Batavia


Main Street: The Barber of Civility

By Ilan Mochari |  Aug 1, 2002

Foltos' Tonsorial Parlor is no ordinary barbershop: it's also a performance space, a news publisher, and the anchor of one small Illinois town.  Read story

Voting Opens in Small-Business Makeover Contest

Aug 9, 2007

Batavia, Ill., and Washington, D.C. were among the 10 finalists in a neighborhood small-business makeover contest sponsored by IKEA, organizers said this ...  Read story

Business Incubators

As the phrase itself implies, business incubators are programs intended to help small businesses get off the ground. They almost always provide both servi...  Read story

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Dec 1, 1981

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth 1976-80 Per...  Read story

The Idea Factories

By Rifka Rosenwein |  Nov 1, 2000

Nonprofit incubators have been quietly nurturing fledgling companies since 1959. And they don't demand a huge ownership stake in your company.  Read story

Trading Places: How a Dentist Invented the Export Trading Company

By Sara Delano |  Nov 1, 1983

Although Dr. Josepb Blaes considered himself reasonably imaginative, he never dreamed that his design for a more efficient dental clinic would have global si...  Read story

Creation Nation

By Elaine Appleton Grant |  Oct 1, 2002

Wondering where the next hot food ... hit toy ... big band ... miracle drug will come from? Chances are, from entrepreneurs just like you who are furiously c...  Read story

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Dec 1, 1982

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 story

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