One Company's Budget: Increasing Capital Investments in a Recession
Fusion Systems makes manufacturing equipment with a twist: they innovate new ways to make obsolete machines. Read story
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Ivy Exec Helps People Find High-Paying Jobs Online
Now the start-up wants $1.5 million from investors, to help take on Monster and other online job sites Read story
Six Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business
Do you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur? Here are six things to consider Read story
The Silver Lining for Small Business in a Recession
Kauffman Foundation president Carl Schramm talks about why great companies tend to get launched during recessions Read story
How to Get a Good Deal on a Lease
What it takes to negotiate a commercial lease in a renter's market Read story
How to Become a Government Contractor
An entrepreneur's step-by-step guide to federal contracting Read story
Jim Collins: How to Thrive in 2009
As part of our 30th-anniversary issue, Inc. asked Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last , what we might expect in ... Read story
How to Create a Smart Credit Policy
An entrepreneur's guide to offering trade credit, crafting a credit application, and evaluating a customer's credit-worthiness Read story
The Home Maker
Bo Menkiti was tired of seeing all the boarded-up, abandoned buildings in his Washington neighborhood. So he got a real estate license, founded an agency, an... Read story
Show Me the Money!
They say it takes money to make money. But when you're young and trying to start a business, where do you turn for that all-important start-up capital? Read story
Who Are the 30 Under 30?
America's coolest young entrepreneurs are making their mark in a wide range of industries -- and making millions in the process. Read story
Aftermath: Anatomy of a Yanked Public Offering
For David Coté , the cost of his company's failed initial public offering is measured in more than dollars. "If it hadn't been for the stress of the IPO ... Read story
MIT Springboard Sends Internet Company Aloft
University's business-plan contest catapults two students into entrepreneurship. For the CEO they hired, it's deja vu The old saw... Read story
Simple Misunderstandings Vs. Objections
I have learned to classify sales objections into two categories: realobjections and simple misunderstandings. A real objection is something prospec... Read story
The Core of Successful Marketing
The 8 characteristics of every effective marketing plan Read story
Go Public Through the Back Door
Forget about an initial public offering, says Tim Halter, president of the Halter Financial Group, in Dallas.HFG specializes in helping private companies ... Read story
Speed Leader
Peter Wagner, a general partner at Palo Alto venture-capital giant Accel Partners, has seen the future ofInternet hookups for small businesses. It's calle... Read story
Net " Spam Patrol" to Police Junk E-Mail Solicitation
Junk e-mail solicitations -- called "spam" -- aren't just the bane of Internet users; they're also the target of criticism from Internet marketing profess... Read story
The Fast Track to Face Time
It's the eternal question asked by every entrepreneur who ever tried to raise capital: What do venture capitalists want? The answer, according to the Web ... Read story
Firms Liable for Telecommuters' Safety
QUESTION: As telecommuting is becoming more common, employers are concerned about their liability for injuries incurred by employees in their hom... Read story
IT Outsourcing Can Be Profitable - or a Headache
Here's how to strike a mutually beneficial partnership. Read story
E-Mail: Your E-Commerce Ally
As large and small companies alike turn to the Internet to sell products and services -- what is known as "e-commerce" -- entrepreneurs should be sure to ... Read story
E-tailers Losing E-Consumers with Poor Navigation
E-tailers need to shape up their Web sites and improve navigation if they're going to retain customers, according to a recent survey by NetSmart. A... Read story
Secrets to Wooing Your Online Customers
Wanna know how to keep customers loyal to your e-commerce Web site? Well, NFO Interactive might have the answers you're looking for. According to NFO, con... Read story
Collection Techniques to Avoid
Past-due accounts present a number of problems, one of which is how to collect them. When faced with this uncomfortable issue, avoid using these collectio... Read story
600 Marketing Strategies for All Situations
Winning Marketing Strategies by Barry Feig. Prentice Hall, 1999, 382 pages, $49.95. When a particular product... Read story
Is Your Company Web Site Turning Candidates Away?
Most corporate job sites are failing at one important goal: they make it difficult for candidates to apply for positions online. As a result, companies ar... Read story
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In this issue, for the first time, INC. has expanded its list of the fastest-growing public companies to the next 100 growth companies. We've called it t... Read story
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The 10-5-3 accelerated depreciation proposal would put small companies at a competitive disadvantage, say many small business advocates (see INC., May, pa... Read story
Get To Know Your Customers Better
Demographics sounds expensive and frightening, but it's a useful tool even for small companies. Read story
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The effect of federal budget cuts on small business is becoming clearer. The Small Business Administration fat-trimming includes a 25% cut in direct and g... Read story
Just Looking
They don't call it a Web browser for nothing. According to a recent survey of 25 top E-commerce sites, conducted by Net Effect Systems, 67% of the merchan... Read story
Uncle Sam Wants You -- To Do R
The Department of Defense, which has long relied on large companies for the bulk of its purchases, recently turned an eye to small businesses for research... Read story
How Taxes Should Be Cut
If the President and Congress really want to stimulate the economy, they will help small business. Read story
1980 Inc. 100 Stock Market Performance
Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Bid/close P/E ratio<... Read story
Headline Was In Error
The headline for the illustration for the Personal Finance article on Retired Lives Reserve (April) is misleading. The figures are apparently for a conve... Read story
Businessman Starts Up A Small Business Bank
Frustrated with the lack of service he received from a bank, Robert E. Laughlin, chief executive officer of a small Portland, Oreg., food equipment compan... Read story
A Flood Of Tax Proposals: A Flood Of Opportunities
President Reagan's landslide election and the unexpected change in power in the Senate has stirred up a lot of activity in both houses of Congress. As a ... Read story
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Defense procurement dollars aren't going to small business, says a Federal Trade Commission study. Only 20% of the Defense Department's procurement comes... Read story
Selling on the Internet: How to Get Started and How Much Does it Cost?
For many, the biggest barrier to getting started with doing business on the Internet may very well boil down to two basic questions. How, exactly, do you ... Read story
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