Absenteeism
Chart: What some companies are doing to curb absenteeism. Read story
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What's Holding You Back?
Survey: What's the most significant barrier to your starting or expanding export sales? Read story
Drive In
As a special bonus for its employee of the month, Phoenix Textiles Inc. reserves a special parking spot. Read story
How To Write an Ad
With creative classified ads, Gnossos Software attracts top job applicants. Read story
Software Use
Chart: 8 Software functions and the percentages of companies who use each of them. Read story
Drop a Line
FrederickSeal Inc. salespeople send out postcards before sales visits to ensure that appointments are kept. Read story
Time Out
As a means of motivation and quality control, one company gives time off to salespeople who reach a designated limit. Read story
Name Game
Company finds an appropriate name for its romance novels on tape: Kissettes. Read story
Coming Of Age
Entrepreneurs and business experts discuss how the 80s changed the way they think about business. Read story
My Favorite Company
Inc. writers and editors write about their favorite companies. Read story
Keeping The VC Door Ajar
A software company keeps a file of the venture capitalists who have expressed interest in them. Read story
Benefit Plan Compliance: Section 89
Survey of CEOs asking whether the documentation for their benefit plans are in compliance with Section 89. Read story
Simplest May Be Best
In profitable years, a company puts one dollar into each employee's year-end bonus for each hour the employee works. Read story
Answering The Bonus Question
A musical instrument manufacturer gives its employees bonuses for coming up with cost-cutting ideas. Read story
A Guide To Giveaways
Information USA Inc. publishes a guidebook called, 'Government Giveaways for Entrepreneurs.' Read story
Sounding Board
Company founder holds bi-weekly meetings with board of employees in order to get feedback about company. Read story
Making The Most Of Mailings
Overseas Adventure Travel includes a contest in its mailings to ensure that their material is read. Read story
Sources of Entrepreneurial Satisfaction
Chart: 12 sources of entrepreneurial satisfaction and how entrepreneurs rate them on a scale of 1 to 10. Read story
Letter Quality
A company stresses its '0.1 percent customer rejects' on every one of its letterheads. Read story
Then And Now: Inc.'s Guide To The New Economy
Facts and figures about the evolution of the economy from 1978 to 1988. Read story
No Frills PR
PR firm founder suggests simplicity and directness in his field. Read story
Signs of the Times
A marketing expert notes that his company has turned its attention to collecting elementary-school children names. Read story
Shake, Rattle, And Rest
Non-profit group establishes foundation to raise money for retiring entertainers lacking insurance policies. Read story
National Guide To Salaries
Information on a reference manual which describes and lists fair and average salaries for myriad office positions. Read story
Venture Capital: When are investments made?
Survey of venture capital firms which asks 'At what stage of a company's growth should investments be made?' Read story
Quote of the Month
A quotation from Robert Ronstadt about focusing on value rather than money. Read story
Customer As Salesperson
When trying to sell new accounts, a software company lists its current customers as references. Read story
Sending Report Cards Home
A CEO sends reports home to salesforce spouses to let them know how close their partners are to winning a vacation. Read story
Managing People: Helping care for the kids.
Survey showing nine work-schedule policies and the percentage of small companies that offer these benefits. Read story
Easy Money
Overnight delivery service sends its customers a money-back guarantee with the same speed they conduct deliveries. Read story
Package Deal
A consulting firm charges by the package, rather than by the hour, so that clients don't anguish over the cost. Read story
Highlight The Hook
A company president highlights key points of his written sales pitch in yellow when sending it to clients. Read story
Benefits: Are Your Employees in the Dark?
Survey results showing how employees answered the question, "What type of health insurance do you have?". Read story
The Safety Game
A manufacturing plant plays an on-going bingo game each day, during which the facility runs without an accident. Read story
Read Our Lips
A surprising number of CEOs favor tax increases for fighting the federal budget deficit. Read story
Leading Indicators
A publisher, Pat McGovern, comments on how during a recession more people buy industry journals. Read story
The Buddy System
Pairing new employees with veterans in a similar position provides thorough training Read story
Keeping Up, With NASA's Help
Information regarding database searching agency for the high-tech information age Read story
Explaining Financials
Income statements shared with employees may also need an accompanying explanation Read story
Less Time for Browsing
A break down of the percentage of people who enjoy browsing and the stores they like to browse in. Read story
