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Recent Growth Strategies Articles

Business for Sale: Florida Taxi Company

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1997

An overview of a business offered for sale, including the price rationale and some pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more

Dear Max: Drop Dead. Love, GoCard

By Mike Hofman |  Apr 1, 1997

Here is how entrepreneurs came together to fight a common enemy, but will they last?  Read more

Business for Sale: Rocky Mountain Video Distributor

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1997

A detailed overview on a buisness offered for sale including the price, and pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more

Growth Happens

By Robert A. Mamis |  Mar 1, 1997

A senior Inc. writer learns that many Inc. 500 company owners would have never guess their firms would grow so fast.  Read more

Business for Sale: Regional Collection Agency

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1997

Close-up look at a collection agency business for sale including a price rationale and pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more

Head-On Cooperation

Jan 1, 1997

Many contractors run and hide if a property manager calls with a complaint. But Clem Majerus, founder of GTW Construction, in Irving, Tex., holds a Read more

L.A. Quakes in the Shadow of Beautiful Downtown Burbank

By Joel Kotkin |  Dec 1, 1996

An overview of a city that is using incentive programs, loans, and regulations to attract businesses.  Read more

Small Business on a Mission

By Jerry Useem |  Dec 1, 1996

A quick look at a small-business-only exporting mission established by the Department of Commerce.  Read more

My Employees Are Suspicious of Our Strategic Partners

By Stephanie L Gruner |  Dec 1, 1996

A quick look at how one company overcame its problems after forming a strategic partnership.  Read more

Leaving Home

By Christopher Caggiano |  Dec 1, 1996

Some business owners tell when they knew their businesses had outgrown their home offices.  Read more

Business for Sale: Midwest Amusement Park

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1996

A close-up look at a business offered for sale including the price rationale and some pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more

Sweatshops, Free Trade Force Owner to Call It Quits

By David Whitford |  Nov 1, 1996

The story of how a manufacturing company failed under pressures from GATT, NAFTA, and sweatshops.  Read more

Starting on a Sour Note

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

The cofounder of an Inc. 500 company explains how and why she and her husband started their company.  Read more

Beyond a Reasonable Debt

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

An Inc. 500 CEO details the help he received from a past Inc. 500 CEO, and what he learned.  Read more

While You're Reading This, He's Starting Another Business

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

An entrepreneur who currently runs 11 different companies, explains why he has such a bad case of capitalism.  Read more

How The 1996 Inc. 500 Were Selected

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

The details of how the 1996 list was compiled, as well as the names of the staff who work on the list.  Read more

The Inc. 500 Index

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

A ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America arranged alphabetically.  Read more

The Inc. 500 by Industry

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

A ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America arranged by industry.  Read more

The Inc. 500 by State

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

A ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America arranged by state.  Read more

Internet Superstart Enlists Locals to Battle Giants

By Jerry Useem |  Oct 1, 1996

An overview of a Web business that is banking on networking with local businesses to overcome giant competition.  Read more

Who Needs Growth?

By Susan Greco |  Oct 1, 1996

Two CEOs share their contradictory opinions of expanding thier companies  Read more

Bach to the Future

By George Edelman |  Sep 15, 1996

A music engraver tells the tale of how he turned to computers to help him grow his special business.  Read more

Creating An International Status Symbol: Lessons from Thump

By Sarah Schafer |  Sep 5, 1996

Four years ago, Phil Rubin and Molly Bondhus started Thump, Inc., an alternative clothing design firm based in Los Angeles that now does over $2 million i...  Read more

Deja Vu All Over Again: the Virtual Start-Up

By George Gendron |  Aug 1, 1996

A quick look at how Motorola's founder met his early demands for goods with both temporary workers and space.  Read more

Kings of the Hill

By Christopher Caggiano |  Aug 1, 1996

A new market with big competition may make it hard for this start-up to make its product an industry standard.  Read more

Resource: Export Reports

By Stephanie L Gruner |  Aug 1, 1996

Some information on how to contact different services offered by the U.S. Commerce Department.  Read more

Benchmark: The Growing Labor Challenge

By Donna Fenn |  Aug 1, 1996

Some data that show the challenges faced by small and midsize companies looking for an adequate labor force.  Read more

Thatcher's Self-Employment

By Charles Dellheim |  Jul 1, 1996

An expert on Margaret Thatcher suggests scrutinizing Britain's initiatives holds lessons for America.  Read more

Divide and Conquer

By William R. Pape |  Jun 15, 1996

A past CIO explains why small companies need to decentralize, and how to do it.  Read more

Marketing: Double Exposure

By Sarah Schafer |  Jun 15, 1996

An overview of how a plastics manufacturer is using the World Wide Web to boost regional and international sales.  Read more

It's All in the Marketing

By Jeffrey Zygmont |  May 24, 1996

Volant ski managed to cut a niche in the crowded ski equipment market once before. Can it do it again? Dav...  Read more

The Age of the Gazelle

By John Case |  May 15, 1996

A look at some data that shows most of today's new jobs come from a relative handful of fast-growing companies.  Read more

The New Civil War

By David Friedman |  May 15, 1996

This feature explains who pays the price for wasteful subsidies used to attract or retain businesses.  Read more

Is America Really Different?

By John Case |  May 15, 1996

Data showing the roles small businesses play in European economies compared with the role they play in the U.S economy.  Read more

'Flashes of Genius'

By George Gendron |  May 15, 1996

Peter Drucker on entrepreneurial complacency and delusions—and the madness of always thinking you're numb one.  Read more