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Recent Growth Strategies Articles

The Store that Stark Built

By D.M. Osborne |  Aug 1, 2001

Debra's Natural Gourmet proves that even in the face of big-box competition, a tiny player can become both a beloved local business and a profitable growth c...  Read more

Common Threads

By Donna Fenn |  Aug 1, 2001

Joe Fulmer, CEO of Stitching Post, deliberately transformed his store into the kind of place where customers socialize with one another.  Read more

Licensing Wizardry

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 2001

How to pull off lucrative licensing deals.  Read more

Do What You Love. No Really

By Jill Hecht Maxwell |  Aug 1, 2001

This CEO discovered that she could grow her company by focusing on what she loves most.  Read more

How to Come Back From a Cliffhanger

By Mimi Saffer |  Jul 11, 2001

ProMedex Inc., which I co-founded in 1996 with Pieter Muntendam, M.D., was a disease-management and health-care informatics company that grew its sales to...  Read more

It's Not Love, It's Business

By Margaret Heffernan |  Jul 11, 2001

A friend of mine recently began looking for her next career move. To date, every CEO she has met with has articulated an intention to sell the business wi...  Read more

12 Ways to Grow Your Home-Based Business

By Paul Edwards and Sarah Edwards |  Jul 11, 2001

If you can't face the prospect of giving up the convenience and comforts of working from home, but you don't want to miss out on your chance to grow to th...  Read more

Improve Your Communication Skills

Jul 9, 2001

If the thought of speaking in front of an audience sends you into a cold sweat, then this Inc.com guide is for you. Communication experts and CEOs share thei...  Read more

Size Counts

By Emily Barker |  Jul 1, 2001

Does your company have to be big to thrive?  Read more

In Search Of The Above Average

By Paul B. Brown |  Jul 1, 2001

Tom Peters got us all hot for excellence. But when we strive to achieve it, a new book argues, we're prone to certain pitfalls.  Read more

Business for Sale: Rocky Mountain Furniture Manufacturer

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 2001

Do you have back-to-nature fantasies? Then consider this fast-growing and profitable three-year-old furniture manufacturer in the beautiful Rocky Mountains.  Read more

Looking for RightCo., Inc.

By Paul R. Baudisch |  Jun 21, 2001

My partner and I started our Internet company, NetMarquee, in 1995 with $10,000 and a passion for using the new online medium as a compelling marketing to...  Read more

Start a Sales-Based Affiliate Program

By Steve Rothberg |  Jun 15, 2001

One of the great lessons learned from the early days of online marketing is that traffic is not king. Traditional retailers have long understood th...  Read more

Upstarts: Voting Systems

By Rifka Rosenwein |  Jun 1, 2001

In the nonpartisan spirit of entrepreneurship, some companies offer ingenious responses to last year's unpleasantness at the polls.  Read more

Obit: IPO Plan Lands CEO But Sinks Company

By Rifka Rosenwein |  Jun 1, 2001

A Denver telecommunications company is undone by its national ambitions.  Read more

Buyout

By Paul B. Brown |  Jun 1, 2001

Valuations are down, investment capital is abundant, and skilled, seasoned managers are scarce. There's never been a better time to buy the business you work...  Read more

My Own Private Buyout

By Brian Schraff |  Jun 1, 2001

How one CEO bought his father's business.  Read more

When Justice Is Blind -- And Computer Literate

By Jill Hecht Maxwell |  Jun 1, 2001

Following in the footsteps of Delaware's business courts, several states are creating so-called technology courts.  Read more

Develop a Loyalty Marketing Program

By Jennifer A. Redmond |  May 21, 2001

Loyalty marketing programs are a way to reward your best customers and build long-term relationships, according to Karen Drost, vice president of Tecmark ...  Read more

Counting Companies

By John Case |  May 15, 2001

How many small businesses are there? Just a few more than there are ways to count them.  Read more

The Gazelle Theory

By John Case |  May 15, 2001

Are some small companies more equal than others?  Read more

The Job Factory

By John Case |  May 15, 2001

Do small companies really create the most jobs?  Read more

The People Problem

By John Case |  May 15, 2001

What will be the biggest challenge facing small businesses in the years ahead?  Read more

One World

By John Case |  May 15, 2001

How will globalization affect small businesses?  Read more

Eat Or Be Eaten

By John Case |  May 15, 2001

Is consolidation a threat or a boon to small companies?  Read more

Six Ways to Position Your Company for Success

By Jennifer A. Redmond |  May 8, 2001

What do you think the most important trend affecting small business will be? How best can owners position their companies to take advantage of it? We pose...  Read more

Curricular Extras

By Thea Singer |  May 1, 2001

SuccessLab, the #16 Inner City 100 company in 2001, shores up the academic moorings of kids in poor school districts.  Read more

Mother's Giant Helper

By Thea Singer |  May 1, 2001

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 more

City Lights

By Leigh Buchanan |  May 1, 2001

The people, places, and plans behind some 2001 Inner City 100 companies.  Read more

Fish Fry

By Leigh Buchanan |  May 1, 2001

Clearwater Fisheries lowers its energy costs by supplying its biodegradable waste to a neighboring company that turns the material into energy. A match made ...  Read more

Take My Franchise, Please

By Leigh Buchanan |  May 1, 2001

Candy Bouquet International CEO Margaret McEntire wants to help build America from within by giving her franchises away to franchisees who set up shop in inn...  Read more

Border Fulfillment

By Leigh Buchanan |  May 1, 2001

Miratek Corp. is speeding up service to its clients by taking advantage of the open borders created by NAFTA and stationing its information-technology-servic...  Read more

The Inner-City Index

By George Gendron |  May 1, 2001

What the numbers reveal about this year's Inner-City 100.  Read more

I Wish Someone Had Told Me...

By Lisa Chadderdon |  Apr 20, 2001

In the May issue of Inc. , the magazine honors the top 100 inner city businesses o...  Read more

Frank Lautenberg: My Biggest Mistake

By Mike Hofman |  Apr 1, 2001

Frank Lautenberg, cofounder of Automatic Data Processing Inc. and former U.S. senator from New Jersey, discusses an unwise acquisition.  Read more