Growth Strategies

Trash Into Cash

By Leslie Brokaw | Nov 1, 1990

Start-up salvages and sells parts of junked cars on the foreign market. Read more

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf | Nov 1, 1990

Current trends and legislation affecting small business. Read more

Foreign Affairs

By Leslie Brokaw | Nov 1, 1990

Profile of start-ups doing business internationally. Read more

Hedging Your Bets

By Jill Andresky Fraser | Nov 1, 1990

Increasing profit margins on foreign deals by using currency hedging. Read more

Exporting the Risk

By Joshua Hyatt | Nov 1, 1990

Setting up direct sales abroad and raising money from European venture capitalists. Read more

Newsbreakers

By Elizabeth Conlin | Oct 1, 1990

News blurbs about three businesses. Read more

Network: September 1990

By Inc. staff | Sep 1, 1990

Network reader-to-reader advice. Read more

Accidental Tourist

By Leslie Brokaw | Aug 1, 1990

International joint venture builds apartments for visiting American executives in Moscow. Read more

Globetrotting for Dollars

By Ellyn E. Spragins | Aug 1, 1990

How to snare a heavyweight partner overseas. Read more

The Education of Harry Featherstone

By Jay Finegan | Jul 1, 1990

How one CEO turned around a troubled company by setting up an ESOP, and by focusing on training and quality. Read more

Greer vs. Nemeth

By Nancy Rutter | Jul 1, 1990

Why a haphazardly made venture capital deal may cost a successful entrepreneur her company. Read more

Sign of the Times

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf | Jun 1, 1990

U.S. entrepreneur markets Soviet souvenir tee-shirts in Russia. Read more

Log On, Bitte

By Inc. staff | Jun 1, 1990

Two on-line databases with directory information on businesses in Germany. Read more

Capital: International Funding

By Inc. staff | Jun 1, 1990

Chart: Survey of electronics industry execs that asks how much of their financing is met by foreign capital. Read more

It's Who You Know

By Inc. staff | Jun 1, 1990

A company subcontracts overseas, paying cheaper freight and no commission, all by eliminating an agent. Read more

Innocents Abroad

By Jill Andresky Fraser | May 1, 1990

Exporting can be a less costly experience when you investigate foreign markets thoroughly. Read more

Good-Neighbor Policy

By Inc. staff | Apr 1, 1990

The Canadian Department of Regional Industrial Expansion has created a database with information on exporting. Read more

The Accidental Lender

By Steve Solomon | Mar 1, 1990

A Texas businesss-owner salvages old engine parts and sells them abroad. Read more

Portrait of the CEO as Exporter

By Teri Lammers | Feb 1, 1990

Jim Koch made a deal to have his Samuel Adams beer appear on a Japanese home shopping network. Read more

Short Memories

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf | Feb 1, 1990

Small semiconductor manufacturer goes to Washington to argue against the formation a U.S. consortium of DRAM makers Read more

The Tokyo Connection

By Edward O. Welles | Feb 1, 1990

The ramifications of small high-tech companies looking to Japan to fund their development. Read more

Growth Around The U.S.A.

By Inc. staff | Feb 1, 1990

Chart: Percentages of companies with growth in sales shown by region. Read more