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The Inc. 100 At A Glance
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He Gets No Respect;
The numbers don't tell it all. Behind every fast-growing company is a winning strategy and the person who devised it Read story
How The Inc. 100 Are Selected
The numbers don't tell it all. Behind every fast-growing company is a winning strategy and the person who devised it Read story
Is There A Patient In The House?
The numbers don't tell it all. Behind every fast-growing company is a winning strategy and the person who devised it Read story
Nuts
You can relax about Alan Canfield. There appears to be little danger that he will have to repeat the nightmare he went through in 1985, when shipments of... Read story
Two-timers;
Warren Rodgers isn't likely to get an alumni club off the ground anytime soon. In the past three years, Rodgers has lost 17 employees and rehired 10 of t... Read story
Splitting Heirs (1988)
Nearly a hundred years ago, Lorenzo Vaughn planted a time bomb in his company. Finally, it went off Read story
Easy Money
When Philip Crosby was pulled out of the conference room, the news was disturbing: it seemed $250,000 was missing from the company's account. But by the time... Read story
Basic Training
Some companies discover that it's better to make a commitment to training early on -- even if it means settling for less Read story
Between hard covers. Two books by INC. columnists have been published this fall: David L. Birch's Job Creation in America: How Our Smallest Companies Put... Read story
Going international. "What did you do in the trade war, daddy?" Lemme tell you, kid. There we were, surrounded by the Japanese, the West Germans, ... Read story
Poison ivy. Firms governed by their quarterly-earnings reports? Young Wall Street hotshots driven by greed? Harvard's business school has frequently be... Read story
Sole Survivors
Servus Rubber nearly got squashed trying to beat foreign boot makers at their own game. So it changed the game Read story
Coming Distractions
Another Rambo in the movie business? Yes, but at least this one is staying offscreen. Like Sylvester Stallone's alter ego, Allan Solomon is resorti... Read story
Coast To Coast
This year's survey tells the tale of two economies. The one that's flourishing has top universities, a strong technology base -- and an ocean view Read story
The Indispensable Man
What happens when a CEO is so effective that the company can't survive without him? Read story
Sitting Pretty
For most inventors, the source of inspiration is often a dark and delicate mystery. Walter Hibbs, though, can pinpoint the exact moment he got the idea f... Read story
How's My Line?
Vanna White probably isn't losing any blonde hairs over it, but an entrepreneurial game show called "Venture Match" may someday roll right over "Wheel of ... Read story
Unequal Partners
Time after time David Hunter solved his capital problem by forging strategic alliances with big companies. Time after time he was disappointed Read story
Portfolio
The numbers don't tell it all. Behind every fast-growing company is a winning strategy and the person who devised it Read story
Healthy Returns
Before 'wellness' became all the rage, a small Minnesota sawmill found a commonsense way to reduce accidents, alcoholism, and absenteeism Read story
Too Hot To Handle
A sizzling product is everything you've dreamed about and more-and the "more" could put you out of business. Read story
Update: Crime And Punishment
Raphael Gregorian is hardly the portrait of a victorious man. He works out of a windowless basement office. His small company, which once had sales of a... Read story
All Stressed-up And Nowhere To Go
You think it's your customers, your suppliers, your banker causing that knot in your stomach. More likely, it's the way you're running your company. Read story
Pizza Fight Mushrooms Into Guerrilla War
Mr. Shoes Pizza in Rochester, N.Y., takes on Domino's Pizza Read story
Signs Of The Times: Top Gun
For about $30, Paul LaVista will put a submachine gun in your hand and let you blow apart your ringing telephone. "Nobody really wants to be Rambo," says... Read story
Cat Fight
The creators of Kitty Litter discovered that you don't really know your market until a company like Clorox tries to take it away. Read story
Advertising;
FRANK PERDUCE KNOWS A LOT about chickens, so you can believe him when he says, "It takes a sexually excited man to make a chick affectionate." He do... Read story
Dwindling Options;
IN APRIL, VICOM SYSTEMS INC. extended its stock option plan to include about half of its 75 employees. The company never dreamed that a change in account... Read story
Stealing Mail;
SUPPOSE YOU DISCOVER THAT A RIval is reading your company's electronic mail or that the police are monitoring memos stored in a central computer. Can you... Read story
Wheel Of Misfortune;
TOPY CORP. ISN'T QUITE REINVENTing wheels, but it is making them differently. About five months ago, the Japanese-owned company began making steel wheels ... Read story
Sexual Harassment;
MECHELLE VINSON SUCCUMBED to her boss's advances at least 40 times during a four-year period. She didn't notify top management until she quit and charged... Read story
Baby Talk;
TAMARA BULEY MISSED SEVERal days of work as a saleswoman in a clothing store because she didn't feel well. She soon found out she was pregnant. The comp... Read story
The Inc. 100 Portfolio;
Insituform of North America Inc. (#89) knows exactly what it wants from its board of directors. The company, which repairs sewers without tearing up stre... Read story
Are Esops Feeble?
Hyatt-Clark Industries Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection last January, but its misfortune didn't prove that employee equity is a bankrupt idea. I... Read story
The Inc. 100 Portfolio;
Dr. Robert Jarvik hardly seems to be writing a prescription for fast growth. His company's first product has been called dangerous, unreliable, and unethi... Read story
Fast Track;
SCOTT VOSS USED TO WORK AS director of engineering at a semiconductor plant in the Philippines, where the turnaround time to his U.S. customers was 25 day... Read story
The Inc. 100 Portfolio;
John Cade's briefcase was all that survived when his twin-engine Cessna crashed just after takeoff last January. The briefcase landed in the parking lot ... Read story
Tow-away Zone
Chrysler, Ford, and GM have seen the future, and it is not parked in the garage. As the Big Three diversify, small companies have plenty to fear. Read story
