Inc. Magazine: September 1, 2004
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Features
- Real Estate Now
- Whether you're looking to move or happy where you are, you need to understand today's unusually favorable real estate market. Bobbie Gossage
- A Modest Defense of the Cubicle
- The one thing worse than a cubicle is no cubicle. Patrick J. Sauer
- Geography is Destiny
- Real estate as the ultimate competitive advantage. Darren Dahl
- Your Father's Bank
- Burke & Herbert is old-fashioned to the core and doesn't want to be anything but a community bank. So why is Citigroup jealous? Ed Welles
- How I Did It: Amber Chand
- Fleeing Uganda, Amber Chand came to the U.S. and built Eziba, a company that provides a creative and business outpost for artisans in war-torn nations. Hillary Johnson
- Don't Call Her an Entrepreneur
- "Capitalism," sings Ani DiFranco, "is the devil's wet dream." How's that for a CEO mission statement? Bo Burlingham
Priority
- Labor Has a New Target And guess what? It's you!
- Unions target small business. Amy Gunderson
- Business Books: The Innovator's Next Bestseller?
- Clayton M. Christensen strikes again. Mike Hofman
- Update: Small Biz Braces for Life on the High (Priced) Seas
- Add port security to your line items. Rod Kurtz
- Five Ideas to Watch
- Five Ideas to Watch, including the Hooters of hair and safety-minded ambulances. Nicole Gull and Lora Kolodny
- Global Business: Singh-ing His Praises
- The world's most pro-business premier. Rod Kurtz
- Buzzwords: Plog
- What a plog can do for you. Ian Ybarra
- New Virus Goes After BlackBerries
- BlackBerries under attack! Lora Kolodny
- Retail: Apple Squares Off Against Resellers
- Apple`s bite prompts resellers to bark. Cara Cannella
Hands On
- Strategies: Playing Politics
- It can be very tempting to try to grease the political wheels. But are campaign donations a sound investment? David J. Dent
- Marketing: The Gift That Keeps Giving
- Gift cards were last season`s retail hit. Now, smart marketers are mining them for precious customer data. Eric Dash
- Benefits: All in the Family
- The rules governing profit-sharing plans have changed. Maybe it's time your plan did, too. Nadine Heintz
- Law: Risky Business
- The right insurance policy can be the best defense against costly lawsuits. Dimitra Kessenides
- Case Study
- Stung by slow sales, Zippo turns to brand extensions. Ellen Neuborne
- Getting Started: Getting the Most Out of Interns
- Every start-up can use some cheap labor. But successful internships require more effort than you might think. Alison Stein Wellner
- Ask Inc.
- Help! Our CEO needs a wake-up call. Plus, adding new investors.
- Technology: Cell Phone Madness
- Why cell phones are replacing the laptop. Michael Fitzgerald
Columns
- Street Smarts: Hidden Assets
- When I realized my land was worth as much as my business, I really fell in love with real estate. Norm Brodsky
- Grist: It`s Swing Time
- Corporate America is suffering from bipolar management disorder. Quick, put on some Ray Charles. Adam Hanft
The Inc. Life
- Pursuits: Voyage of a Lifetime
- A company owner realizes a dream and breaks a record in the process. Riza Cruz
- Toy: Making Tracks
- Pick the Nike MP3Run by Philips as your running mate. Mark Spoonauer
- Drives
- Drives At 40, the Ford Mustang still hasn`t lost its cool. Patrick J. Sauer
- Style: Color Me Successful
- Dressing for success. Nadine Heintz
- Family: An Entrepreneurial Education to Last a Lifetime
- Raising happy, healthy -- and maybe entrepreneurial -- children. Stephanie Clifford
- Essentials: Things I Can't Live Without
- . Lisa Osborne
In Every Issue
- In This Issue
- Inc. isn't just about about business; it's also about values. John Koten
- Readers debate whether Sun-Tzu is on-target or way-off for managers looking for office strategies.
