The People Problem
What will be the biggest challenge facing small businesses in the years ahead? Read more
Growth Strategies
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Eat Or Be Eaten
Is consolidation a threat or a boon to small companies? Read more
Six Ways to Position Your Company for Success
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
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
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
The people, places, and plans behind some 2001 Inner City 100 companies. Read more
Take My Franchise, Please
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
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
What the numbers reveal about this year's Inner-City 100. Read more
I Wish Someone Had Told Me...
In the May issue of Inc. , the magazine honors the top 100 inner city businesses o... Read more
Frank Lautenberg: My Biggest Mistake
Frank Lautenberg, cofounder of Automatic Data Processing Inc. and former U.S. senator from New Jersey, discusses an unwise acquisition. Read more
Looking Ahead
Financial experts discuss one company's search for the best source of capital for future acquisitions. Read more
A Briefing On Fairness Opinions
Any board decisions involving major corporate decisions that affect corporate value -- mergers, buybacks, spinoffs, acquisitions, going private -- need an... Read more
Best Practices: Acquiring New Companies
CEO Michael Rothman has built Kenny Industrial Services LLC, a Chicago-based cleaning, painting, and maintenance company, through a series of acquisitions... Read more
Country Profiles
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Roll Your Own
How one hypergrowth company is perfecting the art of acquisition -- and maybe even giving roll-ups a good name. Read more
Selling Abroad without the Pain
Breaking into international markets may require forming strategic partnerships with companies and experts who have already done so. Read more
Business for Sale: Midwestern Software Developer
Learn about a 30-year-old software development company that's for sale. Read more
Obit: Auto-Shop Roll-Up Wrecked in Rush
A founder's rush to capitalize on a Wall Street penchant for industry roll-ups may have brought CARA Collision and Glass to a screeching halt. Read more
The Soloist: Balancing Act
"The Foot Nurse" of Silicon Valley has a growing one-woman business and time for a home life to boot. Read more
Should You Share Equity with Consultants?
Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where he'd find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build... Read more
How can we hire quickly and smartly?
An inc.com user asks: Help! We need to develop a good hiring plan so that we can start hiring quickly. Any advice? <... Read more
Dick Sabot: My Biggest Mistake
Dick Sabot is the cofounder and chairman of the board of eZiba.com and Tripod, and a director of Lycos Inc. He recounts the tale of his biggest an... Read more
The ABCs of Profit
The CEO of Nobel Learning Communities Inc., an operator of for-profit and charter schools, is convinced that he knows how to make money with schools -- witho... Read more
Business for Sale: California Dining-Yacht Service
If wining and dining on a beautiful boat is your idea of living, consider this California-based dining-cruise business. Read more
Are U.S. venture capitalists willing to invest in tech entrepreneurs who target foreign markets?
Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki's response: The advice varies and depends on the country in which the start-up is located. U.... Read more
Can I Afford My Next Acquisition?
Advice for a cash-strapped entrepreneur who needs money to complete an acquisition Read more
Hot Cities, Hot Sites
The cover story of the December 2000 issue of Inc. magazine, " Best Cities to Start and ... Read more
Bust-Up's Outcome: More Start-Ups
Name: Robert Shay Number of companies founded: Three Why the big appetite: Need to start ov... Read more
When Creating Companies Is Habit-Forming
Name: Stanley Adelman Number of companies founded: Four Why the big appetite: Potential for n... Read more
Mary Engelbreit: My Biggest Mistake
Early on, we were prompted by a number of requests to produce tabletop products like dishes and gravy boats in addition to our greeting cards and picture ... Read more
A Changing of the Guard
After 21 years, Inc. gets a new owner. Plus, if innovation is random, how can you make it strike at your company? Read more
A Bigger Wheel
Chris Zane's bike shop was healthy and profitable. To grow it, though, he would have to act like a CEO. Read more
