Inc.com: Articles about Columbia

Busting The Trustbusters

By STEVEN PEARLSTEIN | Apr 1, 1986

Independent businesspeople voted in droves for Ronald Reagan. Now Reagan proposes that fewer businesspeople be independent. Read story

Expecting The Unexpected

By Anne Murphy | Aug 1, 1991

Pharmaceutical company creates a popular long-lasting chewing gum while working on a training experiment. Read story

Negotiating Better Licensing Deals

By Jill Andresky Fraser | Dec 1, 1992

Pharmaceuticals company strikes international deals and negotiates supply, manufacturing, and licensing agreements. Read story

Wish You Were Here?

By Josh Dean | Jun 1, 2006

8 Amazing boat trips around the world. Read story

Telling a Good Story

By Michele Miller | May 1, 2007

You may have the greatest company in the world. But if you don't know how to convey that to customers, you may as well not exist. Read story

A Leg Up from the Bank

By Michael P. Cronin | Jun 1, 1994

One company offers its employees a package of discounted and free banking services. Read story

Creation Nation

By Elaine Appleton Grant | Oct 1, 2002

Wondering where the next hot food ... hit toy ... big band ... miracle drug will come from? Chances are, from entrepreneurs just like you who are furiously c... Read story

How I Did It: Gert Boyle, chairman, Columbia Sportswear

By Gert Boyle | Apr 1, 2006

Tougher than the rest. Read story

Go, Sell It On The Mountain

Apr 1, 1984

Columbia Data Products Inc. is trying to move the marketing of microcomputers to a higher plane -- like, say, 21,000 feet above sea level. The company has... Read story

Lowering Drug- and Alcohol-Testing Costs

By Ellyn E. Spragins | Sep 1, 1992

Lowering the cost of testing employees for drugs and alcohol. Read story

Small Company Initial Public Offerings: January 1984

Apr 1, 1984

Offering O-T-C Size Price sym. Company Business/product ($ m... Read story

Small Company Initial Public Offerings: February March 1984

Jun 1, 1984

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Offering First O-T-C... Read story

The New Northwest Passage

By Joel Kotkin | Feb 1, 1987

Hit hard by imports, aggressive Oregon businesses have discovered how to make the doors of Japanese trade swing both ways. Read story

Return of Giants

By John Case | Dec 1, 1989

Is Hollywood edging out small companies and returning to the studio-dominated days of yesteryear? Read story

Darla Moore's Full-Court Press

Jan 5, 2000

During a 1996 New York Knicks game, spectator Darla Moore caught a wild pass from midcourt. Instead of throwing it back to the ref, she tried to make the ... Read story

Deals On Reels

Feb 1, 1984

For years, high-rolling investors risked big bucks and took even bigger tax write-offs in complex and sometimes shaky movie-financing arrangements. The In... Read story

Finding the Right Partner

By Jill Andresky Fraser | Feb 1, 1994

A pharmaceutical company formed international partnerships to reach foreign markets. Read story

Reining In Office Rumors

Nov 1, 2004

Shutting down the company rumor mill. Plus: Finding sales talent; curing the PO box blues. Read story

Columbia Grad Wins $100,000 in Seed Capital

May 29, 2007

A Columbia Business School graduate this week was awarded $100,000 in seed funding to develop a line of biodegradable plates, cups, and bowls, school offi... Read story

The Education Of A Small Businessperson

By Milton D. Stewart | Jun 1, 1983

It is that loveliest time of the year on college campuses -- commencement -- a good season to think about how critical our colleges and universities will ... Read story

Northward, Ho!

By JAY FINEGAN | Jul 1, 1988

The new trade agreement between the United States and Canada could touch off a small-business export boom Read story

Flight Club

By Robert X. Cringely | Nov 1, 2003

Forget the company car. Getting around is faster--and less expensive than you may think--in a private plane. Read story

Trade Shows

A trade show is an event where companies that are involved in a certain industry gather to exhibit their products, learn about current trends in their ind... Read story

Bell Ringer

By Thomas E. Powers | Jun 1, 1988

Koch's piece was the best damned business article I have ever read. And coming from an inveterate Harvard person, it's even better. The people I have mos... Read story

Contributors

By Inc Staff | Nov 1, 2008

For " Blue Is the New Green ," Read story

Quick Picks

By Rowan West; Michael Dirda; Craig Offman; Larry Smith | Apr 1, 2004

Out this month: a new release from rocker Lou Reed, a hefty biography of Alexander Hamilton, and a DVD boxed set on America's favorite pastime. Read story

Interns as Interpreters

Jan 1, 1997

In an ethnically diverse area, business owners often have a difficult time connecting with potential clients because of language, cultural, or religious d... Read story

University of Missouri:
A New Life for Old Phones

By Jacob Stokes, Missouri class of '09 | Mar 1, 2009

If you happen to be in Missouri, keep an eye out for a commercial on cable TV featuring a guy in white tights and a green cape. His name is Brian Laoruang... Read story

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Dec 1, 1984

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales growth 1979-83 Com... Read story

Do-It-Yourself Aid

By Ashlea Ebeling

Is college around the corner? Families too wealthy for need-based aid are turning to the tax code to help pay the bill. Ashley Young, 18, is begi... Read story

The Inc. 500 Index

By Inc Staff | Oct 15, 1997

The fastest-growing private companies in America in 1997, arranged alphabetically. Read story

In This Issue

By John Koten | Nov 1, 2004

The financial and emotional concerns of running a business are often enmeshed, and that is certainly the case when the subject is how much money the boss ... Read story

Search: December 2002

By Inc Staff | Dec 1, 2002

Any book calling itself Business: The Ultimate Resource has a lot to live up to. Read story

The Time Trap

By Alison Stein Wellner | Jun 1, 2004

There are only so many hours in a day. Here's what science says about getting the most out of them. Read story

Fuel-oil Users Don't Have To Get Burned

Mar 1, 1982

Complaining about the high cost of fuel oil won't make a dent in monthly bills. But there is a way to fight back. Skilled energy auditors can trim up to... Read story