Costa Mesa

How to Finance Anything

A look at the best places to find financing, including private-equity investors, banks, venture capitalists, and non-banks. Also, some common pitfalls to avo...  Read more

At What Cost Health? Low Cost, as it Turns Out

Creating an environmentally healthy company is a good investment.  Read more

Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise

Office buildings can harbor pollutants that make employees sick and decrease their productivity. The cofounder of Verifone Inc. describes how his company bui...  Read more

"Go to Your Office!"

What to do when your employees bicker like children. Plus: Taming the health care beast.  Read more

The Business Has Hit a Slow Period. What Do I Do With My Employees?

Three CEOs explain what they do with their staff when business slows down.  Read more

Who'll Do Your Deal?

The answer often depends on your company's size.  Read more

Avoiding Layoffs

No matter how hard you try, you can't always predict your revenues. So what do you do when sales don't materialize and you're suddenly facing an unanticip...  Read more

Misguided Missiles

Large conglomerates are giving small, unprofitable divisions to management or third-party buyers at low prices.  Read more

The Future of Advertising is Here

It's becoming increasingly possible to target "smart ads" specifically to people who want them. And best of all, you can do this for a fraction of the price ...  Read more

Perfect Strategic Partnerships

Wesley Phillips, CEO of the Hunter Barth advertising and marketing agency in Costa Mesa, Calif., was surprised to hear employees gripe about the strategic...  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

Small and Midmarket M&A Activity Rose in '04

Why M A guys were busy in 2004.  Read more

Tax Planning for Tough Times

How to get Uncle Sam to ease your cash-flow troubles.  Read more

Letters

Readers react to articles from the September issue of Inc., including Jerry Useem's "The Richest Man You've Never Heard Of" and "Treating Temporary Work as a...  Read more

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

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

A Product Sampler;

Sales management programs for microcomputers have been out for several years, gradually becoming integrated as they are today; most now come with word pro...  Read more

Scenes from an Antimall

The Lab, an 'antimall' in Costa Mesa, Calif., features small retailers and local events in renovated factory space.  Read more

There's Gold In Them Thar Hills

For those small companies engaged in technological innovation, the Small Business Innovation Research program can be a rich source of funding.  Read more

Tried and True

An ad agency for professional practices convinces clients to use effective and well-known methods of advertising.  Read more

Growing Through Spin Offs

Spinning a company off of your existing business can be lucrative, but it also has pitfalls that shouldn't be overlooked.  Read more

Document Classification Tools and Strategies

You've archived your data so well that even you can't get to it. How to organize and tag data for retrieval. Should you go with a Web-based outsource solutio...  Read more

Mail

This month's letters to the editor.  Read more

How I Did It: Paul Frank

Some people say he monkeys around.  Read more

Value System

Bob Dabic remembers that in the old days, it wasn't much fun to manage his workforce. "I got frustrated with all the little fires and personality problems...  Read more

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 more

Cashing Out;

Everybody likes to feel important, but -- when you are selling your company -- one of the worst mistakes you can make is to emphasize how essential you ar...  Read more

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Buy, Sell, or Hold?

How entrepreneurs are playing the commercial real estate market.  Read more

Bulletin Board

A collection of short articles about technology. Topics include selling houses with voice mail; installing face-recognition software; and making sure your ca...  Read more

Multimedia Is the Message

Several small businesses are highlighted as readers see how to maximize the affects of marketing with multimedia.  Read more

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Unification Theory

Jim Carlson, CEO of Hospitality Solutions International during its acquisition, identifies seven practices that enable HSI to manage its far-flung employees ...  Read more

Introducing The 1986 Inc. 100

Like a bunch of adolescents, the companies on the INC. 100 are an unsettled lot. They have grown so fast that their knees ache. They have consumed capit...  Read more

Alphabet Soup: What are GSM, CDMA, and TDMA?

How do you pick wireless phones for your business? The secret is in the letters.  Read more

How To Keep Your Company Out Of Court

Legal audits are the newest way for growing companies to prevent problems with the law.  Read more

Hot Spots: A Field Guide to Your Local Economy

Some signs to look for suggesting a community's vitality and opportunity, and those signaling economic collapse.  Read more

How Many Accountants Does It Take to Change an Industry?

Now may be the time to find accountants with upgraded skills, lower prices, and customized services.  Read more

Sponsored Section: A Feast of Franchises

From quick-service restaurants to delivering arrangements made with real fruit, these franchises offer great opportunities for entrepreneurs inspired by gast...  Read more