Parallel Universe
What's an expanding city to do when it runs out of room? Take it online. Read story
Evanston (Illinois)
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 story
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 story
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 story
Financing: A New Twist
A CEO explains terms that she has with her suppliers that put a new twist on supplier financing. Read story
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 story
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 story
I'm stuck.
Can you pass the Play-Doh? Read story
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 story
Ask Inc.
Q As a convicted felon, will I find it difficult to take out loans and start a business? When I get out of jail, I'd li... Read story
Insurance Companies Move into Smaller Deals
Mid-sized companies securing loans from insurance companies. Read story
Recruiting the Newly Retired
Jo Anne Schiller hired recently-retired sales reps, who already know the territory and can work on commission alone. Read story
Communicating with Your Banker
Sharing information with your banker as a relationship strengthening strategy. Read story
Banking: The Microloan Alternative
A small-business owner explains how she received a microloan and what it took to secure it. Read story
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 story
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 story
Loading The Bases
With the explosion of the database industry, information on practically anything is only a phone call away. Read story
The Rebranding Game
If at first you pick the wrong name, you can always try, try again. Read story
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 story
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 story
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 story
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 story
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 story
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 story
Resources
A guide to finding more information on various topics featured in the Oct. 1996 issue of Inc. magazine. Read story
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 story
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 story
Inside an Internet Incubator
Incubators can be lifesavers for fledgling dot-coms, but Veritas Medicine may be regretting its decision to join one. Read story
Out of the Blue
Several former IBM employees are featured in an attempt to see why past Big Blue employees often become entrepreneurs. Read story
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