Pollution Control
D.C. PR start-up handles touchy publicity surrounding haszardous-waste cleanups and landfills. Read story
Leslie Brokaw
The Accidental Businessman
Computer tinkerer creates automated system to check on housebound elderly people and accidentally ends up in business. Read story
It's a Small World
Start-up develops a heating process used to make metal parts for cars more quickly and cheaply. Read story
One Plus One Is Three
Start-up does contract product development work for manufacturers. Read story
Notebook
Statistics and survey results on entrepreneurship and start-ups. Read story
Try Harder, Part II: FilmStar Inc.'s Surprise Ending
Filmstar Inc. set out to change the market for independent-film financing and distribution. All didn't go as planned. Read story
Kukla, Fran, and Pinky
Start-up publishes children's books with finger puppets. Read story
Moving Pictures
New business rents Video Walkmans to people in airports waiting for flights. Read story
Team Makeup
Heavy hitting retailers are starting a chain of all-cosmetics and accessories stores. Read story
Keep in Touch
A Johnson Johnson spin-off continues to profit from the parent company. Read story
Down the Tubes
New toilet flusher allows for shorter flushes to conserve water. Read story
The Name Game
New narrow niche health-care center offers therapy for women who encounter problems during pregnancy. Read story
Notebook
Statistics and miscellaneous information about start-ups. Read story
Missing the Cut
Inc. revisits an audio broadcast service having trouble getting off the ground. Read story
Trading Babe For Yogi
New business introduces service to value baseball card collections. Read story
Start Me Up
Start-up creates a product designed to extend engine life by half. Read story
Clearer Sounds on the Radio Front
New technology is created for improved FM stereo reception. Read story
Accidental Tourist
International joint venture builds apartments for visiting American executives in Moscow. Read story
Boxed Set
New business packages magazine subscriptions to be sold as gifts through retailers. Read story
Baby Proof
Company tests a new form of birth control. Read story
Notebook
Statistics and miscellaneous information about start-ups. Read story
Changing the Rules
Inc. revisits two former Anatomy of a Start-up companies to find one a success and one suffering a rough start. Read story
Just Filling Orders, Sir
Oliver North cofounds a bullet-resistant vest start-up. Read story
Under My Nose
A plate glass company spins off a window cleaning solution manufacturer. Read story
So Long, Jukebox
Start-up sells video jukeboxes. Read story
Team Work
Start-up creates after-school care centers for 5- to 12-year olds. Read story
Woo the Brew
New beer is named after a popular Appalachian Mountain town. Read story
You Scratch My Back
Start-up offers free tests for cholesterol and blood pressure readings in malls. Read story
Notebook
Statistics and miscellaneous information about start-ups. Read story
Laying the Groundwork
Inc. revisits a health-care products start-up to find that sales growth is taking longer than projected. Read story
Kidding Around
New company markets premium toiletries to children. Read story
Great Gatsby Gambit
Car company makes all-new reproductions of classic Jaguars. Read story
Go West, Young Man
Two Wharton grads start an employer-paid computer job listing for college placement offices. Read story
Hard Schlock Cafe
Dick Clark productions and a New Jersey real estate firm link up to create a chain of diners. Read story
Stick It
Boston business has developed anatomical stickers and checklists for doctors. Read story
London, Paris, Istanbul. . . Chicago?
A travel company starts a luxury rail service, running between Chicago and Washington, D.C. Read story
Facelift
Franchisor O! Deli had trouble securing contracts for new locations. Read story
No-Touch Football
Group invents and markets a non-contact game of catch to school systems. Read story
Mail Bonding
New company makes and markets self-service machines for post offices. Read story
Watch Over Me
Company keeps watch over the quality of manufacturing done overseas for client companies here in the U.S. Read story