Our Companies, Ourselves
Can you separate yourself from your business? Read story
Thea Singer
How I Did It: When Civil Rights Came to My Box Office
A Memphis businessman recalls how his chain of movie theaters prepared for integration in the Jim Crow-era South. Read story
Spotlight: States Flag. So Might You
As legislators all over the country are slashing budgets, company owners should prepare to tighten their belts. Read story
60-Second Business Plan: Lesson Plans
Can a new on-line learning company make the grade? Read story
60-Second Business Plan: Lesson Plans
Can a new on-line learning company make the grade? Read story
Who's Running the 500?
What qualities and factors of Inc 500 winners really lead to success? To find out, we asked this year's CEOs three critical questions. Read story
Where Did You Learn How to Grow a Company?
Whether they learned their craft from their families, in school, or through experience, the Inc 500 agree that entrepreneurs are made, not born. Read story
What Do You Do All Day?
There's no set job description for the CEO of a fast-growth company. The leaders of the 2002 Inc 500 spend their time in a variety of ways. But no m... Read story
Are You Rich Yet?
Their wealth may look enormous on paper, but Inc 500 CEOs generally don't describe themselves as rich. You may disagree. Read story
The Innovation Factor: Your Brain on Innovation
Want to know what makes a creative genius tick? Neuroscience gives us some clues. Read story
Strategies: Radical Sabbaticals
Threatened by downsizing, small companies are making an effort to find alternatives to layoffs. Read story
Swipe These Strategies
The best practices of America's 50 most innovative companies. Read story
Dossier: Man of Depth
Those Sports Illustrated swimsuit models have Ron Labbe to thank for their most eye-popping photos. Meet the proprietor of the only one-stop shop in... Read story
Capital: Shell Game
Now that the window for initial public offerings has all but closed, more Wall Street-bound companies are flirting with controversial reverse mergers. Read story
60-Second Business Plan: The Butts Stop Here
How's this for a breathtaking market? The 35-million Americans who try to stop smoking every year. Read story
What Business Would You Start?
If you were to launch a business today, what would it be? That's the question Inc recently posed to some of the sharpest minds in the business world... Read story
Arm Proliferation
Putting medical technology to industrial use. Read story
Arm Proliferation
Putting medical technology to industrial use. Read story
Simultaneous Organization
With four fast-growth companies up and running and a fifth bubbling on the back burner, David Becker performs an impressive juggling act every single day. Read story
Doctor, Doctor. Give Me the News
An advance in doctor-patient communication. Read story
Doctor, Doctor. Give Me the News
An advance in doctor-patient communication. Read story
Watching You Watching
Seeing Machines' new product hopes to help us better understand how we interact with machines. Read story
Prozac Notion
Talk about a convenient society. Try 1-800-I-NEED-A-THERAPIST-NOW. Read story
Watching You Watching
Seeing Machines' new product hopes to help us better understand how we interact with machines. Read story
Upstarts: Children's Hair Salons
Will tyke-friendly hair salons make big money tending to small fry with over-grown bangs? Read story
A Wasp in Time ...
What's the best way to keep track of perishable inventory? Read story
Stopwatch, Please
How does Synergy CEO Dan Gould add meaning to his meetings? It's all in the timing. Read story
Comeback Markets
Most companies have taken a pass on an inner-city service market worth tens of billions of dollars. Some smart urban-based businesses are eagerly filling the... Read story
Curricular Extras
SuccessLab, the #16 Inner City 100 company in 2001, shores up the academic moorings of kids in poor school districts. Read story
Doctors Without Orders
Molina Healthcare, #61 on the 2001 Inner City 100, gives physicians freedom to match the treatment with the culture. Read story
These Old Houses
Rego Reality, #9 on the 2001 Inner City 100, brings dilapidated buildings back to life -- and livelihood. Read story
Mother's Giant Helper
Allegheny Child Care, #48 on the 2001 Inner City 100, lifts a burden from welfare-to-work mothers in the Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Detroit areas. Read story
Clothing Allowance
International Theme Park Services Inc. believes that first impressions really do count -- the CEO has been wearing a suit and tie to work every day for the l... Read story
Can Business Still Save The World?
Meet the new breed of socially responsible CEOs. They share the goals of activist pioneers like Body Shop cofounder Anita Roddick and Ben Jerry's... Read story
The Zealot: Mission Critical
Sometimes the fastest way to get a job done is to start your own company. Read story
Keep Your Company Family Friendly
Heather Howitt Oregon Chai (#18 on the 2000 Inc. 500) Portland, Oreg. Most afternoons, Heath... Read story
The Fine Line between Business and Fun
Will Smith III Enscicon (#300 on the 2000 Inc. 500 list) Denver Three years ago, when Hunter... Read story
Taking Time for Hobbies Helps Business
Tom Melaragno Compri Consulting (#124 on the 2000 Inc. 500) Denver "Rollin' up our sleeves/l... Read story
Financing Growth -- without Going into Debt
CEO/President: Max Oyler Company: Kelmax Equipment Co. (#212 on the 2000 Inc. 500), headquartered in Decat... Read story
Forgoing the IPO in Favor of Selling
CEO/president: Mitchell Jones Company: W2Com (#162 on the 2000 Inc. 500), in Dayton, Ohio Bus... Read story
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