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Clean Me Up, Scotty

Company has developed a laser that vaporizes decayed areas of a tooth without agravating nerves.  Read more

The Auto Man's Empire

Street smarts and boardroom savvy, plus a "buy low, sell lower" strategy, make Dick Downey's auto parts business one of the fastest growing in its field.  Read more

Will Texas Textbook Decision Spur On E-Readers?

Just removed from the 8th grade social studies curriculum in Texas: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King, Jr., Let...  Read more

Troubleshooting;

When a company gets into serious financial trouble, it's important to figure out as quickly as possible where the problem lies, especially if it might be ...  Read more

Best New Chefs of 2011

For the first time ever, this year's honorees of Food & Wine's annual award include a winner of TV's Top Chef .  Read more

Small Firms Fighting Co-employee Suits

Gov. Fob James may be working hard to recruit more private business investment into Alabama (INC., July, page 60), but some small businessmen say one sect...  Read more

Marketing: Informing Customers

A bakery owner tells how she uses loyal customers to spread the word about her company's gourmet breads.  Read more

Boomtowns '06: Hottest Large Cities

Employment Base of 450,000 or more.  Read more

The Problem With Paid Search

Ad visionary ducks out . He built the hippest ad agency in the country, and now Alex Bogusky is resigning from MDC Partners. If advertising had cele...  Read more

U.S. Automakers Still Struggle with Small Suppliers

Facing mounting pressure over offshoring, just 5% of suppliers cited General Motors as preferred partner.  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

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

This Year's Model

A story that traces a superstar saleperson through 48 hours in order to find out how he stays successful.  Read more

The Inc. Second 100

The runners-up to the 1981 INC. 100 are more profitable, more productive, and more stable.  Read more

Ports of Call

Serial and parallel ports, the holes that transmit data from inside a PC to the outside world, were invented in the nineteenth century. Morse's patented tele...  Read more

Waging War On Business Failures

By negotiating new credit terms with bankers and suppliers a Michigan consulting firm helps ailing companies regain their health.  Read more

Montgomery on the Move

One of the Deep South's most embattled cities now offers opportunity and diversity.  Read more

SMALL COMPANY INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS: NOVEMBER 1985 Offering Size First O-T-C ($ ...  Read more

Off-Loading Equipment-Leasing Headaches

A CEO finds that equipment-leasing has some clear advantages.  Read more

Online 101: Finding a Web Site Designer

So you've decided you need a Web site. Perhaps your competitors are already online and making you nervous. Maybe a large customer has asked for Web intera...  Read more

Ask and You Shall Receive

Company uses customer feedback from focus groups to hone its depth-sounding fishing device.  Read more

Declaration of Independence

The story of how Thomas Jefferson, with the help of Ben Franklin, invented an early copying machine.  Read more

Look to Low-Cost and Niche Airlines for Low Fares

One of the best ways to get the lowest fares is to know where low-cost and niche airlines fly. These carriers allow you to create your own system of airfa...  Read more

Hot Cities, Hot Sites

The cover story of the December 2000 issue of Inc. magazine, " Best Cities to Start and ...  Read more

Mail: February 2002

Readers react to articles from the Inc 500 and November 2001 issues of Inc , Plus: Update on two trash-talking CEOs.  Read more

The 500 Quiz

Questions and answers pertaining to Inc. 500 company statistics.  Read more

Can This Company Be Saved?

Cardinal Services is slipping toward bankruptcy. A turnaround team is trying to rescue it. Time is running out  Read more

How Do You Sell A Light Bulb That Never Burns Out?

Kevin Keating figured he had a sure thing. So why didn't it walk off the shelves?  Read more

The Passion Of Robert Swiggert

Seventeen years ago, the president of a small electronics company looked at the business he had built and realized that it had turned hostile and threatening...  Read more

Test Case

For a guy bent on bringing down a multibillion-dollar federal program for minority contractors, Randy Pech is pretty low-key.  Read more

The Ultimate Investment Club for Entrepreneurs

At CMS, a highly successful but little-known financial services firm, entrepreneurs help each other find the best places to invest.  Read more

Hot Zones

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 more