Austin (Texas)


The Isosceles Of Texas Is Upon Us

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Oct 1, 1983

The country's hottest new growth belt is called the Texas Triangle, and Austin is the smart little city at its center.  Read story

A Night At The Movies

By Curtis Hartman |  Oct 1, 1986

At a time when most theater owners can't pry people away from their VCRs, Charlie Chick has got them driving 40 minutes for the flicks.  Read story

Hot Spots

Mar 1, 1988

INC.'s annual ranking of America's cities  Read story

Smaller Firms Vulnerable to Fraud

By Angus Loten |  Aug 15, 2008

Check tampering and other schemes snatch $200,000 from small-business coffers every year, experts say.  Read story

My Place: Mark McGarrah's Modern Cliff House

By Jess McCuan |  Feb 1, 2008

The co-founder of an Austin ad agency salvaged pine beams from his office space to brighten his kitchen.  Read story

The Knockout Lesson

By Amy Miller |  Jun 1, 1995

A CEO discusses the lessons she learned in her boxing career and how she applies them to her business.  Read story

Hot Zones

By Emily Barker |  Dec 1, 1999

A look at the best cities in America for starting and growing a business. Plus: CEOs discuss their reasons for locating their business where they did.  Read story

By The Numbers: A Good Day At The Arbor

Oct 1, 1986

TICKETS This Saturday, July 19, was the biggest-grossing day in the history of the Arbor Cinema Four, in Austin, Tex. How much profit it generated ...  Read story

Antivirus Hardware

By Robert A. Mamis |  Sep 1, 1992

Hardware that attempts to prevent unauthorized computer use and virus contamination.  Read story

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

By Inc Staff |  Dec 1, 1992

A list of 1992's Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year.  Read story

The 9-to-5 Start-up

By Joshua D. Macht |  Apr 1, 1998

Chip Wolfe, founder of Sterling Information Group, Inc., wanted his company to adhere to a 40-hour work-week for all employees. Can a fast-growing start-up t...  Read story

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Dec 1, 1986

#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 story

Practical Promotions

By Mark Henricks |  Jun 12, 2007

Small businesses have far less to spend on promotions than their large competitors. Here's how you can get the word out about your business, on a budget.  Read story

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By Virginia Inman |  Jul 1, 1986

Rust Ventures, of Austin, Tex., has agreed two times to fund a company that the founders didn't plan to manage themselves, at least not on a daily basis. ...  Read story

Customer Service Award Finalists Announced

May 4, 2007

May 4, 2007 -- An online organic food grocer in Austin, Tex., and a state-certified daycare center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., are among t...  Read story

Owners Urged To Seek Patents

By Angus Loten |  Sep 6, 2005

September 6, 2005 --Already swamped by applications, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has launched an outreach program to encourage mo...  Read story

Quality with Tears

By John Case |  Jun 1, 1992

Profile of the rapid growth growing pains of an industrial hardware components distributor.  Read story

IT Talent Wars

By Patricia Brown |  Oct 1, 2007

Staffing consumes a large portion of the IT budget for small and mid-size businesses, but in a competitive market it could cost you more to lose staff and ha...  Read story

Stretching Your Benefits Dollars

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Mar 1, 2000

Looking to woo employees with a state-of-the-art benefits package? Here's why flexible spending accounts may be just what your growth company needs.  Read story

Reward Experience with Equity

Jan 1, 1997

Training and retaining employees can be crucial to achieving successful service. Clean Cut, a full-service landscaping company, in Austin, Texas, accompli...  Read story

Marketing;

By Reported by Donna Fenn and Bruce G. Posner |  Sep 1, 1986

With the harbingers of recession multiplying, now is the time to be watching your customer mix, lest you get caught with too many eggs in too few baskets ...  Read story

Sundae School

By Amy Miller |  Dec 1, 1995

A CEO tells why it is so difficult to be socially resposible when creating daily business policies.  Read story

The 500

Dec 1, 1987

#13 APPLIED SYSTEMS INC. UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. You saw it in the stock market. You've seen it in the merger-and-acquisition activity. ...  Read story

"Make Mine a Million"

Jul 10, 2007

Women business owners based in Texas this summer are vying for resources to build million-dollar businesses. The second annual "Make Mine a Million...  Read story

Survey

By Anne Murphy |  Dec 1, 1991

Survey responses from Inc. 500 CEOs on a variety of small business and economic issues.  Read story

Anatomy of a Start-Up, Part 1: The Climb Begins

Dec 8, 1999

In mid-October Richard L. Thompson, 44, and Lawrence G. Braitman, 40, co-founders of Flycast Communications, a Web-based advertising firm, flew from San F...  Read story

Businesses Win Times Square Billboard Ads

Jul 9, 2007

A South Carolina-based center for children with disabilities and a Montana-based seller of environmentally-friendly building products were among the small...  Read story

Top 25 Cities for Doing Business in America

By Joel Kotkin |  Mar 1, 2004

If you're looking for cities large, medium, and small where job growth is robust and economies are strong, head to the ones on this year's Top Cities list. F...  Read story

The Best 4 Small-Business Neighborhoods in America

By Joel Kotkin |  May 15, 1997

Here's what entrepreneurs are looking for when selecting a community for start-ups, and what they're finding.  Read story

Why Don't Your Kids Want To Be Entrepreneurs?

By Albert Shapero |  Sep 1, 1981

Freedom! Independence! The dream of being on one's own! That's the American ethic, nurtured by tales of hardy immigrants who took their lives into their...  Read story

Internet: Web Sites We Love: CEOs Pick Their Favorites

By Robina A. Gangemi |  Jun 1, 1996

Various CEOs share their favorite Web sites with readers.  Read story

Collection;

By Patricia C. Amend |  Apr 1, 1986

If your company has a collection problem because people are writing bad checks, you probably don't live in Maricopa County, Ariz. There, a bounced check ...  Read story

Your Financial Snapshot

By Mark Henricks |  Dec 11, 2007

Financial ratios can tell you how your company is doing financially, as well as tell you how you're doing as compared to competitors.  Read story

How to Finance Anything

By Bruce G. Posner |  Feb 1, 1993

A comprehensive guide to financing a start-up or rapidly growing small business in the '90s.  Read story

Finance: Networking for Angels

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  May 1, 1996

An angel expert shares some insight with readers about networking to find private investors.  Read story

Report Names Top Regions for Entrepreneurship

By Priya Ganapati |  Apr 26, 2005

April 27, 2005 --The top regions for entrepreneurship in the U.S are in the "non-California" regions of the western part of the country, w...  Read story

Report Names Top Regions for Entrepreneurship

By Priya Ganapati |  Apr 26, 2005

April 27, 2005 --The top regions for entrepreneurship in the U.S are in the "non-California" regions of the western part of the country, w...  Read story

Business Owners Expect Hiring, Sales Increases

By Angus Loten |  Nov 9, 2005

Nov. 9, 2005 --In the last few months alone, Kurt Summer has near doubled his staff -- and the hirings just keep on coming. "We tri...  Read story

The Q Factor

By DAVID L. BIRCH |  Apr 1, 1987

These days, a city's growth has less to do with lower costs than with the quality of its people and lifestyle  Read story

The Best Small Business Blogs

By Mark Henricks |  Aug 1, 2007

Check out these business blogs for advice from entrepreneurs who have been there and done that.  Read story