

A slew of new on-line business addresses are coming on the market. Should you stake out a claim on territory that goes beyond dot-com?   Read story

Hands On: The Right Fit

To relieve his hiring headaches, Clifford Public Relations CEO Mike Clifford invites major clients to help pick their own account representatives.  Read story

Hands On: Not-So-Bright Ideas

Voyant Technologies honors employees who come up with great new product ideas, as well as those less-than-shining suggestions.  Read story

IM Is Here. RU Ready 2 Try It?

Instant messages -- those cryptic little on-line conversations -- are traveling from teenagers' computers into businesses like yours.  Read story

IM Is Here. RU Ready 2 Try It?

Instant messages -- those cryptic little on-line conversations -- are traveling from teenagers' computers into businesses like yours.  Read story

IM Legal Primer

Instant messaging is evolving into a serious business tool -- with serious legal and security risks as well.  Read story

IM Etiquette 101

Read these tips for using instant messaging wisely at work.  Read story

IM Product Sampler

A list of free and commercial-grade IM products.  Read story

Cost Cutting: The Money Pit

They're the line item from hell: telecom costs. Most companies charges have doubled while rates have actually fallen. Here's how to get a grip on them.  Read story

Cost Cutting: The Money Pit

They're the line item from hell: telecom costs. Most companies charges have doubled while rates have actually fallen. Here's how to get a grip on them.  Read story

Tele-Sleuth

Here are some tried-and-true ways to find out what you're really paying to stay connected -- and how to cut those costs.  Read story

Toy Story

The tiny personal productivity tools, real and promised, that are currently generating buzz.  Read story

Tele-Sleuth

Here are some tried-and-true ways to find out what you're em really /em paying to stay connected -- and how to cut those co...  Read story

Toy Story

The tiny personal productivity tools, real and promised, that are currently generating buzz.  Read story

Hands On: Mating Rituals

Screen potential merger partners to reveal irreconcilable differences.  Read story

Have Tech, Won't Travel

As the travel business goes bust, videoconferencing, Web-casting, and satellite services are starting to boom.  Read story

Creating a Cyberdefense

After suicide hijackers and anthrax letters, the next big worry is virtual terrorists.  Read story

Creating a Cyberdefense

After suicide hijackers and anthrax letters, the next big worry is virtual terrorists.  Read story

Have Tech, Won't Travel

As the travel business goes bust, videoconferencing, Web-casting, and satellite services are starting to boom.  Read story

Everything I Learned ...

Sometimes the best management education comes from the least likely of lesson plans.  Read story

The Best Small-Business Sites in America

With apologies to Mark Twain, tales of the Internet's death have been greatly exaggerated. Presenting Inc's guide to what makes a great Web site.  Read story

Home Groan

Most Web sites run by one-person shops are pretty bad. But it doesn't have to be that way.  Read story

The Best Small-Business Sites in America

With apologies to Mark Twain, tales of the Internet's death have been greatly exaggerated. Presenting Inc's guide to what makes a great Web site.  Read story

Home Groan

Most Web sites run by one-person shops are pretty bad. But it doesn't have to be that way.  Read story

All The Right Moves

Getting taxpayers to foot the bill for your new IT system.  Read story

All The Right Moves

Getting taxpayers to foot the bill for your new IT system.  Read story

The Pita Principle

Just how low can you go when bootstrapping your start-up? The founders of Stacy's Pita Chip Co. can tell you.  Read story

The On-Line Gourmet

Enjoy fine dining? Our panel of well-fed CEOs rates Web sites geared for the bistro-loving business traveler.  Read story