A Suite Deal
Trouble finding office space? This business created its own Greg Steckler has been building residential log cabins for 16 years.... Read story
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Hitting Pay Dirt
Do you dislike writing and sending invoices? Here's a Web-based timekeeper that also produces invoices for quick, accurate billing. Read story
Bold Storage
Here's why Melissa McNatt, a regional sales director, turned to free online document storage to help her securely handle crucial files while traveling. Read story
Things We Love: A Mouse that Fits Your Lifestyle
His friends call him "I.G.," but those aren't the only initials used by Indrajit Ghosh, founder of Atlas Communications, a network-engineering consultancy... Read story
Hot Tip: Combat Vendor's Price Hike
Small companies have a tough time getting long-term pricing arrangements from vendors. But there's a way to combat vendors' price increases,Read story
Tales My Guru Told Me
Fact, fiction, and a few words of good advice: A sampling of quotes that have helped create the Internet buzz. Read story
Who Needs a Bank Anyway?
Nontraditional lenders are emerging as a real alternative to bank financing for growth companies. Read story
Bill Porter: My Biggest Mistake
BILL PORTER Founder and chairman emeritus of E*Trade Group, in Menlo Park, Calif., and cofounder and chairman of International Securities Excha... Read story
Tales My Guru Told Me
Fact, fiction, and a few words of good advice: A sampling of quotes that have helped create the Internet buzz. Read story
Planning Conventions
You may think of trade shows as a pain in the marketing budget, but some companies absolutely depend on such events. Hubbard & Revo-Cohen (HRC), a $2-mill... Read story
Hot Tip: Recruiting
Brenda Love, founder of $20-million Love Advertising, in Houston, has always looked to pare her payroll. Her problem was how to get strong product... Read story
Baby, You Can Drive My Company
It could be called the founder's quandary: how do you delegate key functions and yet maintain control? Lori Booker, who founded $2.4-million CBR Pu... Read story
In a Former Life: Itzhak Fisher
Itzhak Fisher, 43 Present life: Cofounder and CEO of RSL Communications, a $1.4-billion telecommunications com... Read story
Letting Go in the Right Way
Outsourcing payroll and benefits may save money -- but can carry risks Show of hands -- anyone out there not worried about the cos... Read story
Hot Tip: Shipping Costs
Former teacher Scott Kunst started Old House Gardens, a catalog retailer of heirloom bulbs in Ann Arbor, Mich., six years ago. Like a lot of rookie busine... Read story
In a Former Life: Jay Chiat
JAY CHIAT, 67 Present life: Chiat is the interim CEO of ScreamingMediaRead story
Lincoln Log-Ons
For 44 years, Lehman's Hardware Store, in Kidron, Ohio, has supplied the town's agrarian natives with nonelectric tools of all sorts -- gas refrigerators ... Read story
3-2-1 Contract
Having trouble with complex government certification forms? EZCertify.com simplifies the application process and helps minority companies compete for governm... Read story
Twoing the Line
Trying to cram more than one user onto your Internet connection? Some software can solve that problem. Read story
Keep on Trucking
Can't keep track of your trucks? Here's an efficient fleet-monitoring system that tells owners where their trucks are. Read story
Too Much, Too Soon
Sometimes fast growth is bad for your business How does it feel to purposely halt your company's growth for a full year? "Extremel... Read story
By the Numbers: Choosing Software
When it comes to purchasing new software, many businesses make the mistake of buying whatever's low cost and easy to teach. But Matthew de Ganon, a founde... Read story
In a Former Life: M. Farooq Kathwari
Present life : CEO of Ethan Allen, a $679-million manufacturer and retailer of furniture, with 316 stores and 21 plants, ... Read story
Origins of the 500: Partners
Where do America's fastest growing private companies get all those great ideas? A look at some of the strange ways Inc. 500 company cofounders came together. Read story
Passing Fancy
Has sporting goods manufacturer and distributor RAM Sports invented a better football? Here's what a former football pro-and current Inc. 500 CEO-had to say ... Read story
In a Former Life: Patricia Gallup
PATRICIA GALLUP, 45 Chairman and CEO of PC Connection Present life: CEO of Read story
A Simple Little System
By going back to basics, one company created a blueprint for saving boatloads of cash Three years ago the management of Hi-Shear T... Read story
The Internet E-cosystem
A look at some dominant Web-based business phenomena that currently dot the cyber-landscape and the array of the start-ups that have sprung up to support or ... Read story
Roll Out the Welcome Mat
It's the question that haunts every growth company: how do you quickly integrate new employees into an existing company culture? Start by enlisting the em... Read story
Budget Blueprint
To determine if Mountain Sales Services could buy big assets without crippling cash flow, CFO Kirk LaPoure turned to BallPark Business Valuation ... Read story
You've Got Mailings
To relieve the hassle of direct mailings, David Gerdner, sole proprietor of Next Generation Software, turned to ELetter, a Web-based direct-mail service. Read story
In a Foreign Market? Watch Out for Your Bank
Picking a reliable bank can be a key step to making exports run smoothly. Read story
In a Former Life: George Bell
GEORGE BELL, 42 President of Excite@Home Present life: Bell, formerly the CEO of Internet portal Read story
Big-Time IT for Small Companies
A few start-ups are teaming up with tech-industry veterans to help small companies rent high-powered software that they previously could not afford. Read story
Upstarts: M.D. Entrepreneurs
Here's how sports physicians are cashing in on their association with professional athletes by branding high-end health products. Plus: a look at the rise of... Read story
How Motley Fools Talk Back
If you've ever wondered whether building an intranet is worthwhile, then consider the example of Motley Fool, an online investor-education company based i... Read story
The Fast Track to Face Time
It's the eternal question asked by every entrepreneur who ever tried to raise capital: What do venture capitalists want? The answer, according to the Web ... Read story
Speed Leader
Peter Wagner, a general partner at Palo Alto venture-capital giant Accel Partners, has seen the future ofInternet hookups for small businesses. It's calle... Read story
Upstarts: Year 2000
The founder of Y2K News magazine explains why his millennium bug publication will survive past 1999. Plus, several shorter articles about how companies are t... Read story
To Big Five or Not to Big Five
Not many companies from this year's Inc. 500 list chose to be represented by expensive Big Five accounting firms. Here's a breakdown of the various accountin... Read story