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Greg Critser


The Est Factor

By Greg Critser |  Aug 1, 1986

Behind the rise and fall of ComputerLand's Bill Millard was a corporate culture that became a corporate cult.  Read story

Contract Killers;

By Greg Critser |  Jul 1, 1986

DICK TOBIN STRUGGLED IN VAIN for years to win a defense contract for Tobitron Inc., of East Hampstead, N.H. He finally prevailed, using a small-business ...  Read story

The Inc. 100 Portfolio;

By Greg Critser |  May 1, 1986

The disasters came one after another, with no letup. Four disk-drive companies filed for protection under Chapter 11. Six others abandoned the business ...  Read story

Korean War;

By Greg Critser |  May 1, 1986

A LOT OF FORTUNE 500 COMPAnies are getting the jitters these days as Korean cargo ships unload automobiles, televisions, and other consumer goods at ports...  Read story

Economic Revival;

By Greg Critser |  Apr 1, 1986

FOR DULUTH, MINN., NOTHING seemed to work. With the timber and mining industries reeling, unemployment soared as high as 50% in parts of the region ...  Read story

Cheap Imports;

By Greg Critser |  Mar 1, 1986

THE THRIVING GRAY MARKET, which brought $7 billion of discounted goods into the U.S. last year, may fall under a growing legal attack. Taking advant...  Read story

Salt Lake City, Utah

By Greg Critser |  Jan 1, 1986

THE INSULAR MORMON CULTURE THAT ONCE BROUGHT ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IS NOW A MAJOR LIABILITY FOR BUSINESS OWNERS.  Read story

Keeping Secrets;

By Greg Critser |  Jan 1, 1986

Apple Computer Inc. v. Steven Jobs. The lawsuit has an odd ring to it -- Apple suing its famous founder, who is starting another company. Apple all...  Read story

Hari-kari;

By Greg Critser |  Nov 1, 1985

DID TINY ZYTREX INC. GIVE away the crown jewels? Zytrex, a four-year-old semiconductor company, was in deep financial trouble earlier this year. De...  Read story

You're Fired!;

By Greg Critser |  Oct 1, 1985

RICHARD METTILLE WAS FIRED from his job as a loan officer in 1979. But his employer, Pine River State Bank, didn't follow the disciplinary procedures set...  Read story

Capitol Ideas

By Joel Kotkin and Greg Critser |  Oct 1, 1985

Entrepreneurs take note: When it comes to economic development, the serious business isn't getting done in Washington, D.C., these days.  Read story

New Markets;

By Greg Critser |  Sep 1, 1985

SMALL SUPPLIERS TO DECLINing industries have had a brutal time in the 1980s. But beyond the fields littered with casualties are some companies that used t...  Read story

Optical Illusion

By Greg Critser |  Jun 1, 1985

Staar Surgical is banking on its employees to pay the bills until its product is ready for market.  Read story

Small Potatoes

By Greg Critser |  Jun 1, 1985

Much like minimills in the steel industry, small farms are using their size to stay flexible and responsive to new market opportunities.  Read story

Equity Invasions;

By Greg Critser |  May 1, 1985

WHEN ADVANCED MATRIX Technology Inc. was ready to produce its new line of printers, it did something many manufacturers are doing nowadays. It teamed up ...  Read story

Entrepreneurial Farmers

By Greg Critser |  Apr 1, 1985

Foreclosure actions are sprouting as fast as spring wheat on farms throughout the country. Beleaguered farmers are suffering through one of the worst tim...  Read story