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Looking for RightCo., Inc.

My partner and I started our Internet company, NetMarquee, in 1995 with $10,000 and a passion for using the new online medium as a compelling marketing to...  Read more

What advice do you have for companies interested in hiring a more diverse workforce?

Human Resources mentor Rudy Karsan responds to the following question from an inc.com user: "Many growing companies would like...  Read more

Start a Sales-Based Affiliate Program

One of the great lessons learned from the early days of online marketing is that traffic is not king. Traditional retailers have long understood th...  Read more

Not-So-Homeward Bound

Inc. Technology executive editor Chris Caggiano reflects on the benefits and distractions of working from home.  Read more

Log On, Turn Off, Spend Less

Joe Whitley, CEO of Best Sign Systems, offers ideas on how to save money on your next electric bill.  Read more

A World Of His Own

Dilbert's creator designs his dream office.  Read more

Working From Home -- And From Another Home

Sometimes one home office isn't enough.  Read more

One Man, One Computer, 1,431 Lawn Mowers

A garden-tool distributor rakes it in by carefully deciding what he needs to do himself -- and what he doesn't.  Read more

Upstarts: Voting Systems

In the nonpartisan spirit of entrepreneurship, some companies offer ingenious responses to last year's unpleasantness at the polls.  Read more

Obit: IPO Plan Lands CEO But Sinks Company

A Denver telecommunications company is undone by its national ambitions.  Read more

Buyout

Valuations are down, investment capital is abundant, and skilled, seasoned managers are scarce. There's never been a better time to buy the business you work...  Read more

My Own Private Buyout

How one CEO bought his father's business.  Read more

When Justice Is Blind -- And Computer Literate

Following in the footsteps of Delaware's business courts, several states are creating so-called technology courts.  Read more

Develop a Loyalty Marketing Program

Loyalty marketing programs are a way to reward your best customers and build long-term relationships, according to Karen Drost, vice president of Tecmark ...  Read more

Counting Companies

How many small businesses are there? Just a few more than there are ways to count them.  Read more

The Gazelle Theory

Are some small companies more equal than others?  Read more

The Job Factory

Do small companies really create the most jobs?  Read more

The People Problem

What will be the biggest challenge facing small businesses in the years ahead?  Read more

One World

How will globalization affect small businesses?  Read more

Eat Or Be Eaten

Is consolidation a threat or a boon to small companies?  Read more

Six Ways to Position Your Company for Success

What do you think the most important trend affecting small business will be? How best can owners position their companies to take advantage of it? We pose...  Read more

Curricular Extras

SuccessLab, the #16 Inner City 100 company in 2001, shores up the academic moorings of kids in poor school districts.  Read more

Mother's Giant Helper

Allegheny Child Care, #48 on the 2001 Inner City 100, lifts a burden from welfare-to-work mothers in the Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Detroit areas.  Read more

City Lights

The people, places, and plans behind some 2001 Inner City 100 companies.  Read more

Fish Fry

Clearwater Fisheries lowers its energy costs by supplying its biodegradable waste to a neighboring company that turns the material into energy. A match made ...  Read more

Take My Franchise, Please

Candy Bouquet International CEO Margaret McEntire wants to help build America from within by giving her franchises away to franchisees who set up shop in inn...  Read more

Border Fulfillment

Miratek Corp. is speeding up service to its clients by taking advantage of the open borders created by NAFTA and stationing its information-technology-servic...  Read more

The Inner-City Index

What the numbers reveal about this year's Inner-City 100.  Read more

Hot Tip: Product Mix

Find out what your distribution strategy will be before you start selling your product.  Read more

Perennial Growth

Learn from CEO Neal Waldman on how to lease space -- he does it every summer when the number of his employees jump 10-fold.  Read more

I Wish Someone Had Told Me...

In the May issue of Inc. , the magazine honors the top 100 inner city businesses o...  Read more

Frank Lautenberg: My Biggest Mistake

Frank Lautenberg, cofounder of Automatic Data Processing Inc. and former U.S. senator from New Jersey, discusses an unwise acquisition.  Read more

Got a New Job? Better Check That Non-Compete Clause

Few would dispute the ability of the Internet to generate and spread information instantly and on a global basis. And few would deny that the Internet has...  Read more

Buh-Bye, Bell?

Beema, Inc., a multimedia production house, found that it could save money by using Internet telephony rather than the traditional telecoms. But will it work...  Read more

Looking Ahead

Financial experts discuss one company's search for the best source of capital for future acquisitions.  Read more