Culver City

The Best 4 Small-Business Neighborhoods in America

Here's what entrepreneurs are looking for when selecting a community for start-ups, and what they're finding.  Read more

Marketing;

We receive hundreds of prospectuses and annual reports at INC. every year, and 99.8% of them are your standard black-and-white look-alikes. Every so ofte...  Read more

Behind The Scenes: Companies at the Heart of Everyday Life

Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota 3.12.08, 2:24 P.M.  Read more

Are Your Employees Wasting Time?

Looking for an excuse to dump the company fax machine in favor of fax/modem software? Saving employee time may be the answer. At Roddy Temporary Se...  Read more

Different Routes: Ashton-tate

Software companies may be in a better position than most high-technology companies to avoid venture capital in the early stages of development. Largely d...  Read more

Brains For Hire

Each year, countless professionals leave their corporate jobs to become consultants. But launching a consultancy is a lot harder than you might think.  Read more

Ixo: The Revolution Has Been Postponed

Last April, with elaborate fanfare, IXO Inc., a start-up company in Culver City, Calif., introduced a small silver-and-blue computer terminal that its cre...  Read more

Toying With Computers

The inventors of the toy Merlin now are attempting to market a business terminal that even a grown-up can master.  Read more

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth 1976-80 Per...  Read more

The Secrets of Bootstrapping

18 ways to grow or survive by substituting imagination, know-how, or effort for capital.  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

The Inc. 500

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth 197781 Perc...  Read more

Is Your Data Safe?

Tips and suggestions for choosing the best security for your company's computer system.  Read more

It Runs in the Family

The Lacerte clan's four-generation entrepreneurial streak.  Read more

The 1985 Inc. 100

Introducing the fastest-growing public companies in America.  Read more

Traffic's Up; Website's Down

Preventing costly crashes.  Read more

Here Comes the Neighborhood

Start-ups are reenergizing urban neighborhoods across the country.  Read more

Stooge Law

Courtroom computer applications are examined in this article that focuses on a small law office.  Read more

Have It Your Way

Program generators can allow you to be your own best source for software.  Read more

Taking The Fear Out of Factoring

With more and more reputable companies entering the factoring business, services have greatly improved. But factors' bottom line use remains the same: provid...  Read more

Rd Partnerships Come Of Age

They may never replace traditional venture capital, but for some companies these deals are a better way to raise money.  Read more

Climbing To The Top Of The Charts

Microcomputer software sales are heading for the stratosphere. But the most popular programs aren't necessarily the best.  Read more

Almanac

A statistical look at 1998's Inc. 500 companies and the CEOs who run them.  Read more

Preselling The Company

The acquisition of Forefront was arranged and the dowry was set before the company was even born.  Read more

Chaos Theory

Justice Technology, the number one Inc. 500 company for 1998, achieved its staggering growth by branching out into new services--usually before determining w...  Read more

The Entrepreneur of the Year Register

Profiles of recognition-worthy entrepreneurs from the 1993 Entrepreneur of the Year contest.  Read more

Group Think

A look at how groupware allows small-company employees to work simultaneously, saving both time and money.  Read more

Why Smart Companies Are Saying No To Venture Capital

It seemed, at first, like the logical next act in the classic entrepreneurial script. Having developed his new database software on his home-built Heathk...  Read more