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Managing People;

First impressions last, which is why it pays to think about how new employees are introduced to your company. The way new hires are handled during their ...  Read story

Royalty-Free Design Templates for Macs

Dec. 4, 2006 -- StockLayouts, a Beaverton, Ore.-based graphic-design and production company, has released an online library of royalty-fr...  Read story

Office Technology;

The laptop computer has never lived up to its potential as a tool for traveling executives, thanks mainly to its unlighted liquid-crystal display (LCD) sc...  Read story

Employer Liability Widens in Drunken-Driving Cases

Precautions offered as employer liability widens in drunken-driving cases.  Read story

New Design Program Offers Ready-Made Brochures, Letterheads

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the January 2001 issue of Inc. magazine.  Read story

Second Founding

Turning an annual company party into a motivation-building bash.  Read story

Keyless Office Security

Various keyless office security systems.  Read story

How To Get the Kids on Your Side

Keeping the lines of communication open with your children can help foster an appreciation for the work you do.  Read story

ABCs of Cost Control

New software promises to expose your true costs and tell you which customers are profitable.  Read story

Businesses Suspect Credit Card Rip-Off

A majority of small retailers say they are not treated fairly by their credit-processing firms, a new survey shows.  Read story

Specialty Delivery

Information on various regional next-day delivery services.  Read story

Badmouthing Prohibited

To make sure employees don't clown around with the customers who fuel the growth of Sequent Computer Systems, the company depends on one of the most famou...  Read story

Attitude Adjustment

Employees at a computer company have to put a quarter in box every time they catch themselves criticizing a customer.  Read story

Sign of the Times

Inc. 500 companies are pioneering alternatives to the traditonal suppliers of health-care services.  Read story

Security;

You won't have to look your employees in the eye anymore if you install one of the newer, and more exotic, security and time-checking gizmos on the market...  Read story

Just a Suggestion

Innovative ways to gather employee suggestions ideas.  Read story

Resources

A guide to more information on subjects covered in the June 1997 issue, including business coaches and IPOs.  Read story

Innovation: A New Method of Irrigation

Absorbent Technologies creates Zeba, an agricultural superabsorbent that absorbs and releases water in soil  Read story

Get Smart

Should your company be doing knowledge management? Many companies are profiting from combining business processes with technology to create a collective corp...  Read story

Goodbye and Good Luck

With employee turnover on the rise, getting the most out of exit interviews is more important than ever.  Read story

Inc. 500|5000 Maps

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Those Were the Days

Start-up myths can be invaluable motivators. But they can also backfire.  Read story

Big Manager on Campus

Here's how some dorm-room entrepreneurs founded their first company, before they got a first degree.  Read story

Life In The Silicon Rain Forest

Oregon has always been a great place to fish or raise a family. Lately it has become one of the hottest places around to start a company.  Read story

Tuning In To Radio

Low rates and the ability to target audiences make the airwaves a good place for advertisers  Read story

1987 The Inc. 100;

WE'RE AWAITING CONFIRMATION FROM THE observatory at Mount Palomar that all the planets and moons did indeed orbit around Wall Street last year. Certainly...  Read story

The Zero-Defect CEO

More and more CEOs are turning to business coaches to help them improve their business skills.  Read story

Respect Your Elders

Looking for smart, reliable employees? The over-65 set is a good place to start.  Read story

Fighting Pollution With Chemical "bugs"

In 1976, some 25,000 drums of pesticide-manufacturing residue were buried by the state in the desert area of Alkali Lake in southeastern Oregon. When his...  Read story

Fighting Pollution With Chemical "Bugs"

In 1976, some 25,000 drums of pesticide-manufacturing residue were buried by the state in the desert area of Alkali Lake in southeastern Oregon. When his...  Read story

Out On A Limb

Thirty years in the logging business taught Bob Praegitzer all he needed to know to launch his technology company.  Read story

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on developing partnerships with universities, raising capital through IRAs, reducing the risk of an audit, turning leads into sales, and rec...  Read story

Delivering the Goods

Here's a look at how shipping automation will let you move freight fast, underbudget, and with precision.  Read story

CEO's Notebook

Various senior businesspeople answer topical questions about such areas as taxes, banking, and training.  Read story

Letters

Inc. magazine readers comment on past topics and articles, including issues such as performance reviews and morality.  Read story

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

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

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