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Let Some Outsiders Govern the Family Business

By Ralph Ward |  Jan 1, 1999

A productive, tough-minded, independent board of directors is just the ticket for many family-owned businesses -- but unfortunately few ever get one. "It'...  Read story

The Drive-In Theater Turns 75

By Laura Palotie |  Nov 20, 2008

Even in the age of the multiplex, hundreds of entrepreneurs still make their living hosting outdoor movie nights. Rick Cohen, whose family has owned the Tran...  Read story

Returns: More Reasons to Love Your Banker

By Kenneth Klee |  Feb 1, 2003

These days your best bet for investing your money may well be the same place you borrow it from.  Read story

Solo Sales

Jan 2, 2003

Scott Rosen fired his entire sales force in an effort to save his company. Was it a smart move?  Read story

Best Cities: The Lists

By Various Inc Staff |  Dec 1, 2000

Here's Inc. magazine's 2000 list of the best metro areas, big and small, in which to start and grow your business.  Read story

Las Vegas Leads American Cities in Small Business Growth

By Michael Aneiro

Riding a surge in population and tourism, Las Vegas topped the nation in small business growth from 1998 through 2003, according to a new report. T...  Read story

Index

By Various Inc Staff |  May 1, 2000

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the May 2000 issue of Inc.   Read story

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Dec 1, 1986

#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

King Of Clubs

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Oct 1, 1983

In an industry where the deck is stacked against success, Patrick Lyons keeps drawing a full house.  Read story

The 500

Dec 1, 1987

#13 APPLIED SYSTEMS INC. UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. You saw it in the stock market. You've seen it in the merger-and-acquisition activity. ...  Read story

The Price Is Right

By Nadine Heintz |  Jul 1, 2003

Setting prices has always been more art than science. New software aims to change that.  Read story

Industries In Transition

By Ellen Wojahn |  Dec 1, 1983

With the public increasingly clamoring for medical-costs cuts, the best prescription for continued fiscal growth is low-tech, low-ticket products.  Read story

Letters

May 1, 2001

Readers respond to our February cover story, "An American Start-Up," and Norm Brodsky's Street Smarts column "Ask Norm." Also, CEO's from the March issue get...  Read story

A Yen For Lending;

By Joel Kotkin |  Apr 1, 1988

AFTER BEING DELAYED AND stalled by half a dozen other financial institutions, California developer Ralph Rittenhouse found a local bank that was willing n...  Read story

Back To Basics

By Bruce G. Posner |  Feb 1, 1986

The high-tech boom went bust, and investors started looking for managers with proven track records, and flocking to companies like Roto-Rooter and OshKosh Bh...  Read story

Upstarts: MP3

By Anne Marie Borrego |  May 1, 2000

MP3 technology is changing the way we listen to music. And as usual, where there's change, there's start-up opportunity. A look at several new companies that...  Read story

Sponsored Section: A Feast of Franchises

Nov 1, 2009

From quick-service restaurants to delivering arrangements made with real fruit, these franchises offer great opportunities for entrepreneurs inspired by gast...  Read story

Hot Cities, Hot Sites

Nov 17, 2000

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

The Inc. 500

Dec 1, 1985

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

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

By Inc Staff |  Dec 1, 1992

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

The Most Entrepreneurial Cities in America

By John Case |  Mar 1, 1990

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

Hot Spots

Mar 1, 1988

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

Hot Zones

By Emily Barker |  Dec 1, 1999

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 story

Hot Spots

By Joel Kotkin |  Mar 1, 1989

Summary of metropolitan economies for 1989; the most growth was seen in the 'edge cities', where cattle once grazed.  Read story

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