Nell Margolis

Can You Find The Farmer In This Picture?

Dorothy had to abandon the Kansas wheat fields for Oz in order to find a tin man. Soon, though, the tin man will be right there on the farm -- plowing th...  Read story

Oil

* One barrel contains 42 gallons of oil, thanks to the Great Eel Controversy. Eels? In fifteenth-century England, King Edward IV settled one of the fract...  Read story

The Power Lunch

* Lee Iacocca ate two dozen raw clams on the half shell at his first interview for the top spot at Chrysler Corp. * John C. D. Bruno, owner of The P...  Read story

Money Talks;

PHILADELPHIA BANKER FAL DE Saint Phalle is on his way up in a job that used to lead nowhere but down or out. Just a decade ago, says de Saint Phalle, sma...  Read story

Speaking Terms;

USER-FRIENDLY THOUGH THEY might be, many computers aren't speaking to one another. Their incompartibility has been wreaking havoc in many offices, but th...  Read story

The Inc. 100 Portfolio;

For every Ben Cohen (see story above), there's a Howard A. Tullman. The sign on Tullman's wall says it all: "Work hard, stick together, improve ever...  Read story

The Inc. 100 Portfolio;

Most INC. 100 companies are under a decade old, but the roots of Harvard Industries Inc. (#72), of St. Louis, go back to the last century. Thereby hangs ...  Read story

The Inc. 100 Portfolio;

1967: Mutz Corp. is founded by Harold Mutz, chief executive officer, and his son, O.U. "Oz" Mutz. The company has no vaunting ambition: it is just one of...  Read story

The Inc. 100 Portfolio;

Irwin Selinger, a founder who has soared onto the INC. 100 with two different companies, is back for an encore. In 1979, he guided Surgicot Inc. to ...  Read story

Patently Wrong;

ALLIED CORP. SPENT 13 YEARS and more than $75 million developing a metals-manufacturing process. But when 11 German and Japanese companies copied Allied'...  Read story

Fork It Over;

ELIMINATING THE BUDGET deficit by 1991 could be a taxing job. Despite President Reagan's opposition, lawmakers may have to push through new taxes to...  Read story

Explorer Post 2741;

THEY DON'T ALL LOOK LIKE BOY Scouts, not with their skateboards and their bristled Mohawk haircuts. Turning skateboard freaks into Boy Scouts was th...  Read story

Knockoffs;

WOMEN WHO TAKE COUNTERfeit birth control pills could be in for a big surprise. So, too, could folks who rely on bogus automobile brakes and helicopter la...  Read story

Something Of Value

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHAT THEIR BUSINESSES ARE WORTH. A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE READY, WILLING, AND SOMETIMES ABLE TO TELL THEM.  Read story

R-o-w (return On Workstyle)

It may be fun. It may even work. But how do you account for the costs?  Read story

Client Conflict;

THE IDENTITY OF YOUR NEW business competitor across town may surprise you. It may turn out to be a lawyer -- your own lawyer -- who is trying to take your...  Read story

Ever since INC. first started doing the annual Report on the States in 1981, our purpose has been less to rank the 50 states than to aid businesspeople an...  Read story

Valuation Added

The equity boom has created a hot market for business appraisers.  Read story

And You Laughed At A Scottie In A Sweater

When your dog does his curbside duty, you no longer have to do yours. Pet Duti has arrived. It is an adjustable cloth harness equipped with a disposable...  Read story

Private Lives;

Demon dialers, Dungeons Dragons, and the great $5 disposable suit.  Read story

Lack Of Foreisight Saga

Bob Praegitzer is a man who takes big risks, whether changing careers or conducting day-to-day business. Recently, his approach backfired. In 1981,...  Read story

Doing Business Behind Bars

With its carpeted cubicles and computer terminals, Stillwater Data Processing Systems Inc. looks like any other modern, high-technology office. At 5 p.m....  Read story

Chips Ahoy

Americans spend an estimated $2.5 billion a year on cookies, mostly on packaged supermarket varieties. About 10 years ago, Wally "Famous" Amos opened a s...  Read story

The Courts Add A New Threat To Businesses

The damage award -- $1.43 million -- was nothing out of the ordinary considering the chillingly brutal crime: A 22-year-old woman was abducted at gunpoint...  Read story

Out Of Stock

Three years ago, top executives at cash-hungry West Coast companies thought they had found the perfect device for luring and locking up key employees with...  Read story

The Crash Of Pti

Relentless optimism fueled Professional Travel's takeoff, then sent it into a tailspin -- and federal bankruptcy court.  Read story