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" Star Bright, Not Quite Right"

Jan 1, 1998

Do you have a sales representative who is driven, dauntless, and phenomenally productive--by all measures, a star? If so, are the competitive friction wit...  Read story

Fax Fix from Afar

By Robert A. Mamis |  Sep 1, 1992

Solving office machine breakdowns over the phone.  Read story

Liquid Asset Test

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jul 1, 1991

Being prepared to discuss your businesses' assets in detail with your banker.  Read story

Safeguarding the Troops

By Elyse Umlauf-Garneau |  Feb 1, 2000

Charlie Williams and about eight of his staff regularly wander through the Nicor Gas headquarters in Naperville, Ill., schmoozing with employees. The schm...  Read story

Partners Crack 401(k) Nest Egg for Start-up Money

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  May 1, 1997

The story of how partners found a way to use their combined 401(k) money to fund their start-up.  Read story

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May 1, 1983

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

Selling Themselves Down The River

May 1, 1984

When its dealers do a better job, Jayco Inc. send s them packing. Jayco, a $40-million maker of recreational vehicles in Middlebury, Ind., runs a travel i...  Read story

The Futurists

By Inc Staff |  Nov 1, 2006

From solar panels to clean coal, betting big on the future of energy.  Read story

The Truth About Medical Savings Accounts

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1999

Overwhelmed by the cost of providing health insurance for your employees? Small businesses can now help employees set up medical savings accounts to pay thei...  Read story

Lien and Mean

By Bruce G. Posner |  Aug 1, 1990

The new rules of commercial lending in a credit-tight market.  Read story

Shopping For Growth

By Tom Richman |  May 1, 1983

Any well-heeled corporate manager can buy size, but buying growth demands at least as much entrepreneurial imagination as capital.  Read story

Packing Them In

By JAY FINEGAN |  Feb 1, 1992

Analysis of an environmentally-friendly industrial packaging & gift-wrap start-up.  Read story

How to Finance Anything

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Mar 1, 1999

Here's how to find financing in today's unpredictable, often discouraging U.S. capital markets. Includes six case studies of companies that overcame failed a...  Read story

Case Study: When the Bank Called In a Loan, Larry Cohen Had to Act Fast to Save the Family Business

By Max Chafkin |  Jun 1, 2006

Was replacing his nephew with a more seasoned executive the answer?  Read story

The Inc. 100

By Donna Sammons |  May 1, 1983

Surveying America's fastest-growing small public companies.  Read story

Fire Me. I Dare You!

By Peter Carbonara |  Mar 1, 1997

Here are some strategies from business experts and entrepreneurs for managing the prima donnas at your company.  Read story

What's Going To Happen In '82?

Jan 1, 1982

INC. asked hundreds of business people what they think this year will be like.  Read story

Just Say No

By Susan Greco |  Apr 1, 1996

Seven CEOs give different examples of when they refused to make deals to avoid doing bad business.  Read story

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Dec 1, 1986

#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 story

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