May 15, 2001
- The State of Small Business
- Senior editor Nancy Lyons introduces Inc.'s view of the current state of small business.
- SMALL BUSINESS 2001: Where We Are Now
- Starting your own business is never easy. But it was once a whole lot harder.
- Counting Companies
- How many small businesses are there? Just a few more than there are ways to count them.
- Market Share
- What businesses are small companies really in -- and where are they scarce?
- The Gazelle Theory
- Are some small companies more equal than others?
- The Real Economy
- The dot-coms have faded. Is that the end of high-tech start-ups?
- The Soloists
- How many one-person businesses are there -- and what do they actually do?
- The Job Factory
- Do small companies really create the most jobs?
- Tomorrow's Self-Employed American
- Who will tomorrow's typical business owner be?
- The Rewards
- Is it worth it to run your own business?
- Rank and File
- Who works for small companies?
- Middle-Aged Spread
- How old is the average small company -- and how much time does it have left?
- End Game
- How many companies fail? Not as many as everyone thinks.
- START-UP NATION: Who's Looking At Start-Ups?
- The birthing of companies is the process by which an economy reinvents and re-creates itself.
- Counting Start-ups
- Isn't everybody starting a company these days?
- Who Wants To Be An Entrepreneur?
- How many people are planning to start a new company?
- Where The Action Is
- What kinds of businesses are the newest entrepreneurs launching?
- It's All About Geography
- Where are the new companies starting up?
- The Founder Next Door
- Is today's entrepreneur any different from the rest of us?
- Going For Broke
- Is now a good time to start a company?
- TOMORROW'S ENTREPRENEUR: And Now, The Forecast
- Entrepreneurs are usually first off the blocks in spotting the opportunities opened up by some sort of change.
- The People Problem
- What will be the biggest challenge facing small businesses in the years ahead?
- Internet Dreams
- What's next for the Web?
- One World
- How will globalization affect small businesses?
- Opportunity Knocks
- With technology markets tanking, what's the next big thing?
- Demographic Shift
- Who are the new entrepreneurs, and where are the new markets?
- Eat Or Be Eaten
- Is consolidation a threat or a boon to small companies?
- The Power of Innovation
- How will entrepreneurs change the world?
- Digging For Data (In All The Right Places)
- Here's how to find more stats on the current state of small business.
