Inc.com: Articles about Chicago

Hot Tip: Cultivate Your Banker

By Christopher Caggiano | Oct 1, 1999

Steve and Andi Rosenstein couldn't get a bank loan when they first started Fitigues Inc., now a $28-million casual-clothing business, in Chicago. So in 19... Read story

Healthy Savings With Team Effort

Nov 1, 1981

To save on the high -- and still escalating -- costs of conventional health insurance coverage, 37 Chicago businesses banded together to form their own in... Read story

Boundless Horizons

By Anne Marie Borrego | Oct 15, 2000

Just because a company's name implies that it's situated on the prairie is no reason to look for it there. Hardly immersed in amber waves of grain are Pra... Read story

Upcoming Events

May 1, 1982

The National Association of Women Business Owners (co-sponsored by Triton College) three-day business symposium, May 14-16, Chicago, III. Call Joyce... Read story

Following the Talent

By Rifka Rosenwein | Nov 7, 2000

Business: Maker of retirement plan processing software Locations: Birmingham, Ala.; Chicago; and Boston Read story

Board Building Tips from the 2000 Inc. 500 #1 Company

By Ralph Ward | Nov 1, 2000

The Parson Group just came in at #1 on the 2000 Inc. 500 list ( see article ), and Pa... Read story

Managing Independent Contractors

By Ilan Mochari | Nov 1, 2000

If you want to comply with state and federal regulations on classifying workers, talk to an HR expert. Rules vary from state to state. Still, there... Read story

Creating a Style Guide

By Leslie O'Flahavan and Marilynne Rudick | Jun 14, 2001

Even after choosing a published style guide as a primary reference, you'll need to customize it for your organization. Your editorial process will ... Read story

Premium Idea

Oct 1, 1982

Most companies that use an insurance broker have become accustomed to paying on a commission basis. The as much as 15% of a $10,000 premium, or $1,500 -- ... Read story

Office Cents

Nov 1, 1982

Del Prete Brokerage Ltd., an eight-person Chicago sales management firm, has all the benefits of a well-equipped office, without the costly expenses of ma... Read story

Which Cities Will the High Cost of Energy Hurt (and Help) the Most?

By Joel Kotkin and Michael Shires | Aug 6, 2008

A high cost energy future will profoundly impact the cost of doing business and create new opportunities, but not necessarily in the way most people expect. Read story

Class Costs

May 1, 1983

When selecting workers' compensation insurance, be sure your business has received the proper rating classification as defined by the National Council on ... Read story

Fettering Fees

Sep 1, 1983

Many companies have discovered the hard way that fees for professional outside services often exceed expectations. Runaway charges from accountants and la... Read story

Spouses On The (new) Job

Dec 1, 1983

The growing number of families with both spouses working has given rise to a new corporate benefit: "transplacement." Under this program, companies pay co... Read story

The Fifth Generation, By Edward A. Feigenbaum And Pamela Mccorduck. Addison-wesley, Reading, Ma 01867, 275 Pp., $15.55.

Feb 1, 1984

Sort of an "Eggplant that Ate Chicago" science-fiction adventure, except that the science part is real: a takeover of the computer industry by the Japanes... Read story

That's Show Biz

May 1, 1984

The trade show business itself has become a growth industry. Exhibitors spent about $7 billion in 1980, and the Trade Show Bureau estimates that 1983 expe... Read story

A Consultant Tries Old Wlne In New Bottles

By L.M.S. | Sep 1, 1984

Convenience is the marketing imperative for professionals in the 1980s. Lawyers are putting up storefront offices with weekend and evening hours. Doctors ... Read story

Payton's Place

By A. Craig Copetas | Oct 1, 1984

The most brilliant restaurateur in London slathers a bit of American on every dish. The English eat it up. Read story

Thinking Small

By William Souder | Jul 1, 1985

MINIMILLS PRODUCE 20% OF American steel, and they are one of the few bright spots in a dismal industry. Now a similar trend toward minimills is also unde... Read story

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By Stephen D. Solomon | Aug 1, 1985

"Three people go to a cocktail party in Chicago, and one ends up with a new job. Three people go to a cocktail party in California, and two end up startin... Read story

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By Stephen D. Solomon | Nov 1, 1985

His ties were to the railroad where he worked as a station agent in tiny North Redwood, Minn. But when a local jeweler rejected a shipment of watches, he ... Read story

Food For Thought

By Harvey Udell | Jan 1, 1986

Based on your Scorecard "No Free Lunch" (Insider, September 1985), which reported business-meal expenses, it is evident that the American business-person ... Read story

Building Boom: A Shaky Foundation

By Joshua Hyatt | Mar 1, 1986

Are we heading for a commercial real estate crash? Most cities already have a glut of office space, especially when you consider the amount of const... Read story

Managing People;

By Richard Kreisman | Apr 1, 1986

Major-league athletes may get the headlines, but they're not alone in their susceptibility to drug abuse. High-flying brokers, top executives, foremen, s... Read story

Kay Branz

Jun 1, 1987

Age: 35 Hometown: Chicago Undergraduate Degree: Smith College Business School: J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern... Read story

Bootstrap Banking

By DAVID OSBORNE | Aug 1, 1987

For decades, the federal government has tried in vain to bring entrepreneurship to the poor. Now, a small Chicago bank may have found the answer in -- of all... Read story

Can Chicago Be Saved?

By DAVID MOBERG | Mar 1, 1988

Among the nation's biggest cities, Chicago lags behind, a victim of political division, a big-company mentality, and its own past success Read story

New Brew;

By Curtis Hartman | Apr 1, 1988

TO WALK THROUGH THE IRISH TEAK doors into Sieben's River North brewery on a Friday night is to think that lightning has struck. It is still shakedown tim... Read story

Ripping The Ranking

By Howard G. Birnberg | Jun 1, 1988

Your article "Can Chicago Be Saved?" not only asks an irrelevant question, but bases its argument on questionable criteria with a bias toward defining suc... Read story