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Looking Beyond VCs

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Does Charter Pay? You Decide

Comparisons of three major airlines and a charter service on three trips, based on number of days required and cost.  Read more

Where the Growth Is

The best cities for growing a business and how to follow the signs to thriving markets.  Read more

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 more

Cooking Up Sales

CEO invites foreign delegations to his ranch where they cook their favorite dishes.  Read more

Fourth Wave;

SOME OF THE HEAT IS GOING out of parts of the Sunbelt, as boomtowns like Houston become less attractive to companies that are on the move or expanding. Re...  Read more

Entitled

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New Website Singles Out Companies That Fail Health Inspections

Healthinspections.com provides centralized access to inspection reports for restaurants and other businesses.  Read more

What Bankers Like to Know

Insight from bankers about what they want to know from their clients.  Read more

Whistle While You Work

These three companies are among the best-known makers of whistleblower software. Prices depend on how customized a system is and the number of users, but the...  Read more

Where Are the Best Cities to Do Business?

Our comprehensive annual guide to which places are thriving -- even in an economy many consider in recession.  Read more

Ask Inc.

Ask Inc. tackles going global and hiring leaders. Plus, what to put in an employee manual.  Read more

Aspirations for '05

CEOs' new year's resolutions.  Read more

Index

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

Use Twitter to Inspire Action

Small businesses all over the country are successfully using Twitter to win customers. How are they doing it?  Read more

Jolly Goods

Our catalog of perfect holiday gifts features products from some of America's fascinating, privately held companies.  Read more

Top 10 Reasons to Run Your Own Business

Ten reasons why 2011 should be the year you finally start your own business  Read more

Ric Elias: How Facing Death Changed My Life (And My Business)

"If I wasn't afraid of dying, why should I be afraid of failing?" asked Ric Elias, who survived a plane crash in 2009.  Read more

The Space Race

With office rents plunging, there's never been a better time to be a tenant.  Read more

Letters

Readers react to articles from the State of Small Business, June, and July 2000 issues of Inc. , including "The View from Brooklyn," by Norm Brodsky;...  Read more

Bank City, USA

Investment banker Hugh L. McColl Jr. takes us on a tour of 'Bank City, USA' (also known as Charlotte, N.C.).  Read more

Business for Sale: North Carolina-Based Photo Studio

The snapshot: this North Carolina-based photo studio has corporate customers any company should shoot for. But when you look at the big picture, does its ask...  Read more

Bank of America Hiring Small Business Bankers

CEO Brian Moynihan plans to hire add 1,000 employees to focus on developing relationships with and products for small companies.  Read more

Best Work and Life: One Life to Live

How some companies acknowledge and foster their employees' lives outside the office.  Read more

Among the Bigs, More of the Same

The standouts on this year's list are the cities that know how to attract entrepreneurs.  Read more

Bank of America Earmarks $10 Million for Entrepreneurs

The money will go to the Opportunity Finance Network, which helps small businesses in lower-income communities.  Read more

The Inner City 100

100 street-smart companies.  Read more

Web Sites We Love

Inc. 500 CEOs reveal some of the ways they're using the Web to locate critical information, ranging from news on venture capital and specific industries to t...  Read more

The Inner City 100 Profiles: 81-90

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Reader Mail: November 2010

Responses to the Inc. 500 issue  Read more

The Entrepreneur of the Year

Entrepreneur of the year awards and the selection process.  Read more

Logos That Turn Heads

Are walking, talking advertisements gimmicks or goldmines?  Read more

Know the M.O.

Cold calls are incredibly intrusive because they aren't sensitive to your customer's schedule," says Dave Rogers, president of Information Control System ...  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

Out of Control

Travis Parsons lost his CEO title when he sold to a rival. Now, he's trying to stay on --- and stay relevant.  Read more

The Next Great Retail Idea: PR?

A North Carolina entrepreneur sets his sights on creating the H&R Block of public relations.  Read more

Homes, Sweet Homes

Aluminum-siding salespeople take note -- the Promised Land may be in Albuquerque. That's where the number of housing starts is growing fastest, acco...  Read more

Smile, You’re on the Company Webcam

Webcams aren’t just for making video phone calls anymore. Companies use them for screening job applicants and online learning. But they need to use more ca...  Read more

Bootstrapping Tactics: A Bootstrapper's Primer

Successful entrepreneurs of every stripe offer readers tips and hints on a wide range of topics.  Read more

The Time-honored ESOP

ESOP tax advantages and cost saving strategies.  Read more