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Digital Networking vs. Traditional Networking
We hear a lot about social media these days. Blog from your car and Twitter from the coffee shop and you, too, can become a 24-hour marketing machine. Fac... Read more
Connecticut
Recent Articles about Connecticut
Court Backs Employers on Unpaid Bonuses
A state court rules that employers who are sued over some unpaid bonuses are not subject to stiff penalties associated with wages. Read more
Connecticut Welcomes Back the Estate Tax!
Yup, the dreaded estate tax (which some rather alarmist folks have long preferred to call the death tax) is making a comeback in Connecticut, Read more
Connecticut, Delaware Named Best States for Entrepreneurs
The Corporation for Enterprise Development's annual report card examines business performance and capacity for growth. Read more
Cheaper by the Dozen
A look at how small-business alliances have cut costs and improved coverage for entrepreneurs and their employees. Read more
Health Plans
Connecticut passes legislation designed to change the small-employer health-insurance market. Read more
Inc.'s Fourth Annual Report On The States
Can states become more attractive breeding grounds for small companies? Increasingly, governors and legislators around the United States have been answering ... Read more
A Back-to-School Business Plan
Why an $8 billion market is suddenly up for grabs. Read more
There's No Perk Like Home
One surefire way to retain employees -- help them buy houses. Read more
An Unusual Jobs Plan
Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell is one of the most popular politicians in America, with the sixth best net job approval rating for any sitting governor... Read more
Cost-Cutting More Strategic
Having learned from past downturns, employers are taking a focused approach to staff reductions, a survey finds. Read more
The Dark Side
A look at some data about births and deaths of small U.S. businesses. Read more
Rein's New York Style Deli Restaurant: Vernon, Conn.
In this editor's pick for favorite hometown business, Inc Senior Staff Writer Mike Hofman praises the cuisine at his favorite pit stop in Vernon, Conn. Read more
Owners Shirk Estate Planning
A study finds many wealthy family businesses have no asset protection plans. Read more
Employer Fined for Underpaying Workers
April 3, 2007 -- The owner of a chain of gas stations in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut is being fined $100,000 for paying employe... Read more
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 more
The Business of The High Line
Here’s a look at the companies that provided the lighting, plants, irrigation system, and teak in New York City’s High Line park. Read more
Before You Start a Consulting Business...
Inc . reader Ken Fredeen shared his thoughts on what to consider when starting a consulting business in the Sound Off! area of the April 2004 arti... Read more
The Way I Work: Paul English of Kayak
Kayak.com co-founder Paul English is obsessed with customer service. That's why he bought the most annoying phone he could find. Read more
Explaining Financials
Income statements shared with employees may also need an accompanying explanation Read more
How Can We Get Employees to Focus on Serving Customers?
Infinity Graphics, a $20 million printing company in Enfield, Conn., wants its workers to know how important its key customers are. So in its monthly news... Read more
Benchmark: Business-Continuation Planning
Some data showing 71% of small-business owners have small-business-continuation plans and who provided the plans. Read more
Shrink Service
New business information on employee benefit services. Read more
Retirement Plans;
Don't make the common mistake of building a long vesting schedule into your company's retirement plan in hopes of discouraging employee turnover. You jus... Read more
10 Inspiring Success Stories
May is Small Business Month, and to celebrate we're honoring 31 inspiring stories of small business success. Here's a look at ten of them. View slideshow
Entrepreneurs Leaving Money on the Table
In its continuing mission to bring high quality insight and intelligence to business owners in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, Inc... Read more
Boosting Small Business
Overcoming an antibusiness bias The idea of states cutting red tape for development permits and business licenses is nothing new, but Oregon has add... Read more
The Inc. Second 100
The runners-up to the 1981 INC. 100 are more profitable, more productive, and more stable. Read more
Greater New York Holds Its Second Meeting
On June 23 and June 24, the greater New York chapter of Inc. Magazine's Business Owners Council met to discuss the commer... Read more
Capital: The New Activism
1. California 6. Colorado 2. New York 7. Texas 3. Minnesota 8. Oklahoma 4. Connecticut 9. Rhode Island 5... Read more
Vets Approved for SBA Loans
More than 20 U.S. military veterans have been approved for $2 million in small-business loans under a program launched last month by the Small Business Ad... Read more
Equity: Lessons from a Lame Offering
A quick look at how the failure of a private-placement offering forced a CEO to turn to a credit line for capital. Read more
Network: October 1989
Network new queries. Read more
America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
A user's guide to the 12th annual Inc. 500 list. Read more
When Advertising Doesn't Need Hot Air
Five years ago, Robert Keith Vicino, now 29, tried to marry his hobby -- hot-air ballooning -- with his Connecticut advertisind business. It didn't work. ... Read more
Vintage Capitalist Amusements
Some business owners are collecting these fun artifacts of America’s financial history. (Hint: Do not pass go.) Read more
Beyond the Wall
Call it wall power. Two young Connecticut entrepreneurs have figured out how to crack the $30 billion dollar college market by delivering advertise... Read more
Thank You for Sharing
A consulting group learns to exploit its information riches by weaving a sophisticated intranet into workers' lives. Read more
There's A Robot In Your Future
Increasingly, robots are turning up in smaller companies -- and so far there are few complaints. Read more
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