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The Adjective Factor

Dec 1, 1985

Having trouble getting your business plan funded? Maybe you're using too many adjectives. Then again, maybe you're using too few. Professor Ian MacMilla...  Read more

Index

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1998

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the March issue.  Read more

What VCs Look for in a Management Team

By Virginia I. Postrel |  Nov 1, 1986

A survey done by New York University's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies examined those issues that venture capitalists feel can make or break a deal.  Read more

MTV Start-up Flops; Ratings Soar

By Christopher Caggiano |  Jul 1, 1997

Here's why a high-end dessert-delivery service proposed by a TV-series cast failed before it started.  Read more

Campus Businesses Have Fun, Make Profits

Jan 1, 1982

The word "demonstration" at colleges and universities these days is more likely to refer to a product demonstration than to a protest march. When student...  Read more

Rise of the Entrepreneurial Class

By Angus Loten |  Aug 28, 2006

Five years ago, Jim Poss, a 28-year-old environmental studies grad from Duke University, was determined to make a living in renewable energy -- he had the...  Read more

Resources

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 1997

A comprehensive guide, including phone numbers, to resources for various articles featured in the July issue of Inc.  Read more

Resources

By Inc. staff |  May 15, 1997

A guide to more information on subjects covered in the Inc. magazine special issue: The State of Small Business 1997.  Read more

The Spirit Of Independence; Workers

By Curtis Hartman |  Jul 1, 1985

"In general it is impossible that manufactures should succeed in America from the high price of labour." -- Thomas Jefferson  Read more

Catching Up to the New Economy

By Emily Barker |  May 15, 2000

For much of the past decade, Harvard University has seemed reluctant to acknowledge the new economy. But a few ambitious graduates are trying to change that.  Read more

Professors Get Their Shares

By Susan Beck |  Mar 1, 1998

Professors of entrepreneurship often invest in their students' start-ups. Here are some of the guidelines they follow, their methods of investing, and the re...  Read more

Who's On-line?

By Dan Kennedy |  Mar 15, 1997

Here's a look at how the shoppers on the Web are quickly becoming representative of the population as a whole.  Read more

Creators of the New Economy

By Tom Richman |  May 15, 1997

A look at why, in the new economy, amateur entrepreneurship is over, and how the professionals are now in control.  Read more

Married with Companies

By Christopher Caggiano |  May 1, 1995

Profiles of couples who both run their own businesses.  Read more

Registry: Who's Who in Small-Business Research

By Karen E. Carney |  May 15, 1995

Sixteen thumbnail sketchs of the country's leading small-business economists, complete with e-mail addresses.  Read more