Birmingham (Alabama)


Following the Talent

Business: Maker of retirement plan processing software Locations: Birmingham, Ala.; Chicago; and Boston Read story

Snapshots: Locations

These Inc. 500 companies relocated for various reasons -- from access to skilled labor to the CEO's love of the outdoors.  Read story

A Small Price to Pay

Long-term care coverage makes growing old a little bit easier.  Read story

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#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

Predictable Adventures

What sets Adventure Travel apart from its competition is an exquisite sensitivity to customer needs, say owners Alan and Roger Hale. To stay attuned to it...  Read story

SBA Recognizes Best Lenders to Small Business

Lenders praised for keeping businesses going during the credit crunch.  Read story

The Best Big Cities for Starting and Growing a Business

Report examines the concentration of new businesses in states, regions, metro, and rural areas.  Read story

Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 - Will Pearson, Mental Floss

#22 WILL PEARSON #23 MANGESH HATTIKUDUR MENTAL FLOSS Ages: both 28 ...  Read story

The Idea Factories

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

Can Your Bank Do This?

A number of entrepreneurs define for Inc. what makes an exceptional small-business commercial bank.  Read story

How We Pick the Best Cities

This year's rankings continue the methodology used last year, which emphasizes the robustness of a region's growth and allows the rankings to include all ...  Read story

Applicant of the Week: mental_floss magazine

Two Duke University students with a penchant for trivia started their own magazine geared towards factoid junkies just like themselves, of course.  Read story

The Inner City 100

100 street-smart companies.  Read story

Hot Wheels: Fast and Curious

The small companies behind these bewitching motorcycles and sports cars are a bright spot in the American auto industry.  Read story

Finding Salespeople Abroad

Locating top performers in the global economy.  Read story

A Fertile Field for Voice Mail

Voice mail is an efficient way to communicate with employees. Margaret Cook, executive director of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Program, thought i...  Read story

The Inc. 500

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales growth 1980-84 ...  Read story

Let There Be Light - or Doors

Company put executives in cubicles with doors and lower ranks in doorless window offices to be equitable.  Read story

Arthur Bagby's Croquet Lawn

Arthur Bragby's wicket obsession.  Read story

Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30

Vote for Your Favorite 30 Under 30 Company

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The Most Entrepreneurial Cities in America

Inc.'s 1990 ranking of metropolitan regions by job growth, business starts, and proportion of high-growth companies.  Read story

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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

Human Resource Spotlight: Sourcing Candidates

The majority of hiring managers (93.3%) start the screening process on potential candidates within amonth? s time of sourcing them, according to the secon...  Read story

Mail

Great Expectations Thanks for the incredibly insightful interview with Jim Collins ["Read story

As Gas Prices Skyrocket, Employees Look to the Boss for Help

With prices at the pump now topping $4 a gallon, more companies are unveiling programs to help ease the daily commute.  Read story

Selling Abroad without the Pain

Breaking into international markets may require forming strategic partnerships with companies and experts who have already done so.  Read story

How I Did It: Michael Sitrick, Chairman and CEO, Sitrick and Co.

You're getting buried in the press? You can't get your side of the story out? For business leaders and celebrities alike, Michael Sitrick is the PR man who m...  Read story

Hot Spots

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

Place Matters

A look at some data showing how the economies of various geographical regions of the U.S. are performing.  Read story

The View from Main Street

As the Dow continues to drop and banks sit on their money, some entrepreneurs say they are cutting back on spending, while decrying a "crisis of confidence" ...  Read story

Where the Growth Is: Hot Spots

A look at the best places to build an Inc. 500 company, and the 1994 winners displayed by state.  Read story

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on employee sabbaticals, recruiting at trade shows, speeding up collections, taking advantage of electricity deregulation, and cutting costs...  Read story

Inventing Entrepreneurs

A CEO encourages entrepreneurial spirit among his regional managers by giving them lots of latitude and 49% equity.  Read story

Supplies on Demand

Managing office supply inventory and purchases can quickly veer out of control for a growing company. Here's how Works.com can help streamline the supply-ord...  Read story

Taking The Fear Out of Factoring

With more and more reputable companies entering the factoring business, services have greatly improved. But factors' bottom line use remains the same: provid...  Read story

Snapshots: Hall of Fame Second Acts

After Mark Hamister's company made the Inc. 500 list five times in the 1980s, he sold nearly all of it and semiretired. But he's caught the entrepre...  Read story

Getting The Most Out Of An Esop

It takes more than a piece of the rock to motivate employees. They want to feel they have a piece of the action, too.  Read story

Finding An Investment Manager

Scouting good investment managers Saving for your children's college costs  Read story

Growing Your Own

What to do when you can't afford to hire experienced people.  Read story

Steel Man Ken Iverson

The "father of the minimill" manages Nucor Corp. according to one big principle: simplicity.  Read story

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