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How to Start a Business in Dallas

It's one of the biggest U.S. cities for business, and nearly 80 percent of Dallas companies are small businesses. Here's how to break in.

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How to Make it Big in Texas

Dallas-based serial entrepreneur Chad Willis co-founded a $44 million oil company that he runs and has ownership in 14 other companies. He's 31 years old.

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Recent Articles about Dallas (Texas)

Annoying Facebookers

CNN Technology just published an article on the 12 most annoying type...  Read more

The 2010 Inc. 5000: Top 10 Metro Areas

New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. are home to the most Inc. 5000 companies in America.  View slideshow

#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

The 2010 Inc. 5000: Top 10 Latino- and Hispanic Entrepreneurs

With roots stretching all the way to Mexico, Peru and Bolivia, these entrepreneurs are tapping that immigrant's spirit to build the American dream.  View slideshow

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 Reality of Raising Venture Capital

The Reality of Raising Venture Capital What's the equivalent to the Ivory Tower for consultants, columnists, and ex-VCs? I need to know because...  Read more

1987 The Inc. 100;

WE'RE AWAITING CONFIRMATION FROM THE observatory at Mount Palomar that all the planets and moons did indeed orbit around Wall Street last year. Certainly...  Read more

Callie Works-Leary, Founder of CityCraft

Dallas entrepreneur Callie Works-Leary hopes to build CityCraft into the Crate & Barrel of the sewing world.  Watch video

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

Elevator Pitch: Smackages

Smackages gives women free makeup samples online. Can it get $1 million for its own makeover?  Read more

Class Of '82: Crossing Over To Wall Street

1982 Issue Issue Latest price Amount rank Company Date price 10/6/83 raised ($ mil...  Read more

How To Prepare For The Property Bubble

All but the most stubborn optimist knows that the property bubble of the 2000s is now deflating. This is a cause for concern for just about everyone since...  Read more

10 Promising Franchises for 2011

Thinking of starting a franchise? Here's a look at ten different franchises that just may become the country's next big thing.  View slideshow

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Meet America's Fastest-Growing Company

Jere Thompson Jr. of Ambit Energy on how he rose to the top of the 2010 Inc. 500.  Read more

Online Employment Rising Dramatically

It rarely comes with benefits, but hey; it pays! Elance, the online clearinghouse that puts employers and freelancers together, Read more

The Thin Red Line

Sometimes, success--or failure--is just one decision away.  Read more

Sponsored Section: Food Businesses

That Serve Up Opportunity  Read more

How to Fast Forward Your Goals

Is your life going sideways? Former Yahoo executive Tim Sanders shares his personal advice on escaping the rut and how confidence can fast-track your career.  Read more

Boomtowns '07

Riverside, Provo, McAllen, Sarasota… You may be surprised by the places that top our list of the hottest cities for entrepreneurs.  Read more

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

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

New Energy Boomtowns

Economists and businesses around the nation are rightly worried about the impact of high energy prices. But there may be an upside for places who are pos...  Read more

Searching for the Great American Craftsman

Photographer Tadd Myers spent a year training his lens on entrepreneurs who do things the way they've always been done.  View slideshow

10 Things You Should Never Micromanage

Hey, go-getter. Yes, you could do it all, but there are times it's best to step back and stop stifling your team's productivity and creativity.  Read more

Price Fixing Rules Revisited

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal brought by a California handbag manufacturer that could lead to a review of the 95-year-old rules that defi...  Read more

How to Make Six Figures

What do 6-figure solopreneurs have in common? Is there a formula, a secret code for success?  Probably not, but I'll bet that they do have a number o...  Read more

Finding the Next Big Thing at SXSW

SXSW Interactive served as the launching point for Twitter and Foursquare. Here are three intriguing start-ups vying to make their mark in Austin this year.  Read more

A Wide Variety From Network Suppliers

Any local-area network system must assure the accurate transmission of data between the devices it interconnects. To do so, it must communicate betweern t...  Read more

Why Is Business Writing So Awful?

Nearly every company relies on the written word to woo customers. So why is most business writing so numbingly banal?  Read more

Professional Associations: Gold Mines or Coal Mines?

Soon after former history professor George Bates opened Bates and Associates, a one-man consulting practice in Germantown, MD, he realized that he would h...  Read more

The Inc. 500

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A Buyer's Guide To Personal Business Computers

The following 14 personal business computers can handle a variety of useful business applications. Yet they involve no more setup than a component stereo...  Read more

The Worst Product Designs Ever

A thread on Quora gives you a chance to nominate your least favorite products of all time. Plus, Facebook's launch of Deals and the rest of today's news.  Read more

Don't You Wish You'd Thought of That?: America's Weirdest Businesses

What constitutes one of America's weirdest businesses? They sell wads of paper, naps, and alibis. And did we mention the drive-through strip joint?  Read more

The 2010 Inc. 5000: Top 10 States

Here's a look at the states with the most high growth, privately-held companies in America.  View slideshow

9 Avoidable Workplace Health and Safety Hazards

Workplace health and safety hazards can be costly (to lives and the bottom line), but the good news is that they are largely preventable if you take the righ...  Read more

Class Of '82: Who's Who Among The Acquired

1982 Rank Company Location Acquirer 413. Basic Concept Paterson, NJ Lightolier, subs. Bairnco <...  Read more

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the November issue.  Read more

Taking the Direct Route to Sales Growth

A group of companies on this year's Inc. 5000 have expanded rapidly by adopting the approach made famous by companies such as Mary Kay and Tupperware.  Read more

Do-it-Yourself Web Design for Small Business

Small businesses can save money on Web design by doing it themselves with a variety of new online applications such as Wix, Sprout, and Weebly.  Read more

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