Cleveland

The Money Hunt

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Medical Innovators Heading to Ohio

Entrepreneurs, investors, and medical professionals are set to meet in Cleveland this October to discuss the latest innovations in cardiovascular technolo...  Read more

Inc. 500 Honorees and Best Practices

It stands to reason that honorees of the Inc. 500 know something about growth that their competition does not. I believe the Inc. 500 honorees as a colle...  Read more

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial Class

In a recent speech at the Cleveland City Club, John Koten, CEO of Mansueto Ventures (publisher of Inc. and Read more

Mind of a Manager: Insights from an Investment Banker

An investment banker who is also an entrepreneur explains how to select a good investment banker.  Read more

Obedience School

A travel company hosts a 'travel smart' seminar for new corporate clients.  Read more

Safety in Numbers

Small companies band together to control rising health insurance costs.  Read more

Have It Your Way

Giving employees a choice between two compensation programs.  Read more

'not Everyone Can Move To Southern California, You Know'

A group of Cleveland businessmen created neighborhood programs, driven by a new sense of what a business must do to survive in a troubled urban setting.  Read more

Keeping Your Form In Shape

A study of companies in Cleveland, conducted by Carl Camden, an assistant professor at Cleveland State University, reported that 73% were using job applic...  Read more

Big Corporations Seek Small Businesses' Help

Reversing the usual pattern, nearly 20 large companies in Cleveland this spring began soliciting small business vendors for supplies and services. Instead...  Read more

Women Business Owners Avoiding Credit

Many women business owners don't utilize the credit services available to them, according to a survey conducted by National City Corporation of Cleveland....  Read more

Urban Outfitters

Inner-city businesses are finding that some of their best friends are in city hall. The mayors of many cities across America -- including Austin, Chicago, Cl...  Read more

All the News That's Printed to Fit

Creativity for Kids didn't want its marketing newsletter pitched into a circular file. So, the Cleveland-based company cut its circulation in half byRead more

Libation Liability

Lawyers advise companies to set clear policies about drinking on site.  Read more

No Babbling Brooks In Ohio's "polymer Valley"

Polymer Valley? While almost every state in the union is fighting to attract new computer and electronics companies, Ohio is looking elsewhere. Although i...  Read more

Liggett Stashower

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In 18 years of research at Case Western Reserve University, Professor Joseph Fagan developed a way to test infants for retardation within the first year o...  Read more

Strategic Alliances

The goal is to combine the resources of America's industrial giants with the speed and agility of its fastest-growing companies -- and it's happening in the ...  Read more

Customer Relations;

Customers can be a good source of new product ideas, but if you don't acknowledge their contributions, you may be missing out on a chance to win their loy...  Read more

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

A list of 1992's Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year.  Read more

The Invisible Powerhouse

A discussion of the link between the service and manufacturing industries.  Read more

Keep In Touch With Number Two

Benefits of cultivating a relationship with a junior lending officer.  Read more

Sweat Equity

Deodorant for seven-to-ten year-olds projects growing sales for manufacturer.  Read more

The Facts Behind The Figures

This is the ninth consecutive year that INC. has conducted an executive compensation survey. In March, we mailed a four-page questionnaire to a random sa...  Read more

The Best Places in America to Own a Business

Inc. report on the best locations to own a business.  Read more

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the May 2000 issue of Inc.   Read more

Is Your Document Storage Cost-effective?

Cost effective document and magnetic-media pickup-and-retriever services.  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 Inc. Network: Reader Responses

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Pagers That Say Who Called

Prices for alphanumeric pagers, which can display messages, have dropped.  Read more

The Worst REIT

For the third year in a row Associated Estates Realty has finished dead last for performance in our annual ranking of REITs, as listed on forbes.com/extra...  Read more

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New Charter School to Teach Entrepreneurship Skills

The Cleveland school’s curriculum includes lessons on writing a business plan and measuring return on investment.  Read more

Finance;

The new federal law known as COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) may contain a hidden bonus for some small companies -- a provision tha...  Read more

Your Cold Calling?

Business for Sale: A recreational outfitter in northern New England for $6.185 million.  Read more

Muscling In

Profile of a start-up reconditioner of classic American muscle cars.  Read more

You Had Your Chance!

Some of the best ideas are those offered by employees to employers. And some of the best companies are born when those employers say no.  Read more

Local Area Network

By opting to keep her high-tech start-up, Thermagon Inc., in Cleveland, founder Carol Latham was able to leverage her local ties to build a sophisticated net...  Read more