Delaware


Corporation: Definition, Types, Formation, Maintenance

A corporation is a business or organization formed by a group of people, and it has rights and liabilities separate from those of the individuals involved...  Read story

Articles of Incorporation

Related Terms: Incorporation For small businesses ...  Read story

Connecticut, Delaware Named Best States for Entrepreneurs

The Corporation for Enterprise Development's annual report card examines business performance and capacity for growth.  Read story

Delaware Tops Business Rankings

Many states continue to drive away entrepreneurs with legal red tape, the Chamber of Commerce says.  Read story

Ousting Management;

WHEN THE DELAWARE SUPREME Court talks, business executives listen. Because so many companies are incorporated in Delaware, court decisions in that s...  Read story

New Laws Take On Delaware Subsidiaries

A Delaware tax break is broken.  Read story

How to Incorporate a Small Business

Start by understanding that it usually makes the most sense to stay put and incorporate in the state where you do most of your business. If you form an ou...  Read story

Small Claims Court

Small claims court is a legal court of law designed to resolve disputes involving relatively small amounts of money in an expeditious manner. Unlike other...  Read story

Incorporation

Related Terms: Articles of Incorporat...  Read story

The Way I Work: Dogfish Head's Sam Calagione

The founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery shares a typical work day -- answering e-mails, having laid-back meetings, and of course, sharing a few beers  Read story

Coast To Coast

This year's survey tells the tale of two economies. The one that's flourishing has top universities, a strong technology base -- and an ocean view  Read story

When Justice Is Blind -- And Computer Literate

Following in the footsteps of Delaware's business courts, several states are creating so-called technology courts.  Read story

State of Incorporation

A few years ago, Makeba Boulware and her husband started, B-WISE, a small health and wellness brokerage as a side business to supplement their full-time j...  Read story

At a Glance

Charts providing information on the features of Inc. 500 companies.  Read story

More On Gore

The article on W. L. Gore and Associates ("The Un-manager," August) was very informative, but left out one key fact: A substantial percentage of the compa...  Read story

Hotline

Hotline informational paragraphs on above topics and subtopics.  Read story

Some Help In Taking The Long-range View

While giant corporations often rely on 10-year plans to chart their growth, small companies tend to fly more by the seat of their pants. To most of them ...  Read story

The Best and Worst Legal Environments to Do Business In

March 2004 --Some places are better than others when it comes to doing business, and one reason-according to corporate attorneys--is that ...  Read story

A Report On The States

INC.'s second annual study rates 50 small business climates.  Read story

The 2000 Inc. 500 Almanac

A statistical look at the Inc. 500 companies and the CEOs that run them.  Read story

Taxpayer, Spare Thyself

Estimate your 1983 tax liability by following these eight easy steps. Then slash your final bill by adopting the necessary strategies.  Read story

Entrepreneurs, VCs Heading to Philadelphia

Entrepreneurs from the mid-Atlantic region will have a chance to network with investors at a conference in Philadelphia in October, organizers said. <...  Read story

What The Rankings Mean

In years past, INC.'s annual Report on the States ranked the business climates of the 50 states through a formula that took into account roughly a dozen v...  Read story

Where the Growth Is: The 1989 Inc. 500

A breakdown of the 1989 Inc. 500 by region, industry, sector, and type of company.  Read story

Jim Koch on the Secret to Effective (and Cheap) Marketing

Educating consumers is crucial if you want to keep marketing expenses in check.  Read story

The Best Of Show

Capital: Activity at the money centers 1. California 2. Connecticut 3. New York 4. Texas 5. Massachusetts 6. Minnesota...  Read story

Getting Their Due

Government agencies are notorious procrastinators when it comes to paying their bills to private vendors, but a nationwide coalition of small businesses i...  Read story

Investment in Growing Businesses Surged in 2004

According to the CFED's Development Report Card for the States, more businesses opened, fewer closed, and the level of investment grew in 2004. The number...  Read story

All The Right Moves

Getting taxpayers to foot the bill for your new IT system.  Read story

Lucky Thirteen

In the brutal six-year war to stem the decline of U.S. manufacturing jobs, most states have suffered heavy casualties. From an all-time high in 1979, man...  Read story

Executors FAQ

An executor is the person you name in your will to handle your property after death. The executor must be prepared to carry out a long list of tasks, prud...  Read story

Report On The States

I was extremely disappointed with your ranking of Wisconsin as 49th of the 50 states in "overall climate" for small business ("Ranking the 50 Business Cli...  Read story

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the April issue.  Read story

Philadelphia Moves Closer to Smoking Ban

Business owners in Philadelphia have been muted in their opposition, now that many neighboring cities already have anti-smoking laws.  Read story

Immigrant Startups Continue to Grow

A national study shows immigrants are launching businesses at a faster pace than native-born entrepreneurs.  Read story

Staffing: Seasonal Employee Sharing

The problems many companies face hiring and training seasonal workers can be solved by sharing workers.  Read story

Online Job Ads Decline

Labor demand is expected to be sluggish over the summer, the Conference Board reports.  Read story

2000 Inc. 500 Index

The fastest-growing private companies in America in 2000, listed alphabetically.  Read story

null

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. INC. ...  Read story

Letters

Readers react to articles from the November 1998 issue of Inc., including Harriet Rubin's "The Soloist," William W. Horne's "The Sting," and George Gendron's...  Read story