Florida


Business 101: Family-Business Planning

Last April 73-year-old Herman Shooster flew from Florida to Texas for surgery on a stomach aneurysm, a procedure that would keep him from running his comp...  Read story

Could Your Kids Run Your Company?

If you dream of a family dynasty, it's time to start planning. Last April 73-year-old Herman Shooster flew from Florida to Texas f...  Read story

Hot Tip: Purchasing Discounts

Art Allen, founder of Allen Systems group, an enterprise software company in Naples, Fla., looks to his major suppliers, such as Xerox, to help his compan...  Read story

Getting Money from a Moving Target

Q: I have a civil judgment in the state of California through the Labor Board against a former employer. The employer has since moved to ...  Read story

The Florida Phenomena

The standouts on this year's list are the cities that know how to attract entrepreneurs.  Read story

Where Are the Best Cities to Do Business?

Our comprehensive annual guide to which places are thriving -- even in an economy many consider in recession.  Read story

Florida or Bust

Suddenly it matters a lot, for death taxes, where you die. An Illinois manufacturing company founder in his late 80s went to a lawyer last year f...  Read story

Insurance: The Protections And Pitfalls Of Homeowners' Liability

You can never tell how much hard luck you may have. An apartment dweller in Florida, for example, was entertaining a friend from the North, who one ...  Read story

The Real-life Factor

I read "Something of Value" with both interest san general agreement. Valuation of businesses is a growing area, due to employee stock ownership plans, di...  Read story

Glenda Johnson

Age: 27 Hometown: Miami Undergraduate Degree: Florida A & M University Business School: The Wharton School of Business, University o...  Read story

Hotline

Companies that sell by phone are unhappy about Florida's "asterisk" law, the nation's first. Under the law, residents can pay to have a telephone director...  Read story

Fla. Fishing Pier

Financial summary and brief description of a Florida fishing pier.  Read story

Move Over, Madonna

Start-up company introduces classical-music home videos.  Read story

Where the Growth Is

The best cities for growing a business and how to follow the signs to thriving markets.  Read story

Business for Sale: Florida Billiards Room

Financial summary and brief description of Florida billiards room.  Read story

Can Your Bank Do This?

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

Florida Metro Areas Lead National Job Growth

Nov. 19, 2004 --The Fort Myers-Cape Coral metropolitan area in Florida led the nation in job growth in 2003, according to a new study by t...  Read story

Minimum Wage Set to Increase in Several States

Dec. 24, 2004 --Several states are raising the minimum wage in the New Year, raising the ire of some small-business advocates who argue t...  Read story

Businesses Prepare for Spring Training

Questions surround the economic impact of baseball’s annual pilgrimage to Florida and Arizona.  Read story

Debate Rages Over Guns at Work

A new bill that would forbid employers from banning guns is drawing fire.  Read story

Florida Proposes $75 Million for Startups

Gov. Jeb Bush wants the state to promote entrepreneurship and rely less on tourism.  Read story

Florida Citrus Growers Face Crackdown

The Agriculture Department is banning fresh citrus shipments from Florida to prevent bacteria outbreak.  Read story

California and Florida Lead the Way for Women-Owned Businesses

The nation is now home to 7.7 million firms that are majority-owned by women, according to new research.  Read story

California Leads Nation in Women-Owned Firms

Dec. 8, 2006 -- California is the top state for majority women-owned firms, according to a new study by the Center for Women's Business R...  Read story

Hurricane Preparedness Contest Launched

Office Depot recently launched a contest to identify Florida-based small businesses that are still unprepared for this year's hurricane season. As ...  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Marcy Zambelli

One CEO's hot list.  Read story

Boomtowns '07

Riverside, Provo, McAllen, Sarasota… You may be surprised by the places that top our list of the hottest cities for entrepreneurs.  Read story

Main Street VCs

A new breed of venture capital, coming soon to a town near you.  Read story

America's Fastest-Growing Private Company? It's in Insurance

When the big insurers exited the Florida market, a start-up saw an opportunity  Read story

Taxing the Service Sector

There are no good reasons -- only political reasons -- why states should collect sales taxes on hammers but not on the services of people who wield them.  Read story

Don Shula: My Biggest Mistake

In 1989 my partner, David Younts, and I opened our first Shula's Steak House, in Miami Lakes, Fla. It should have been the beginning of a big chain, but I...  Read story

The Allure of the West

The standouts on this year's list are the cities that know how to attract entrepreneurs.  Read story

Best Of Show

Indiana's solid jump -- from 42nd place last year to 18th this year -- is partly due to the state's low taxes. But other recent actions have also helped. Amo...  Read story

Among the Bigs, More of the Same

The standouts on this year's list are the cities that know how to attract entrepreneurs.  Read story

Bet on the Small Fry

With marketing razzmatazz and customer service, small-scale lenders have a big future. The great sweep of bank consolidation over the past two de...  Read story

Name That Domain

After the domain name rush? What's in a domain name? More than you realize. Getting your own catchy corner in cyberspace can mean ...  Read story

Oh, the places we go!

Where do fellow Inc. readers go to get away? Glad you asked.  Read story

Workplace Gun Bill Advances in Florida Legislature

A revised version of the bill that would allow employees to keep firearms in their cars passed its first significant hurdle.  Read story

The Good, The Bad, and the Buzzy

Entrepreneurship is a language unto itself and, over the years, some good -- and not so good -- buzzwords have become part of the lexicon. Check out our list...  Read story

Network: April 1992

Network new queries.  Read story