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Business for Sale:Pacific Northwest Computer Reseller

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1997

An overview of a business offered for sale, including a price rationale and pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more

Business for Sale: Northwest Camping Retreat

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1997

An overview of a business offered for sale including a price rationale and some pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more

Details, Details, Details

By Susan Greco |  Jul 1, 1997

Various business people tell what it's like to manage a strategic partnership.  Read more

Plug and Pay

By Jay Finegan |  Jul 1, 1997

Some horror tales of hiring the wrong high-tech consultant, and how to avoid this dangerous situation.  Read more

How Can We Improve Efficiency?

By Stephanie L Gruner |  Jul 1, 1997

Ken Rizner tried a straightforward approach at Hyde Tools, in Southbridge, Mass. Rizner, the company's vice president of manufacturing, walked with ...  Read more

Hot Tip: Sublet Office Space

By Christopher Caggiano |  Jul 1, 1997

When he was looking to relocate, Soheil Saadat, CEO of Scientific Software, a $6.3 million software developer in San Ramon, Calif., eyed a swanky industri...  Read more

Hot Tip: Relocate

By Christopher Caggiano |  Jul 1, 1997

Many communities offer incentives to relocating businesses, and some have economic development zones, where the city provides tax abatements, low-interest...  Read more

Hot Tip: Find a Roommate

By Christopher Caggiano |  Jul 1, 1997

Roommates aren't just for twentysomethings. Christopher Hedge was running his solo sound-mixing studio out of a small space in Brisbane, Calif. His busine...  Read more

Supercharged Sell

By Sarah Schafer |  Jun 15, 1997

Sales-force automation is a powerful tool but succeeding with it is no easy matter.  Read more

The Accidental Automator

By Joshua D. Macht |  Jun 15, 1997

A small company's bank forces it to invest more in computerization, and in so doing saves the company.  Read more

Giving Unternehmers a Good Name

By Marc Ballon |  Jun 1, 1997

The president of Europe's 500, an organization of the European Union's fastest-growing companies, talks about business.  Read more

The Secrets of Cross-Promotion

By Stephanie L Gruner |  Jun 1, 1997

Different entrepreneurs tell how they have found marketing partnerships to be an effective way to stretch a budget.  Read more

Company Goes Crazy over Partnerships, Gets Committed

By Jerry Useem |  Jun 1, 1997

The story of how a little company was able to grow to trust a corporate behemoth and the benefits of the relationship.  Read more

You Don't Know Me...

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jun 1, 1997

The story of one owner who, shunned by Wall Street, took his company public by himself.  Read more

Follow the Money

By Steve Solomon |  Jun 1, 1997

An associate professor at NYU explains what the associated costs were for one small business to go public.  Read more

Help Wanted

By Michael S. Hopkins |  May 15, 1997

An Inc. executive editor speaks with noted economist David Birch about how growth companies really behave.  Read more

Should You Leave the Company to Your Kids?

By M. Ockenfels |  May 1, 1997

Business owners take sides on the issue of leaving your business to the kids when you retire.  Read more

Business for Sale: Florida Taxi Company

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1997

An overview of a business offered for sale, including the price rationale and some pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more

Dear Max: Drop Dead. Love, GoCard

By Mike Hofman |  Apr 1, 1997

Here is how entrepreneurs came together to fight a common enemy, but will they last?  Read more

Business for Sale: Rocky Mountain Video Distributor

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1997

A detailed overview on a buisness offered for sale including the price, and pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more

Entrepreneurs Collide: Will Zoning Take Town Downhill?

By Joshua D. Macht |  Apr 1, 1997

Various entrepreneurs from a small town comment on a topic that concerns many small-buisness people--zoning laws.  Read more

Brand New

By Christopher Caggiano |  Apr 1, 1997

Will this start-up be able to keep changing its brands to keep up with the ever-changing beverage market?  Read more

Putting Customers on the Line

By William R. Pape |  Mar 15, 1997

A former CIO gives some tips on how to ensure you are using your automated customer service correctly.  Read more

Pulp Addiction

By Joshua D. Macht |  Mar 15, 1997

A close-up look at the struggles one job-placement firm endured as it moved toward a paperless workplace.  Read more

Thriving on Bureaucracy

By Christopher Caggiano |  Mar 15, 1997

How information technology enabled a building contractor to work efficiently with the government.  Read more

Managing Information: Beyond Horsepower

By Sarah Schafer |  Mar 15, 1997

A quick look at a small company that turned to an inexpensive minicomputer to achieve efficient management.  Read more

Marketing: Dialing for Dollars

By Sarah Schafer |  Mar 15, 1997

Brief article examining how an off-the-shelf call-center application tamed an out-of-control telemarketing operation.  Read more

Surveying the Scene, Projecting the Future, Bending Your Will

By Inc. staff |  Mar 15, 1997

Various professionals review an assortment of hardware and software.  Read more

Wired Kingdom

By Pam Kadlec |  Mar 15, 1997

A "techno-taxidermist" explains how she has gained an advantage in her business with technology.  Read more

Growth Happens

By Robert A. Mamis |  Mar 1, 1997

A senior Inc. writer learns that many Inc. 500 company owners would have never guess their firms would grow so fast.  Read more

How Can I Develop Better Relationships with Suppliers?

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Feb 1, 1997

Can you find a role model? When Cagwin & Dorward Landscape Contractors, in Novato, Calif., won a contract with Hewlett-Packard, the landscape compan...  Read more

A Business Owner's Guide to Preventive Law

By Justene Adamec |  Jan 27, 1997

A look at some ongoing steps you need to take to trim your legal bills.  Read more

Business for Sale: Regional Collection Agency

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1997

Close-up look at a collection agency business for sale including a price rationale and pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more

Head-On Cooperation

Jan 1, 1997

Many contractors run and hide if a property manager calls with a complaint. But Clem Majerus, founder of GTW Construction, in Irving, Tex., holds a Read more

Wal-Mart Throws the Book at Small-Biz Vendors

By Hal Plotkin |  Jan 1, 1997

An overview of a program that has assisted more than 3,000 entrepreneurs with distributing their goods at Wal-Mart.  Read more