Des Moines


Charity Begins at Home

Various ways in which small businesses give back to their communities and why.  Read story

Bush Signs Tax-Cut Bill

Oct. 4, 2004 -- President Bush signed his fourth tax-cut bill in as many years during a signing ceremony at a Des Moines, Iowa, YMCA today...  Read story

First Aid for Damp Data

Advice and resources for treating water-soaked paper valuables.  Read story

Purse Strings

Woman starts the first venture capital fund designed to help women-run companies.  Read story

Regus Group Opens More Business Centers

The Regus Group will open new 20,000-square-foot business center in Des Moines, Iowa, and 15,500-square-foot center in Marlborough, Mass., the company ann...  Read story

The Talk Of The Inc. 500

Thoughts on the 1992 Inc. 500 conference.  Read story

Delivering the Goods

Here's a look at how shipping automation will let you move freight fast, underbudget, and with precision.  Read story

Business Rates Drop With More Competition

With all the attention paid to soaring rates for health and product liability insurance, among others, little notice has been given to a much more welcome...  Read story

Recession Fears to Curb Spending

A growing concern for job security has many workers planning to tighten their belts this holiday season, a survey finds.  Read story

Hotel Booking for Business Travelers

With hotels hotter than ever, getting the room you want can be tricky. Here are some tips for business travel accommodations.  Read story

Employers Fall Short on Retirement Packages

A majority of workers want automatic 401(k) enrollment, according to a new survey.  Read story

Nation's Top 10 Small Employers Announced

The annual Principal Financial rankings highlight the best small businesses for employee financial security.  Read story

First-Class Export Help

SBA program pairs business schools with small companies so students learn while counseling the companies.  Read story

Anna Bradley Picks a Fight

She was broke, alone, and physically devastated--and then she picked up on a little-remarked federal requirement called Section 508. With that, Anna Bradley ...  Read story

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Home Is Where The Headquarters Is

'We all like Milwaukee, even though it's hardly a swinging place. At least you know people will be able to get out of bed and come to work in the morning.'  Read story

Passing the Torch

How you transfer your company to your children depends on your financial situation, your vision of the company's future, and the confidence you have in th...  Read story

Managing Organizational Change

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Boomtowns '06: Hottest Midsize Cities

Employment Base of 150,000-450,000.  Read story

How I Did It: Serial Entrepreneur Richard Heckmann

Buy fearlessly, sell ruthlessly, repeat regularly. How Richard Heckmann takes struggling companies and sells them for billions  Read story

Venture Directories on Diskette

Various venture capital resource guides available on diskette.  Read story

The Best Places in America to Own a Business

Inc. report on the best locations to own a business.  Read story

A Media Snapshot

A clothing retailer signed on with a CD-ROM shopper and a rate comparison between CD-ROM catalogs and other mediums.  Read story

Do You Have What It Takes To Be an Inc. 500 CEO?

A look at some personality traits common to Inc. 500 CEOs: flexibility, independent thinking, single-mindedness, and stubbornness.  Read story

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

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

Upcoming Events

The National Association of Women Business Owners (co-sponsored by Triton College) three-day business symposium, May 14-16, Chicago, III. Call Joyce...  Read story

The Art Of Management

Ten years ago, the two founders of a New York City-based executive search firm spent their first retainer on three prints from a gallery in Greenwich Vill...  Read story

Employees as Contractors

Using employees instead of contractors to revamp the office.  Read story

Hot Tips

Get a national trademark on your business ideas; cut back on your workload.  Read story

Pop Quiz: Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Inc. 500 CEO?

Let's face it: all those neglected niches out there need someone with your qualities--an intolerance of mediocrity and an overload of intuition and energy...  Read story

IncQuery: How Do I Get to the Next Level?

Looking for ways to build a brand, and other challenges of building a company.  Read story

Bulletin Board

A collection of short articles about technology. Topics include selling houses with voice mail; installing face-recognition software; and making sure your ca...  Read story

Hot Tip: Lighten That Workload

Overachieving entrepreneur Shawne Kleckner found himself doing too much. He was running three companies at once, including fast-growing Right Stuf Interna...  Read story

Updates

Sell It Yourself October 2002 When we examined the business plan of ReadyMade, a start-up magazine publisher in Berkel...  Read story

Web Site Design

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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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Getting Carded

Clean Duds employees hand out recruiting cards to people who provide them with great service.  Read story

Letters

Readers react to articles from the November issue of Inc., including Russ Baker's "Surfer's Paradise," Dr. Steven Berglas' "Your Work Is Never Done," and Nor...  Read story