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Keep In Touch

CEO comes up with idea for a fast and informative electronic newsletter as an alternative to daily meetings.  Read story

Instant Payback

Travel and entertainment reimbursement had always been a hassle for Sales Mark, a sales rep firm in Little Rock, Ark., with $45 million in revenues. "Our ...  Read story

Hard-Ware

A quick look at a new laptop sturdy enough to handle the rigors of the U.S. military.  Read story

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Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth '77-'81 ...  Read story

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

Mail

Green 50, You Have Company The innovative businesses, with their sustainable and environmentally responsible business practices, that Inc....  Read story

Technology: When IT Workers Attack

How to prevent tech sabotage  Read story

Mail: May 2002

Readers react to articles from recent issues of Inc magazine. Plus, an update on 1999 Inner City 100 winner Fitigues Inc.  Read story

Strategic Patenting

What to consider when you're filing a patent and strategic decisions you'll need to make.  Read story

Franchising Franchising

Introducing the first postmodern business model.  Read story

A Perfect Brainstorm

What cutting-edge science tells us about mastering the art of the brainstorm. Plus: Why do the best ideas always seem to happen in the shower?  Read story

TV or Not TV

How businesses are selling products through TV shopping channels such as QVC and Home Shopping Network.  Read story

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Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales growth (1980-84)Read story

Cost Control: They Outsource TE Tasks

A quick look at a sales-rep firm that found advantages in outsourcing travel-and-entertainment reimbursement tasks.  Read story

Ask Inc.

Deciding whether to hire a PR agency; making prototypes.  Read story

Well Said

Brief profiles of five Inc. design award winners.  Read story

The Preventive Corrective-Action Report

Several managers explain how they created a CAR form designed to support ISO 9000 guidelines.  Read story

The Innovation Factor: Inside the Idea Mill

What's better than one blockbuster innovation? A company designed to crank out innovations one after another.  Read story

Divided We Fall

Hearing Technologies Inc. adds a team approach to its organizational structure.  Read story

One Company's Budget: Getting Back Into Shape

An exercise equipment retailer overhauls the IT department budget, swapping old programs for hosted applications.  Read story

Bulletin Board

A collection of short articles about technology. Topics include short-life Web sites, carpal tunnel syndrome, computer games for employee training, and the t...  Read story

Stronger Links

A company installs an integrated service digital network to link their three sites.  Read story

Obit: Auto-Shop Roll-Up Wrecked in Rush

A founder's rush to capitalize on a Wall Street penchant for industry roll-ups may have brought CARA Collision and Glass to a screeching halt.  Read story

Do You Need a Coach?

More entrepreneurs are turning to business coaches for that extra edge. Here's how to find the right coach--and what you can expect once you do.  Read story

Case Study: Hooked On Expansion

Marc Shuman was determined to expand fast. Then a quarter of his franchisees started to struggle. Was shutting them down the best solution?  Read story

The Innovation 50

A listing of the most inventive small companies in entrepreneurial America.  Read story

Betting the Farm

Profile of Gateway 2000, the #1 Inc. 500 company.  Read story

Marketing: Selling the Superstores

A 15-week, nationwide campaign is followed to learn how to get shelf space at the country's hottest retail chains.  Read story

The Inc. 100

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

The 500

#13 APPLIED SYSTEMS INC. UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. You saw it in the stock market. You've seen it in the merger-and-acquisition activity. ...  Read story

Under Siege

One CEO's battle to save his small public company from a hostile takeover.  Read story

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The Private 500 represent 44 states. Geographically, the West wins again on the strength of California's 84 companies -- more than twice as many as any ot...  Read story

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