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Avoiding a Twitter Faux Pas; Ex-Jocks Face Trouble

Top 10 places to spend your golden years. As U.S. News and World Report puts it, entrepreneurs never really retire, they just move on to their next...  Read more

How're You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On the Firm?

Sean Durham and Eric Rabinowitz of IHS HelpDesk Service uncovered a hidden growth strategy when they realized that rampant employee turnover was affecting th...  Read more

Prospecting rivals

Getting job referrals by sending company newsletters to the competition.  Read more

Angel Investing Market Looking Up

April 21, 2004 --In 2003, investments made by angel investors totaled $18.1 billion, up from $15.7 billion in 2002, according to the Read more

Index

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

Angel Funding Grew in 2004

March 29, 2005 --Angel funding for start-ups grew 20% in 2004 and helped create 141,200 new jobs, according to the Center for Venture Rese...  Read more

Read Me!

Want your press release read by the media? Take some pointers from public relations expert Kimberly McCall.  Read more

Link Building – What not to do

We've come pretty far in our Search Engine Primer! Now let's cover the third and final step: link building. Just like the other steps, lin...  Read more

Main Street: Number One with a Bullet

One couple's prescription for rejuvenating an aging drive-in theater: sell guns. That's right, guns.  Read more

Capital;

Anyone who has ever tried to raise $50,000 to $300,000 of equity knows how frustrating the process can be. The money involved is generally more than your...  Read more

The Inc. Network

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Employer Health Care: Do I Have a Choice?

Yes, thanks to a health care model that encourages providers to compete.  Read more

Do I have a choice?

Yes, thanks to a health care model that encourages providers to compete.  Read more

The Fan Versus the Businessman

The techniques of two CEOs from the same region who sell soccer equipment by mail are compared and contrasted.  Read more

Why Bargain Prices Lure Cable Advertisers

Businesses find cable television a successful, low-cost way to reach key prospects.  Read more

Innovation: The Outer Limits

The hottest, most mind-boggling high-tech products are coming not only from corporate behemoths but also from start-ups you've never heard of.  Read more

The Success Gene

Why some family businesses thrive year after year after year.  Read more

Matchmaker

In Kevin Shea's case, computer dating worked beautifully. Shea is the founder of Binary Engineering Software Inc., a Waltham, Mass., start-up that m...  Read more

Resources

A guide to more information on subjects covered in the Inc. magazine special issue: The State of Small Business 1997.  Read more

Please Don't Go

A few years ago, Eric Rabinowitz, president of IHS Helpdesk Service ? a company that supplies on-site contract workers to staff technical support lines at...  Read more

Inc. 500|5000 Lists

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The Private-Capital Survival Guide

Even with both the economy and the stock market sputtering, private-capital deals are more appealing than ever. Why? Because well-heeled investors still need...  Read more

Reengineering the Small Factory

In the world of new manufacturing technologies, you have to know what you're getting into before you upgrade.  Read more

Where the Money Is

Venture capitalists are awash with cash. Are start-ups getting more of it? Plus: How three untrendy companies have managed to get VC investments.  Read more

LAN of Opportunity

Four business people tell how they selected their local area networks and offer advice in the selection process.  Read more

Almanac

A statistical guide to the metro areas and states that are home to the most start-ups per capita, the top 20 types of new ventures, and the most popular home...  Read more

Entrepreneur of the Year: Ping Fu

She came to this country by way of a Chinese prison, but that's the past, and the future holds a tantalizing promise of smarter, cheaper manufacturing and be...  Read more

Registry: Who's Who in Small-Business Research

Sixteen thumbnail sketchs of the country's leading small-business economists, complete with e-mail addresses.  Read more

Garbage In, Garbage Out

Bankers and entrepreneurs explain why business-plan software can never deliver what it promises.  Read more