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THE PRINTED WORD Rodnay Zaks, president of Sybex Inc., a Berkeley, Calif.-based computer-book publisher, doesn't think reading is necessarily the be...  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without

A master chocolatier's fancies.  Read story

A Nation Of Shopkeepers

A new breed of business owners is taking the retail world by storm -- in ways that would have astonished their five-and-dime-store predecessors.  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

...including the second coming of the Internet  Read story

The Economy of Ecology

Available book on corrective steps a company can take to protect the environment save money.  Read story

Put That Nice Loan in Writing

A kit contains sample forms and instructions on structuring loans to avoid misunderstandings.  Read story

Publicity: A Better Way to Seed the Market

A look at how a small company offered a popular product at cost in a highly successful promotional campaign.  Read story

Naturalizing Foreign Workers

The three-step process of backing a foreign-born worker's bid for a green card.  Read story

Grist: A Passport to America

How blue staters and red staters can learn to communicate and do business.  Read story

Connecting in the Extreme

The president of a speakers' bureau and agency for athetes explains how technology has freed her from the office.  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

Online dating without the date, mobile TV, GPS for golfers, an all new pooper scooper, and more.  Read story

Getting The Information You Need

Just about any fact you need for your business is available from a computerized data bank at a reasonable cost.  Read story

Executive Education: Inc. Shops the Top Marketing Programs

A list of five sales-and-marketing "executive ed" programs, with information such as tuition, length and phone numbers.  Read story

Steel Industry Rescue Triggers Illegalities

The trigger price mechanism is a complex system, designed to protect the domestic steel industry from import competition. But it has produced a number of...  Read story

Network: September 1990

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read story

Jolly Goods

Our catalog of perfect holiday gifts features products from some of America's fascinating, privately held companies.  Read story

Hot Stuff

Is it finally time to jump on the alternative-energy bandwagon? Well, yes and no.  Read story

Turning a Great Idea into a Practical Business

You have a terrific idea for a new business. But before rushing ahead to implement it, consider the following: Have you seen the idea...  Read story

Inc. Spills the Beans on Coffee Services

Various coffee services used by companies and the cost per cup.  Read story

The United Way

Independent Retailers Find There Is Strength in Numbers.  Read story

Easy Rider

An overview of the articles in this month's issue. Topics include motorcycles, alliances, fast-growth counselors, sales forecasting and taking a spin on the ...  Read story

Put a Chip in It!

Thanks to new technology, nearly anything can be "smart." Are you smart enough to keep up?  Read story

Making A Big Machine Act Like A Small One

A new company has introduced a product for minicomputers -- those now-inaptly named machines that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars -- to make them pe...  Read story

Hotline

Hotline informational paragraphs on the above topic.  Read story

The Apple Tree

How Apple Computer contributed to the founding of more than 100 companies by its employees.  Read story

Text-Search Software

Software which allows users to locate missing computer files.  Read story

Gary Erickson on Balancing Sustainability and Other Business Objectives

Clif Bar's founder talks about balancing sustainability and effectiveness  Read story

Still the Best Places to Do Business

A public-policy expert explains why some big cities are the best place for successful entrepreneurial commerce.  Read story

The New Software: A Powerful Ally

These little disks can help you analyze finances and manage information.  Read story

Network: June 1991

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read story

Court Ruling Forces Companies to Evaluate Their Website Designs

Sites without an audio component for the blind could be in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Read story

Updates

Sell It Yourself October 2002 When we examined the business plan of ReadyMade, a start-up magazine publisher in Berkel...  Read story

Follow the Leader

Kali's SportNaturals Inc.'s all-natural Clif Bar scores big in the energy-bar industry. A profile of an Inc. 500 company.  Read story

Marketing;

Whatever you're selling, you could have trouble getting customers to buy it if your company comes across as the fledgling enterprise it may well be. That...  Read story

Local Currencies Assist Small-Business Development

During the past 20 years many nonprofits have created local currencies -- a spin on barter -- to help support small businesses in their communities. Those...  Read story

60-Second Business Plan: This Hip House

Can a post-Martha Stewart style magazine raise money amid the worst advertising slump in decades?  Read story

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Redesigning America

On the road with the man who's helping businesses profit from our aging population, and building a company of his own in the process  Read story

Network: November 1989

Network resources.  Read story

True Lies

During their start-up days, many Inc. 500 CEOs tell half-truths to win over customers, while others tell outright lies. A look at the ethical differ...  Read story

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