How to Buy Radio Advertising on a Budget
Video may have killed the radio star, as the old pop song goes, but advertising on the AM and FM airwaves could be an affordable savior for small businesses. Read story
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5 Ways to Improve Quality
Whether you sell a product or a service, these five steps will help you ensure that you are constantly improving the way you do business--to the delight of y... Read story
How to Deliver Great Customer Service
Follow these 10 tips, and your customers will be very, very happy. Read story
Serial Entrepreneurs Share Their Words of Wisdom
We asked the serial entrepreneurs on our list to name the most important thing they had learned as entrepreneurs. Here are our favorites. Read story
Reflections on a Wild Year in Business
Piloting a fast-growth business is never boring. But last year appears to have been particularly action packed. Thirteen entrepreneurs share their memories. Read story
The High Fives: The Top 5 Minority- and Woman-Run Companies
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America's Fastest-Growing Marketing Firm
WDFA Marketing, under the leadership of CEO Raj Prasad, has grown over 13,969 percent in just three years. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Call Center
Portland, Maine–based Listen Up Español, a call center for Spanish-speaking customers, is cashing in on the Latin population boom. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Computer Hardware Company
Maxlinear CEO Kishore Seendripu took bootstrapping to the next level by recruiting seven founders to work for free. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Construction Company
Direct Exteriors president Mike McAlpin devised an algorithm for where disasters will strike so he can be there to clean up the mess. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Consumer Products Company
With 8,094 percent growth in three years, the sudden success of wickless-candle company Scentsy saved its founders from bankruptcy. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Education Company
FortuneBuilders CEO Than Merrill shares his trade secrets in the A&E series Flip This House, on which he restores distressed properties. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Engineering Company
Appareo Systems grew 1,752 percent over three years designing and building electronic devices for the aviation industry. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Environmental Services Company
CleanScapes president Chris Martin took cleaning up the streets of Seattle very seriously, eventually landing a $36 million deal with the city. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Debt Collector
What recession? Debt Free Associates, which grew over 12,376 percent in three years, is one of a few companies that look forward to a downturn. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Food Company
Signature Foods carved out a niche by packaging frozen food for small, third-party manufacturers, earning $28 million in revenue in 2009. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Government Contractor
Growing 16,636 percent in three years, Luke & Associates staffs Army- and Air Force–base hospitals and clinics with doctors and nurses. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Health Company
With $8.7 million in revenue in 2009 and 9,307 percent three-year growth, Physicians’ Pharmaceutical helps doctors set up in-house pharmacies. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Human Resources Company
As CEO of Pursuit of Excellence, Marie Diaz coaches clients on leadership and organizational development. Read story
America's Fastest Growing-Insurance Company
QuoteWizard, which grew 5,951 percent over three years, allows customers to shop around for insurance coverage. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing IT Services Company
By selling unlimited online backup space for personal computers, Carbonite grew 11,208 percent in three years, earning $19.1 million in revenue. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Logistics Company
Coyote Logistics CEO Jeffrey Silver implemented backhauling to make his trucking company more efficient and productive. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Manufacturing Company
A devastating fire was hardly a setback for Intergroup International CEO Neil Gloger, whose company grew 1,285 percent in three years. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Media Company
Blurb CEO Eileen Gittins started her own publishing company, giving individuals the power to self-publish books. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Real Estate Company
Bootstrapping CEO Scott DeNeve survived when the housing bubble burst by cramming into a small office and keeping debts to zero. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Retailer
ModCloth, run by a husband-and-wife team, is a website that sells vintage clothing and drew in $15.6 million in 2009. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Security Company
LifeLock CEO Todd Davis gave out his Social Security number to demonstrate his confidence in his identity theft prevention company. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Software Company
Serial entrepreneur Andy Monin created Vendormate software to help health care facilities manage vendors; the company earned $10.7 million in 2009. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Telecom Company
Founder Ken Hood created ClearAccess to assist broadband service providers with managing customers and devices; the company grew 3,460 percent in the process. Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Travel Company
Growing 1,055 percent in three years and earning $3.7 million in 2009, SaveOnResorts.com helps resorts sell time-shares for discounted rates. Read story
How We Chose the 2010 Inc. 500|5000
The criteria and ranking method for this year’s list. Read story
Reader Mail: September 2010
Stealing Tony Hsieh’s recipe for success. Read story
How They Stack Up
Check out the hottest industries on the Inc. 500. Read story
How to Get Customer Referrals
Word of mouth is a powerful tool for building your business -- and the right words are key to obtaining it. Read story
How to Network to Increase Sales
Just as too many cooks can spoil the stew, too many contacts can spoil the schmoozing. Read story
What You Can Learn from Joan Rivers
The recent documentary, A Piece of Work, about Joan River's life exposes her entrepreneurial spirit. Read story
6 Tools for Monitoring Your Reputation
Services like Trackur, Viralheat, and Radian6 keep companies abreast of customer complaints. Read story
10 Things to Do Before You Start Your Start-up
Is your great idea really good enough? Find out before you launch a company. Read story
7 Ways to Socialize With Your Employees (and Not Get in Trouble)
Whether you need to foster teamwork, get a major project underway, or just show your team a fun time, there's a wholesome - but not utterly nerdy - way. Read story
10 Ways to Support Your Best Customers
Every company is in the service industry, right? Expert pointers for how to best perform for your best accounts. Read story
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