Colorado


Tax Issues for Colorado Start-Ups

Registering to Pay Taxes Once you have officially obtained the necessary licenses and permits for your business, you will be respo...  Read story

The Dot-Com Congressman

Jared Polis sold his company for $780 million at the height of the first dot-com bubble. Now the serial entrepreneur has won a Democratic seat in Congress.  Read story

Striving For An A+ Workforce

A revolutionary facility helps entrepreneurs educate their workers. Ultimately, programs like this one could remake the economy.  Read story

Best Of Show

Indiana's solid jump -- from 42nd place last year to 18th this year -- is partly due to the state's low taxes. But other recent actions have also helped. Amo...  Read story

The Would-be Runners

A Random Gathering of the Politically Ambitious  Read story

Black-owned Businesses

When it comes to black entrepreneurs, there's good news and bad news. Black Americans are creating new businesses at a much faster pace than the economy ...  Read story

The Product Is the Message

How to turn your product into a household word.  Read story

MBA Students Stress Social Role

More business students feel a company's responsibilities go beyond the boardroom.  Read story

Minimum Wage Hike in Six States

Nov. 9, 2006 -- Ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage won in every state where they were on the ballot in Tuesday's election. ...  Read story

Pencil-Pushing Retailer Slays Superstore. Can You?

An overview of an office-supply operation offered for sale, including the price and pros and cons of the purchase.  Read story

Children Having Children

There's a wave of company builders who are starting businesses when they're barely out of college, even high school. It's hard to quantify the phenomenon;...  Read story

The Legal Landscape

Some states are friendly to noncompetes; others aren't. Here's a rough guide.  Read story

More Independent Voices

I cannot believe that Curtis Hartman traveled through Texas, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Illinois looking for entrepreneurs, and did not include one farmer i...  Read story

Corrections

In "Business Opportunities for Growing Companies," an advertising supplement in April, it was reported that Big O Tires, in Englewood, Colo., finances the...  Read story

Networking Event for Women Entrepreneurs

Feb. 13, 2007 -- Registration is now open for the fourth annual WorldWIT conference, a networking event geared toward professiona...  Read story

Well-Timed Meetings

Jm Dieroff takes his travel alarm clock with him wherever he goes--even if it's just to a nearby meeting. Dieroff is president of Connais...  Read story

How Can I Reduce the Expense of Opening a New Office?

Bret Lamperes, president of Dandelion Moving & Storage, in Fort Collins, Colo., cut costs by teaming up with a company in a complementary business. Dandel...  Read story

That 25-year-old? He's a Dependent

Why you may soon be adding a bunch of 25-year-olds to your insurance plan.  Read story

The Inc. Network

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read story

Network: Reader Responses

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read story

That 25-year-old? He's a Dependent

Why you may soon be adding a bunch of 25-year-olds to your insurance plan.  Read story

The Quotable Entrepreneur: Jon Ferrara

People who are good at doing something stop being good when they succeed, because success is rewarded by heaping on responsibilities. We had a merger, so ...  Read story

It's Not the Same America

Barriers to succeeding in business include regulation, special interests, protectionism, access to capital and welfare.  Read story

A Note From The Editor

INC.'s first Special Report on the state's small business climates must be read with care because it is a first report. We know from our experience with ...  Read story

Connecticut, Delaware Named Best States for Entrepreneurs

The Corporation for Enterprise Development's annual report card examines business performance and capacity for growth.  Read story

Profiting from Politics

Whether John McCain or Barack Obama becomes the next president, a handful of entrepreneurs plan to enjoy -- and make money from -- this political season.  Read story

Teens Plan To Spend Less on Gifts

Dec. 11, 2006 -- Fewer teens are planning to splurge on holiday gifts this year, according to a recent survey by Junior Achievement World...  Read story

Street Smarts: The Offer, Part Six

The paranoia moment. Are they stalling? Is this deal about to fall apart?  Read story

Waste Watching

New business designs system that decontaminates and destroys syringes in hospitals.  Read story

Camping Companies Find Success Beyond the Woods

People may be camping less and less, but the apparel and equipment industries have seen a boom by expanding to a wider range of consumers.  Read story

Radon, Radon Go Away

New business information on trends in combating radon.  Read story

At a Glance

Charts providing information on the features of Inc. 500 companies.  Read story

Child's Play

Grade schoolers shape their mom's homemade chalk into shapes and create a company.  Read story

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 story

Hotline

Hotline informational paragraphs on the above topic.  Read story

Best Of Show Business Activity: Trouble In The Oil Patch

1. New Hampshire 6. Florida 2. Colorado 7. Georgia 3. Alaska 8. California 4. New Jersey 9. Massachusetts ...  Read story

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 story

Capital: The New Activism

1. California 6. Colorado 2. New York 7. Texas 3. Minnesota 8. Oklahoma 4. Connecticut 9. Rhode Island 5...  Read story

Teen Summer Jobs Scarce

Many employers are cutting back on hiring plans to offset weaker sales, a survey finds.  Read story

Test Case

For a guy bent on bringing down a multibillion-dollar federal program for minority contractors, Randy Pech is pretty low-key.  Read story