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Parallel Universe
What's an expanding city to do when it runs out of room? Take it online. Read more
Create a Culture of Change
The years ahead promise even faster and more fundamental change forfamily firms. Industry consolidation, shrinking strategic life cycles,e-commerce, globa... Read more
Executive Education: Inc. Shops the Top Marketing Programs
A list of five sales-and-marketing "executive ed" programs, with information such as tuition, length and phone numbers. Read more
Financing: A New Twist
A CEO explains terms that she has with her suppliers that put a new twist on supplier financing. Read more
The Wages Of Fear
With concrete barriers going up at the White House, fear of political terrorism has spread throughout the land, prompting business executives to give more... Read more
E-Town, USA
Entrepreneurs all over the country are taking matters into their own hands and transforming their communities into wired cities. Here's how you can compete f... Read more
E-Town, USA
Entrepreneurs all over the country are taking matters into their own hands and transforming their communities into wired cities. Here's how you can compete f... Read more
Stuck? Pass the Play-Doh
If you need to unlock employee creativity, try taking them to a playful workspace. Read more
Marketing: Contests for Customers
A quick look at how a new PR firm used a contest to gain recognition for the agency and local entrepreneurs. Read more
Tell-All Books Win All Bankers
Most business owners insist that bankers don't understand the financial realities of growing acompany. Bankers retort that business owners are out of touc... Read more
Insurance Companies Move into Smaller Deals
Mid-sized companies securing loans from insurance companies. Read more
Calculating Startup Costs; Obama's Small-Biz PItch
How to calculate startup costs. The Wall Street Journal takes a page (literal... Read more
Recruiting the Newly Retired
Jo Anne Schiller hired recently-retired sales reps, who already know the territory and can work on commission alone. Read more
Banking: The Microloan Alternative
A small-business owner explains how she received a microloan and what it took to secure it. Read more
Communicating with Your Banker
Sharing information with your banker as a relationship strengthening strategy. Read more
Change Marketing Plans To Survive the Squeeze
Sales and marketing is more art than science, and it's a particularly difficult art in this tough economy. For most of the 1990s, many products and... Read more
Rescue at cc:
Bruce Holmes had left his company for dead. Then a band of fanatical customers rushed to the Internet to save its life. Read more
Loading The Bases
With the explosion of the database industry, information on practically anything is only a phone call away. Read more
The Rebranding Game
If at first you pick the wrong name, you can always try, try again. Read more
Buh-Bye, Bell?
Beema, Inc., a multimedia production house, found that it could save money by using Internet telephony rather than the traditional telecoms. But will it work... Read more
Buh-Bye, Bell?
Beema, Inc., a multimedia production house, found that it could save money by using Internet telephony rather than the traditional telecoms. But will it work... Read more
Special Report: Sales-What Works Now, Part II
Experts take on questions relating to recruiting salespeople, the value of independent reps, geographic sales territories, and sales compensation. Read more
Case Study: Could Organic Valley Thrive Without Wal-Mart?
Organic Valley couldn't sell enough milk to Wal-Mart. And that was the problem. Read more
Mail: June 2002
Readers react to articles from recent issues of Inc magazine. Plus, an update on Tom Danner, savior of software maker Haven Corp. Read more
A Little Enlightened Self-Interest
Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard and Winning Workplaces's Ken Lehman talk about values, ethics, and why companies that treat employees well have a business advantage. 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
Too Cool For School?
After years of loathing M.B.A. programs, here's why today's savvy entrepreneurs are now seeking these degrees. Read more
Political Animals
Whether they raise cash in battleground states or bring a manager's touch to a campaign, these company builders have breached the inner circle of U.S. politics. Read more
The Perfect Internet Business
Garden.com is one of the hottest Internet companies around, but what's so special about it is how basic it is. Here's what you can learn from the secrets of ... Read more
Inside an Internet Incubator
Incubators can be lifesavers for fledgling dot-coms, but Veritas Medicine may be regretting its decision to join one. Read more
Inside an Internet Incubator
Incubators can be lifesavers for fledgling dot-coms, but Veritas Medicine may be regretting its decision to join one. Read more
Out of the Blue
Several former IBM employees are featured in an attempt to see why past Big Blue employees often become entrepreneurs. Read more
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