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Online Dry Cleaner Tries to Go National

By Mike Hofman |  Jan 11, 2001

A family-owned dry cleaner is hoping go national with its online network of independent dry cleaners, à la 1-800-Flowers.  Read more

Online Grocer Fails to Deliver the Goods

By Anne Marie Borrego |  Jan 10, 2001

Four years after profiling the start-up Streamline.com, Inc. magazine checked back in to find the company defunct due to its poorly conceived e-commerce model.  Read more

My So-Called Life

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 2001

In its January 2000 issue, Inc. began following five fledgling businesses. The founder of one, edu.com, shares some lessons and insights.  Read more

Best of the Web: Casing Cybermarts for Office Furniture

By Jill Hecht Maxwell |  Jan 1, 2001

Several Web purveyors specialize in such goods as office desks and computer tables. Fourteen CEOs rate the online dealers.  Read more

The Soloist: Balancing Act

By Susan Greco |  Jan 1, 2001

"The Foot Nurse" of Silicon Valley has a growing one-woman business and time for a home life to boot.  Read more

Find a Virtual Organization

By Heather Duggan |  Dec 15, 2000

Learn what a virtual organization is and how you can benefit from one.  Read more

I Really Must Be Going

By Andrew Raskin |  Dec 1, 2000

Company founders and their businesses don't always grow at the same pace or in the same direction. Andy Raskin, author of Inc.'s E-Diaries columns, ...  Read more

Gearing Up for 2001

By Barbara Weltman |  Nov 15, 2000

It's never too early to start thinking about how to save money on your taxes.  Read more

Inc. Web Awards 2000

By Inc. staff |  Nov 15, 2000

The 13 winners of the 2000 Inc. Web Awards all use their Web sites to invite participation and engender loyalty from customers, employees, and suppl...  Read more

Web Awards 2000: General Excellence

By Christopher Caggiano |  Nov 15, 2000

Sumerset Custom Houseboats earned the 2000 Inc. Web Award for General Excellence because of the innovative ways it maximizes customers' lifetime val...  Read more

Web Awards 2000: Marketing

By Lauren Gibbons Paul |  Nov 15, 2000

The winning companies in the Marketing category of the 2000 Inc. Web Awards lure customers with enticing deals and ease of use.  Read more

Web Awards 2000: Customer Service

By Inc. staff |  Nov 15, 2000

Treating each customer as an individual won Ives Development second place in the Customer Service category of the 2000 Inc. Web Awards.  Read more

Web Awards 2000: ROI

By Anne Stuart |  Nov 15, 2000

Low-cost start-up, strong revenues, and fast growth are some reasons that DirectWireless.com and Affordable Supplements landed second and third place, respec...  Read more

Web Awards 2000: Innovation

By Inc. staff |  Nov 15, 2000

The winners in the Innovation category of the 2000 Inc. Web Awards employ cutting-edge multimedia and clever Internet concepts to attract and keep c...  Read more

Video Births the Internet Star

By Jill Hecht Maxwell |  Nov 15, 2000

New technologies stand to make Internet video as useful and ubiquitous as the telephone. How will it work for your company?  Read more

Sweet Deals

By Anne Stuart |  Nov 15, 2000

Mrs. Beasley's has created a stellar blueprint for integrating "bricks" and "clicks" businesses through strategic partnerships, superior logistics, and some ...  Read more

Holiday Gifts without the Crowds

By Rachael King |  Nov 15, 2000

Not sure what to get that client or colleague for the holidays? Ten entrepreneurs rate sites offering everything from executive toys to spa packages.  Read more

Book Value: Welcome to the New Economy, Act III

By Paul B. Brown |  Nov 15, 2000

Dot-coms have discovered that they have to make money, and the Fortune 1,000 have learned that e-commerce isn't all that hard. What happens now? Thr...  Read more

Logging On the Web

By Bronwyn Fryer |  Nov 15, 2000

If you're marketing to a niche or need an online forum for fresh ideas, Web logs could be the new killer app -- and the hottest thing since e-mail.  Read more

What roles do the members of an LLC play?

By Barbara Weltman |  Nov 10, 2000

Barbara Weltman explains the different roles that the members of an LLC can play.  Read more

Do I need to change my corporate structure?

Nov 3, 2000

The owner of an S corporation has changed the nature of his business. He asks inc.com mentor Barbara Weltman whether he needs to change his corporate structu...  Read more

Web Site No-No's

By Jan Gardner |  Nov 2, 2000

Want a terrific Web site? Avoid these common site flaws encountered by judges for the Inc. Web Awards 2000.  Read more

Take the E-Mail Quiz

By Jennifer LeClaire |  Nov 1, 2000

For all we hear about the latest and greatest in Web technology, e-mail remains the best way to keep in touch with your customers. But are you using the medi...  Read more

Professional Corporation

Nov 1, 2000

In many states, professionals who want to incorporate their practices must create what's called a professional corporation.  Read more

The Paperwork Required to Set Up an LLC

Nov 1, 2000

To create an LLC, you must file the correct paperwork with your state.  Read more

Internet Business Method Patents

By Rich Stim |  Nov 1, 2000

A company that develops a new way of conducting e-commerce may be able to prevent others from using it for almost two decades.  Read more

Obits: Cold Feet Squash Minority-Supplier Site

By Mike Hofman |  Nov 1, 2000

Despite high-profile supporters and millions in seed capital, an online exchange for minority suppliers to the auto industry couldn't figure out how to make ...  Read more

Everything Old Is New Again

By Kate Neville |  Oct 25, 2000

When it comes to the Web economy, investors no longer put blind faith before performance. Here's how business-to-consumer dot-coms are using traditional stra...  Read more

The IT Talent Shortage

Oct 24, 2000

Good IT workers in this country are practically impossible to come by. Is overseas talent the solution? Many Capitol Hill lawmakers think so.  Read more

It's the Year of the Other Internet Company

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Oct 15, 2000

2000 is the year the Internet hit the Inc. 500, big-time.  Read more

Growth Market Suppliers Make the Inc. 500

Oct 15, 2000

Some of the Internet-related companies on the 2000 Inc. 500 are following a time-honored tactic: They're supplying emerging-growth markets rather than partic...  Read more

It's All about Technology

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Oct 15, 2000

The 2000 Inc. 500 is the most technology-intensive to date, partly because of the Internet, the general growth in the IT sectors of the economy, and the appe...  Read more

Shared Tastes

By Ilan Mochari |  Oct 15, 2000

While in college in upstate New York, Santhana Krishnan and Yash Shah went on road trips to Montreal for authentic Indian meals. Today they're partners of a ...  Read more

Follow the Numbers

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Oct 15, 2000

What the characteristics of the Inc. 500 reveal about trends in the national economy.  Read more

Let's Get Physical

By Mike Hofman |  Oct 15, 2000

Four years ago E*Trade Group ( Inc. 500 list, 1996) was considered a threat to traditional retailing. Now the online stock brokerage is throwing itse...  Read more