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Recent Articles about Akron
Back to the Future
Akron has revitalized its local economy with small companies operating in big markets. Read more
The 2007 Inner City 100 Profiles: 31-40
A Start-up Plans to Make Mines Safer
Can this workplace-safety company raise $1 million in seed capital? Read more
The Inner City 100
100 street-smart companies. Read more
Hybrid Financing: Trying Out More Exotic Techniques
A CEO explains how he found offering short-term taxable bonds through his bank an attractive alternative to loans. Read more
Image Building
Creating a winning corporate image. Read more
No Babbling Brooks In Ohio's "polymer Valley"
Polymer Valley? While almost every state in the union is fighting to attract new computer and electronics companies, Ohio is looking elsewhere. Although i... Read more
From Blogs to Online Communities
Now that there are so many blogs, and search engines aren't reliable enough to be the main source of Internet-based customers, online communities may be the ... Read more
The Inc. Network
Reader-to-reader advice. Read more
When Employees Share Stock Pain, Not Gain
More employees are sharing in company gains through stock option plans, but what happens when the pricedrops and it comes time to share the pain? M... Read more
A Golden Alternative
Using alternative airports is a form of creative ticketing that airlines don't really object to, but they will not offer alternative airport options when ... Read more
Kauffman Foundation Pledges $35 Million for College Programs
The grants will be used to help promote entrepreneurship education beyond business schools. Read more
You Can Get There from Here
Printing a map showing how to get to your store on the back of business cards. Read more
Ideas in Motion
Suggestions on where to place your suggestions box. Read more
The 500 Fastest-growing Private Companies In The U.s.
In an ailing economy, smaller businesses have become the pacesetters of the 1980s. Led by 100 companies that have chalked up sales gains of more than 1,100%,... Read more
An Inc. 500 Hiring Survey
Signs of an improving economy are prompting Inc. 500 CEOs to hire now. Read more
License to Thrive
The right partnership can drive sales -- while reducing your workload. Read more
The American Way
Armed with traditional American values, modern immigrants refuel the entrepreneurial economy. Read more
In Memoriam
They sold us surfboards and sports cars, Linux, chicken, Miracle-Gro, and vacations among the Eskimo. A fond look back at the remarkable entrepreneurs who di... Read more
Best Cities: The Lists
Here's Inc. magazine's 2000 list of the best metro areas, big and small, in which to start and grow your business. Read more
Dial 1-800-Get Some Sales
When there are 300 other companies doing the same thing as yours in a market like New York City, how do you stand out? Read more
The Business of the Boston Public Library
A look at the companies that provide the digital downloads, online catalogs, and membership cards to a historic public library Read more
A Better Way of Conducting Layoffs
No company owner ever wants to conduct a layoff. But, if you do, here are some suggestions about how to do it the right way. Read more
Network: February 1993
Network question and answers: Reader-to-reader advice on a variety of topics. Read more
The Private 500 represent 44 states. Geographically, the West wins again on the strength of California's 84 companies -- more than twice as many as any ot... Read more
The Most Entrepreneurial Cities in America
Inc.'s 1990 ranking of metropolitan regions by job growth, business starts, and proportion of high-growth companies. Read more
#8 TEMPS & CO. WASHINGTON, D.C. Many INC. 500 companies are wife-and-husband teams, but so far as we can tell, this is the only sister-brother c... Read more
Going Bare
New ways to deal with the insurance crunch -- including doing without. Read more
Can Digg and MySpace Be for Business?
Social networking has been a Web phenomenon for young and old alike. Why not use it to promote your business? There are right ways and wrong ways, say the ex... Read more
Teams: Service Teams That Work
A program that uses teams of employees to tackle issues like marketing and quality. Read more
Network: September 1990
Network reader-to-reader advice. Read more
High Fliers
How corporate wings can give your marketing a lift. Read more
Let's Create 100 Start-ups
A New York nonprofit offers money, mentorship, and community to young, underprivileged, urban entrepreneurs. Read more
The Spirit Of Independence; Workers
"In general it is impossible that manufactures should succeed in America from the high price of labour." -- Thomas Jefferson Read more
A Raise In Every Paycheck
Michael Dunaway found that a pay hike every two weeks motivated his workers more than the standard annual raise. Read more
The Take At The Top
How growing companies manage the care and feeding of their key executives Read more
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