Chattanooga

Business Expo in Chattanooga

Nov. 3, 2006 -- Sisters in Business, a Chattanooga-based networking community, is partnering with Chattanooga Community Kitchen to host a...  Read more

Class Act

Various companies have learned that computer-based training is often better than classroom teaching.  Read more

Clusters

Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies or institutions that manufacture products or deliver services to a particular field or ...  Read more

Ask Inc.

Managing the mediocre, avoiding lawsuits, and starting over in a new place.  Read more

The Auto Man's Empire

Street smarts and boardroom savvy, plus a "buy low, sell lower" strategy, make Dick Downey's auto parts business one of the fastest growing in its field.  Read more

Advertising;

Even if you can't afford a 30-second network spot on "The Cosby Show," you can still get your message across on prime-time TV, provided you go through the...  Read more

Benefits;

The time your employees take off for doctor appointments could be costing you money. "If there's one person missing from a production line, even if it's ...  Read more

Boomtowns '06: Hottest Midsize Cities

Employment Base of 150,000-450,000.  Read more

Critical Care

A close-up look at how a small rural hospital is being brought back from the brink of ruin.  Read more

Getting Away and Meaning It

Need to make business a part of your pleasure trip? Avoid ruining this year's summer vacation by keeping work distractions to a minimum.  Read more

Mail

This month's letters to the editor.  Read more

E-Commerce and Patents

How to keep online purchases safe from chargebacks. Plus, protecting intellectual property on a budget.  Read more

The Disability Advantage

Even as the number of workers with disabilities grows because of factors like the Iraq war, fewer of them are finding jobs. Here's one employer that bucks th...  Read more

Are You Sales Phobic?

Alas, the cure is to sell more often.  Read more

Mail

I Know How She Feels Phaedra Hise's account of being an entrepreneur's spouse resonated deeply with me ["Read more

Get Out of the House

Is it time to get out of the garage/basement/living room/incubator? That first real office can be tricky.  Read more

Letters

Inc. readers react to articles from the July 1998 issue of Inc., including Christopher Caggiano's "Psycho Path" and Burton L. Visotzky's "Bible in the Boardr...  Read more

Does Detroit Deserve a Bailout?

A Big Three collapse could cripple many small businesses with ties to the automotive industry. We asked several Inc. 500|5000 CEOs for their opinions about a...  Read more

Cities and Oil Prices: The Winners and The Losers

For most places, it’s hard to tell what the long-term effect of the high cost of energy might be. But there are some fairly safe bets.  Read more

The $1 Million Fish Fight That Everyone Won

In six years, Dick Downey steered his Chattanooga automotive parts business from start-up to a 116-store empire spanning three states (see INC., August 19...  Read more

Covering The Boards

Corporate directors are becoming increasingly attractive targets for lawsuits these days, particularly when a company's fortunes, for whatever reason, tur...  Read more

Spontaneous Combustion

The decade-old revival of the wood-stove industry is cooling as quickly as it heated up. Upstart market leader Vermont Castings counts on the reputation it h...  Read more

Are You Paying Yourself Enough?

You're getting by on a paltry salary because that's what's best for your company. Or is it? An owner's low pay can send the wrong message -- to investors and...  Read more

A Golden Alternative

Using alternative airports is a form of creative ticketing that airlines don't really object to, but they will not offer alternative airport options when ...  Read more

Low Rent

While the price of commercial space varies from region to region, here are five ways to actually save rental money.  Read more

All In The Household

Japanese companies are committed to maintaining the strengths that characterize the best of family businesses everywhere.  Read more

Changing How The Game Is Played

Bringing space-age technology to the world of sporting goods lets tiny Worth Sports Co. leapfrog its giant competitors and capture a new market  Read more

Almanac

A statistical guide to the metro areas and states that are home to the most start-ups per capita, the top 20 types of new ventures, and the most popular home...  Read more

It's What's Up Front That Counts

Mark Weissman learned the hard way that nothing beats a hefty chunk of cash at the start of a licensing deal.  Read more

#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 more

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 more

Captive Company

Customer service, quality control, employee morale -- business is a whole different ball game when you're running a prison for profit  Read more

Therapist to the New Economy

Profiles of various businesspeople who have embraced the teaching of Stephen Covey, and why.  Read more

The 500

#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 more

Hot Spots

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