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Bright Lights, Big Impact

Why digital billboards are growing in popularity.  Read more

Network: June 1991

Network new queries.  Read more

Do-It-Yourself Survey Software

Customer survey software allows companies to tabulate results measure customer response.  Read more

Comforts from Head to Toe

People enjoy being comfortable, and they notice when they're not. Here are two businesses that gain customer gratitude by providing creature comfo...  Read more

Best Love of Product: True Believers

How some companies cultivate their employees' pride in and passion for their employer and/or product.  Read more

New Faces Of 1985

FILMTEC (14) If it seems odd to find one of the world's leading companies in the desalination industry located in Edina, Minn. -- half a continent i...  Read more

Can Your Bank Do This?

A number of entrepreneurs define for Inc. what makes an exceptional small-business commercial bank.  Read more

Flapjack Chain Runs Out of Dough

Here's how a thriving restaurant chain went from boom to busted with the IRS knocking on the door.  Read more

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

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

The Inc. Second 100

The runners-up to the 1981 INC. 100 are more profitable, more productive, and more stable.  Read more

Marketing;

Many businesses are launched on a hunch about a market for a particular product or service, but just because your hunch pans out and sales take off, don't...  Read more

In Defense of the Entrepreneur

First-person account of an entrepreneur's shortcomings as a manager.  Read more

Making The Most From Your Computer

Keep track of your investments with a computer What do insiders know that the rest of us don't?  Read more

Data Disasters

Hurricanes. Floods. Tornados. Fires. Earthquakes. Explosions. Extended power outages. Disgruntled employees. Hackers. And, most recently, terrorist attack...  Read more

Data Disasters

Hurricanes. Floods. Tornados. Fires. Earthquakes. Explosions. Extended power outages. Disgruntled employees. Hackers. And, most recently, terrorist attack...  Read more

What I Learned at PG

Who says big companies have nothing to teach an entrepreneur? An inside look at Hound Dog Products founder Michael Miller's resume reveals the many lessons l...  Read more

Upstarts: Children's Hair Salons

Will tyke-friendly hair salons make big money tending to small fry with over-grown bangs?  Read more

The Diva of Retail

Why did Starbucks, Blockbuster, and Nike come calling on little-known consultant J'Amy Owens? Because this president of the Retail Group knows how to make th...  Read more

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 more

The Inc. 500

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 more