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Putting The Customer In The Driver's Seat

By Craig R. Waters |  Jun 1, 1984

Rob Mancuso's approach to running his dealership is so successful that he has begun to package parts of it for sale. Even competitors are lining up to buy.  Read story

What Happens To An Auto Wreck?

Mar 1, 1983

You are heading through an intersection when some drunk runs a red light and plows violently into the passenger side of your car, wrenching it into a big ...  Read story

Pay Now, Learn Later

By Ira Carnahan

You can protect yourself against college tuition hikes. But the scheme backfires if your kid goes to the state university By now you probably kno...  Read story

Don't Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella

By Elaine Appleton Grant |  Aug 1, 2007

Buying insurance after cashing out.  Read story

Oh The Right Track

Nov 1, 1983

Most people who mash in the front of their cars expect them to be in the garage for a month. James Mullen gets his fixed in 28 minutes. It's not that as f...  Read story

Industries In Transition

By Craig Waters |  Dec 1, 1983

Overcoming foreign competition and shrinking profit margins, successful growth companies tailor thier products to a specialized customer base.  Read story

Out On A Limb

By Stephen Solomon |  Aug 1, 1984

Thirty years in the logging business taught Bob Praegitzer all he needed to know to launch his technology company.  Read story

Garage Sales

By John Grossmann |  Apr 1, 1985

George Field is bringing marketing flair to the growing but drab ministorage industry.  Read story

The Great Texas Water War

By Curtis Hartman |  Mar 1, 1986

Rick Scoville started out to "kick Perrier in the derrier," but he forgot to cover his own.  Read story

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By Irving L. Blackman |  Oct 1, 1987

How to save some cash by changing the way you deal with T E expenses . . . planning the use of your second car . . . and thinking twice about capit...  Read story

Business Travel;

By Reported by Donna Fenn |  Oct 1, 1987

With travel-incentive programs proliferating among airlines, hotels, and carrental companies, it's difficult to keep up with all the special deals. If yo...  Read story

Are We Having Fun Yet?

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Oct 1, 1987

John Paul Mitchell Systems is a new-wave profit machine with few moving parts and a direct connection to Paradise  Read story

Management;

By Reported by Paul B. Brown |  Mar 1, 1988

Whenever you go outside to hire a top manager, you run the risk of bringing in someone who doesn't really understand or appreciate your business or your v...  Read story

Redesigning A Carmaker

Jun 1, 1988

Dychtwald on Porsche: "Forty-eight percent of the luxury cars in America are already purchased by people over 55, so certainly the money is there to buy a...  Read story

Auto Entrepreneur;

Jun 1, 1988

He had no product, no experience, and no money. But that didn't stop Harvey Lamm from building one of the most successful car companies in America  Read story

The Gospel According To Ken

Jun 1, 1988

However controversial among the country's gerontologists, Dychtwald's brand of marketing wisdom has caught fire among businesspeople. The world is changing, ...  Read story

California Preening

By Leslie Brokaw |  Jul 1, 1988

She was fed up with the California wind shipping her hair as she zipped around in her Porsche convertible. So Kanda Boykin created a slipcover-like shiel...  Read story

Once More, With Feeling

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Sep 1, 1988

One CEO speaks on the stagnation of remaining in one industry.  Read story

The Company Money Almost Killed

By Edward O. Welles |  Nov 1, 1988

Profile of one CEO and his management of a computer chip company on the brink of bankruptcy.  Read story

Plan B

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Nov 1, 1988

Marketing information on appealing to the right consumer at the right time.  Read story

No Radio

By Leslie Brokaw |  Jan 1, 1990

Inventor creates RadioGard, a fake front for car radios to make thieves think the radio has already been stolen.  Read story

After the Sale

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1990

Five ex-owners reveal the hidden emotional costs behind the decision to sell out.  Read story

The Real Cost of Customer Service

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Sep 1, 1990

Profile of an automotive services business where fanatical attention to customer service allows for huge margins.  Read story

The Lessons of Bankruptcy

By Tom Richman |  Dec 1, 1990

Interviews with four entrepreneurs, focusing on their bankruptcy experiences.  Read story

Second Thoughts on Growth

By Elizabeth Conlin |  Mar 1, 1991

Analysis of a new generation of business owners, and growing a company in light of the last decade.  Read story

Vintage New England Diner

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Jun 1, 1992

Financial summary brief description of a vintage New England diner.  Read story

One Step at a Time

By David Goodman |  Aug 1, 1995

The story of how a new president was called in to help bring a manufacturing firm from the brink of failure.  Read story

Is Your Data Safe?

By Sarah Schafer |  Jun 15, 1997

Tips and suggestions for choosing the best security for your company's computer system.  Read story

The Company That Grew Too Fast

By John Anderson |  Nov 1, 2005

The thing about growth is that you have to finance it. And that, as Brian Le Gette learned the hard way with one-time Inc. 500 company 180s, can be tricky.  Read story

Controlling Interest

By Dr. Pierre Mornell |  Apr 1, 2000

It's easy for entrepreneurs to become control freaks. But as the company grows, it's impossible for CEOs to have their hand in everything. How one woman's st...  Read story

Mail

By Inc Staff |  Sep 1, 2006

A Good Can of Worms It's great to see that someone is taking the idea of using worms to recycle waste and running with it ["Read story

The Greatly Improbable, Highly Enjoyable, Increasingly Profitable Life of Michael Kobold

By Josh Dean |  May 1, 2007

Wanna Buy a Watch?  Read story

Mail

Sep 1, 2004

Readers debate whether Sun-Tzu is on-target or way-off for managers looking for office strategies  Read story

Drives: When Rebels Get Grounded

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Jul 1, 2007

The Porsche Cayenne, perfect for the rebel with a cause.  Read story

Don't Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella

By Elaine Appleton Grant |  Aug 1, 2007

Buying insurance after cashing out.  Read story

More Toys Make The New 911 A Joy Ride

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Jan 1, 2005

The new Porsche that you can drive like a video game.  Read story

Recipe for a $40-Million Score

By Arthur Lubow |  Oct 1, 2000

Read how a highbrow, charismatically challenged chef built a restaurant empire and cashed out big.  Read story

Feel the Failure

By Jerry Useem |  Apr 28, 1998

"I have not failed," Thomas Edison declared during his search for a workable filament for the electric lightbulb. "I have successfully discovered 1,200 ma...  Read story

Easy Money

By Joshua Hyatt |  Feb 1, 1988

When Philip Crosby was pulled out of the conference room, the news was disturbing: it seemed $250,000 was missing from the company's account. But by the time...  Read story

Drives: What a Lovely Day for 85 mph In Third Gear

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Jul 1, 2006

The new Porsche Cayman S could drive you to a life of speeding tickets.  Read story

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