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Enter Ergonomics

Jan 1, 1998

Smart businesses aren't waiting for regulations or lawsuits to prompt action geared to preventing such repetitive-motion injuries as carpal tunnel syndrom...  Read more

Start Computer Training at Home

Jan 1, 1998

At MDP Construction, in Colorado Springs, Colo., secretary-treasurer Rick Lewandowski had his work cut out for him. The $12 million company was automating...  Read more

Sitting Prettier

By Rogers, Martha, Kasanoff, Bruce |  Jan 1, 1998

Computer users are a heady--as opposed to corporeal--lot. They invest an inordinate amount of money in computer systems, software, accessories, customized...  Read more

To Place an Order, Please Press 1

Jan 1, 1998

There are plenty of options for customers who want to make purchases from Christian Book Distributors (CBD), a discount seller of religious books in Peabo...  Read more

Add Our Product and Stir

Jan 1, 1998

While the Young Pecan Co. sells nuts by the trailer truckload to major food manufacturers, its sales reps are more likely to be chatting up a recipe devel...  Read more

Holding Back on Price Hikes

Jan 1, 1998

In today's tough business environment, imposing an outright price increase can put an account in jeopardy. However, there are other ways to adjust your co...  Read more

A Grand by Any Other Name

Jan 1, 1998

"Cash up front" is a great term to include in a sales contract, but how do you convince a customer to go for it? Yehoram Uziel, founder of Soligen, in Nor...  Read more

Cast in Concrete

Jan 1, 1998

Betsy Wiersma's clients ranged from large corporations to the mayor of Indianapolis. Her company, $1.5 million Wiersma Event Marketing, once put on a city...  Read more

The Shipping News

Jan 1, 1998

Before slapping a price tag on your company's best-selling product for a foreign market, it pays to scrutinize the transportation costs associated with de...  Read more

Pedaling with Overseas Peddlers

Jan 1, 1998

Signing up overseas distributors at trade shows can be painless. Some distributors will even pay you in advance. But, seller beware: Those easy orders can...  Read more

Make No Mistake

Jan 1, 1998

Inaccurate data entry can be costly. Without accurate data, orders can't be filled correctly and market forecasting can run amok. At Isis Pharmaceuticals,...  Read more

It Must Be the Weather

Jan 1, 1998

If you think your business is immune to seasonal weather, you may want to take a closer look at your company's sales history. On the surface, Multiplex, a...  Read more

Voice Mail on a Grand Scale

Jan 1, 1998

To recruit new customers, Lens Express advertises heavily, both in print and on television. Menderes Akdag, president of the $53-million mail-order contac...  Read more

Permits in the Pipeline

Jan 1, 1998

Breaking into a new territory often requires obtaining government approval--a Byzantine process that can hold up sales. To help speed up entry into a new ...  Read more

Traffic Code, Dealing with Government Regulations Article

Jan 1, 1998

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The Antihero's Guide to the New Economy

By Michael S. Hopkins |  Jan 1, 1998

Doug Mellinger, founder of PRT Group, is hailed as an entrepreneurial antihero. Read how he created a wildly successful software design company that isn't ce...  Read more

10 Tips for Writing Developer Contracts

Jan 1, 1998

Getting everything down on paper can often be the key to a smooth technology project.  Read more

Image Makers

By David Abrahamson |  Dec 15, 1997

A guide to the newest imaging tools. Learn how they can streamline your business and find the hardware and software right for your needs.  Read more

Techniques: Microcases

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Dec 15, 1997

How three companies solved problems with technology. Topics include administering benefits, bad debts and late payments, and inefficient employee scheduling.  Read more

Close Encounters of the Competitive Kind

By Donna Fenn |  Nov 1, 1997

Creating alliances even with competitors is a step more small companies are taking. Before you decide to build bridges with some unlikely partners, find o...  Read more

Strife With Father

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1997

CEO Ben Chase is a confident salesman and former college decathlete now running a fast-track company. His vice-president, Mike Chase, has similar qualitie...  Read more

Refined Taste

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1997

Companies benchmark innovators all the time: Microsoft, Ben & Jerry's, Toyota, and Southwest Airlines all do it. But Bob Davis, CEO of Davis Cos., has ide...  Read more

Bringing On Baby

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1997

Richard Doyle doesn't hire only people who are the youngest children in their families, but he does think they fit in especially well at Mass. Bay B...  Read more

The Rules of Attraction

By Joshua Hyatt |  Oct 15, 1997

Many Inc. 500 CEOs become addicted to fast growth -- the exhilaration of laying it all on the line -- while some even plan fast growth just to make the Inc. ...  Read more

Inc. 500 Almanac

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1997

A statistical look at this year's Inc. 500 companies and the CEOs that run them.  Read more

Sonic Boom

By David H. Freedman |  Oct 15, 1997

A profile of Optiva, the number one Inc. 500 company, and the unlikely product -- an electric toothbrush -- that brought it to the top of the 1997 list.  Read more

Where Are They Now?

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Oct 15, 1997

What happens to a company after reaching number one on the Inc. 500? Find out the current status of the past 14 top-spot holders.  Read more

Now Hear This

By Joseph Rosenbloom |  Oct 15, 1997

Carl Amari tells how he turned his love for old-time radio shows into Radio Spirits Inc., an Inc. 500 company.  Read more

Coming Home

By Joseph Rosenbloom |  Oct 15, 1997

CEO Mark E. Woodsum returned from a life as an Army Ranger with plans to run a small family business, but when he saw an opportunity to grow his company, he ...  Read more

The Next Microsoft

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  Oct 15, 1997

Can statistics about past Inc. 500 companies help predict which company from this year's list will be the next Microsoft?  Read more

"My Name Is Dave, and I'm a Growthaholic"

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Oct 15, 1997

David Pitassi, former CEO of the 1993 number one Inc. 500 company, Drypers Corp., describes the inescapable allure of running a fast-growing .  Read more

John Galt Boulevard, Omaha

By Mike Hofman |  Oct 15, 1997

Fast-growth companies are everywhere, including the unlikely city of Omaha.  Read more

A Blockbuster Video Idea

By Hal Plotkin |  Oct 15, 1997

Inc. 500 CEO Greg Pabich finds a market for used movies and video games with his company, Movies Games 4 Sale.  Read more

Do You Have What It Takes To Be an Inc. 500 CEO?

By Shane McLaughlin |  Oct 15, 1997

A look at some personality traits common to Inc. 500 CEOs: flexibility, independent thinking, single-mindedness, and stubbornness.  Read more

The Next Management Fad?

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1997

Old Style: Hire for attitude, train for skill Bold Style: Train skillfully, with attitude PhotoDisc b...  Read more