Fish Fry
Clearwater Fisheries lowers its energy costs by supplying its biodegradable waste to a neighboring company that turns the material into energy. A match made ... Read story
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A Consultant Tries Old Wlne In New Bottles
Convenience is the marketing imperative for professionals in the 1980s. Lawyers are putting up storefront offices with weekend and evening hours. Doctors ... Read story
Paid Vacations Gain as Recruiting Incentive
A Lincoln Park, MI, company that needed to hire about 50 engineers wanted to set itself apart from itscompetitors. Its solution? Offer four-day, three-nig... Read story
Talk Is Cheap
CEO equipts her delivery team with cellular phones, saving time and money. Read story
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Taking On The Off-pricers
It wasn't long ago that off-price stores -- outlets that offer brand-name goods at 20% to 50% off retail prices -- were considered the pariahs of the reta... Read story
City Lights
The people, places, and plans behind some 2001 Inner City 100 companies. Read story
Reality Check
A poorly written user manual or a confusing orientation seminar can compound a customer's disappointment with a purchase. To ensure that your company's cu... Read story
Package Deal
A consulting firm charges by the package, rather than by the hour, so that clients don't anguish over the cost. Read story
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WE'RE AWAITING CONFIRMATION FROM THE observatory at Mount Palomar that all the planets and moons did indeed orbit around Wall Street last year. Certainly... Read story
Internet: Web Sites We Love: CEOs Pick Their Favorites
Various CEOs share their favorite Web sites with readers. Read story
The Most Valuable Companies in America
Investors are loaded with cash. Boomers are looking to buy. Foreign firms are eager to invest. What does that add up to? A seller's market for your business. Read story
Conversation Peace
When a customer working with several employees at a company gets two different answers to the question, "What's going on?"-- who's right? At Sealund Assoc... Read story
The Inc. Network
Reader-to-reader advice. Read story
Ask Inc: Do I Still Have the Right Stuff?
A company founder wonders whether the time has come to fire himself. Plus: How to handle problem employees. Read story
Letters
Inc.'s readers comment and question articles and topics covered in past issues. Read story
Is It Time to Start Hiring Again?
A business owner wonders whether it's too soon to bulk up. Plus: Mediating executive turf wars. Read story
After-School Special
The Great America Leasing Corporation is giving back to the community by using its outdated computers to set up an educational computer center for children. Read story
Is the Economy Stressing You Out?
Business owners and employees alike are feeling anxious and losing sleep -- and all that concern about layoffs, rising costs, and a tumbling stock market is ... Read story
All About Eaves
Leticia Elias, president of Aztec Roofing Sheetmetal Corp., is helping young contractors obtain credit to improve the Hispanic community she serv... Read story
Educate Staff about Past Mistakes
When the office gets busy, there's a great temptation to dictate orders to the troops and skip explaining the whys of company policy. "But don't do it," u... Read story
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 story
My Customer's Customer, Myself
Integrated Packaging Corp, located in New Brunswick, N.J., uses his inner city location as a competitive advantage to win customers. Read story
Visible Signs of Relief
With aid from the International Rescue Committee, Boston-based Robinwood Inc. has staffed itself with war refugees from around the world. Read story
Inc. 500|5000 Maps
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Letters
Readers respond to articles from the January and February issues of Inc. , including Mike Hofman's "An American Start-Up", Norm Brodsky's "Your Good ... Read story
The Case for Standardized PC Configuration
Making sure all your company's desktops and laptops are running exactly the same software can hold down maintenance costs, keep IT staff happy, and help equi... Read story
In the Bank
Michael Sherman, CEO of Sherman Assembly Systems, believes in improving the lives of his workers both in and outside of work. Read story
The English Impatient
In an effort to "Americanize" his mainly Chinese workforce, Thomas Chen, founder of Crystal Window Door Systems, offers English lessons at work a... Read story
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#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 story
SuperPoke Recruiting
A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business. Read story
Winnebago Take All
Keith Stevens, CEO of Team 2000 Staffing Services, tells his managers to go out and find workers instead of waiting for them to come in. Read story
Border Fulfillment
Miratek Corp. is speeding up service to its clients by taking advantage of the open borders created by NAFTA and stationing its information-technology-servic... Read story
Take My Franchise, Please
Candy Bouquet International CEO Margaret McEntire wants to help build America from within by giving her franchises away to franchisees who set up shop in inn... Read story
Business for Sale: For the Seasoned Buyer
A manufacturer of frozen pizza in Pompano Beach, Florida, for $1.2 million Read story
Help Wanted
How small companies can lower their health-care costs. Read story
Blessed Events
How to make a sponsorship pay off. Read story
Looking Out for Number 2
Creating an effective working relationship with your second-in-command and sharing responsibility. Read story
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