One Company's Budget: Trading Trade Shows for Dealer Marketing
Handheld x-ray company Aribex trims its trade show budget and learns the value of outsourcing. Read story
Dayton
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Every newspaper reader knows the problem. Spend five minutes thumbing through and your hands and shirt are filthy. Saranda Corp., of Dayton, has develope... Read story
Divine Intervention
We know many companies that have tried to gain an edge by seeking out psychics, handwriting experts, and management gurus. But a few companies are turnin... Read story
A Tale of Two Jobs
The tough side of two-timing. Plus, a response from the SBA and the City of Neighbors. Read story
Bootstrapping: Great Companies Started with Less than a Thousand Dollars
CEOs from 11 different companies share tips and suggestions on how to fund a start-up with under $1,000. Read story
Sell Yourself
Good news for you business owners who refuse to hang up your sales hats: you've been vindicated. A national study of state-of-the-art sales practices has ... Read story
Customers Seek Deep Discounts
Retailers hurting from declining margins. Read story
A Golden Alternative
Using alternative airports is a form of creative ticketing that airlines don't really object to, but they will not offer alternative airport options when ... Read story
A Dip in the Pool
If your workforce understands your business goals, you're more likely to achieve them. And if you give employees an easy way to track how well the busines... Read story
A Dip in the Pool
If your workforce understands your business goals, you're more likely to achieve them. And if you give employees an easy way to track how well the busines... Read story
Common Threads
Joe Fulmer, CEO of Stitching Post, deliberately transformed his store into the kind of place where customers socialize with one another. Read story
The Business of a Fire Station
A look at companies that help outfit Fire Station No. 11 in Dallas Read story
Cash Flow
Long before Western Union and the Web, money was being sent over wires--literally. In the 1800s, department store clerks sent cash to back-room bookkeepers v... Read story
Do S Corporations Still Make Sense?
S corporations provide some important advantages, but new tax rates cause some problems. Read story
Bootstrapping Tactics: A Bootstrapper's Primer
Successful entrepreneurs of every stripe offer readers tips and hints on a wide range of topics. Read story
Networking Without Wires
Networked computers can be connected by infrared light. Read story
Don't Have A Seat, Please
At Mead Imaging Division of Mead Corp., in Dayton, it isn't unusual for meetings to take place in the company parking lot. Or in the hallways. Or in a ro... Read story
Is Manufacturing Weighing Down the U.S. Economy?
The answer may surprise you. Read story
Moving Force
The president of a linen delivery services develops a plan for rescuing food from restaurants for food banks. Read story
Videoconferencing for the Rest of Us
A close-up look at some new technology making the face-to-face phone call affordable. Read story
Second-hand Computers Can Be First-rate Buys
Phil Jacobs, systems manager for Dayton Typographic Service of Dayton, Ohio, is a firm believer in secondhand computers. "The only time I would buy new e... Read story
Child Care
Related Terms: Career and Family ; Read story
Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 - Sumi Krishnan, K4 Solutions
#2 Sumi Krishnan K4 Solutions Age: 26 Locat... Read story
Selling Out
National Content Liquidators makes its profits when other companies have lost theirs. Read story
Editor's Letter: Always Learning
Although Inc. is edited for its readers (entrepreneurs of all stripes and sizes), it's also true that the people who put it together (editors, wr... Read story
Forgoing the IPO in Favor of Selling
CEO/president: Mitchell Jones Company: W2Com (#162 on the 2000 Inc. 500), in Dayton, Ohio Bus... Read story
Business Ethics
Caveat emptor . This ancient Latin proverb, let the buyer beware , tells us that business ethics has been a societal concern going back a ... Read story
Customer Prospects
When recruiting sales managers for its retail outlet, one company sends out a direct mailing to existing customers. Read story
As Good As New
Remanufacturing, although an oftignored production strategy, has made some headway in a number of manufacturing arenas. A survey by Robert T. Lund, a res... Read story
Index
A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the January 1999 issue. Read story
Play Money
Some companies are earning high returns on their idle cash -- and living to regret it. Read story
Rude Awakenings May Await New Franchisees
Before Kelly Waddell, 31, and his wife, Sandra, 35, opened their Pop-A-Lock franchise in Dayton, Ohio, they went to bed at 11 p.m., and assumed everyone e... Read story
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Ask Inc.
Offshored patent violations; making on-demand work for you. Read story
CEO's Notebook
CEOs give advice on: selling stock on a European exchange, attracting new hires, protecting yourself from making bad investments, deducting Year 2000 bug rep... Read story
Gauging Your Strategy in the Global Economy
How should you think about your foreign endeavors in a time of economic upheaval? Economists tackle a question on global strategies for turbulent time... Read story
Code of Ethics
A code of ethics issued by a business is a particular kind of policy statement. A properly framed code is, in effect, a form of legislation within the com... Read story
Loans and Start-Ups
Financing the company car; launching a business when you're a teenager. Read story
Look to Low-Cost and Niche Airlines for Low Fares
One of the best ways to get the lowest fares is to know where low-cost and niche airlines fly. These carriers allow you to create your own system of airfa... Read story
Thriving On Adversity
Sometimes entrepreneurship does best when the local economy appears to have taken a turn for the worse Read story
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