Dayton

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 more

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 more

A Tale of Two Jobs

The tough side of two-timing. Plus, a response from the SBA and the City of Neighbors.  Read more

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 more

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 more

Customers Seek Deep Discounts

Retailers hurting from declining margins.  Read more

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 more

Common Threads

Joe Fulmer, CEO of Stitching Post, deliberately transformed his store into the kind of place where customers socialize with one another.  Read more

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 more

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 more

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 more

Do S Corporations Still Make Sense?

S corporations provide some important advantages, but new tax rates cause some problems.  Read more

Bootstrapping Tactics: A Bootstrapper's Primer

Successful entrepreneurs of every stripe offer readers tips and hints on a wide range of topics.  Read more

Networking Without Wires

Networked computers can be connected by infrared light.  Read more

Is Manufacturing Weighing Down the U.S. Economy?

The answer may surprise you.  Read more

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 more

Videoconferencing for the Rest of Us

A close-up look at some new technology making the face-to-face phone call affordable.  Read more

Moving Force

The president of a linen delivery services develops a plan for rescuing food from restaurants for food banks.  Read more

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 more

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 more

Child Care

Related Terms: Career and Family ; Read more

Selling Out

National Content Liquidators makes its profits when other companies have lost theirs.  Read more

Forgoing the IPO in Favor of Selling

CEO/president: Mitchell Jones Company: W2Com (#162 on the 2000 Inc. 500), in Dayton, Ohio Bus...  Read more

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 more

Customer Prospects

When recruiting sales managers for its retail outlet, one company sends out a direct mailing to existing customers.  Read more

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the January 1999 issue.  Read more

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 more

Play Money

Some companies are earning high returns on their idle cash -- and living to regret it.  Read more

Ask Inc.

Offshored patent violations; making on-demand work for you.  Read more

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 more

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales growth 1979-83 Com...  Read more

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 more

Loans and Start-Ups

Financing the company car; launching a business when you're a teenager.  Read more

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 more

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 more