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Children Having Children

There's a wave of company builders who are starting businesses when they're barely out of college, even high school. It's hard to quantify the phenomenon;...  Read more

Well-Timed Meetings

Jm Dieroff takes his travel alarm clock with him wherever he goes--even if it's just to a nearby meeting. Dieroff is president of Connais...  Read more

How Can I Reduce the Expense of Opening a New Office?

Bret Lamperes, president of Dandelion Moving & Storage, in Fort Collins, Colo., cut costs by teaming up with a company in a complementary business. Dandel...  Read more

Is My Partnership Fair?

Is my partnership fair? Plus: Protecting your bright ideas; and buying versus leasing new technology.  Read more

Is My Partnership Fair?

Is my partnership fair? Plus: Protecting your bright ideas; and buying versus leasing new technology.  Read more

Clocking In

Tick, tock. These stylish timepieces don't stop. And they will glam up just about any office.  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

Camping Companies Find Success Beyond the Woods

People may be camping less and less, but the apparel and equipment industries have seen a boom by expanding to a wider range of consumers.  Read more

Bulletin Board

Collection of short articles on such topics as technology for blind employees and limiting employee on-line time.  Read more

Two Pharmaceutical Companies Join Forces

Merging two struggling biotech firms from opposite sides of the globe solved a lot of financial problems—despite some logistical headaches.  Read more

Nice Guys Finish First

Profiles of the four runners-up for "Best-managed Franchises in America."  Read more

Report Names Top Regions for Entrepreneurship

April 27, 2005 --The top regions for entrepreneurship in the U.S are in the "non-California" regions of the western part of the country, w...  Read more

Report Names Top Regions for Entrepreneurship

April 27, 2005 --The top regions for entrepreneurship in the U.S are in the "non-California" regions of the western part of the country, w...  Read more

Background Checking Available on the Web

Employers know that background checking is an important part of the hiring process, yet few have the time to do extensive preemployment screenings. And, i...  Read more

The Devil You Know?

What happened when a company owner hired three friends just out of college.  Read more

Almanac

A statistical guide to the metro areas and states that are home to the most start-ups per capita, the top 20 types of new ventures, and the most popular home...  Read more

How to Find a Business to Buy

An overview of how to determine what business suits you, what you can afford, and how to perform due diligence.  Read more

Turn Me Into a CEO

Q After 13 years in PR, I left my job to start my own company. What are the skills I need to become a CEO in more than na...  Read more

The Take At The Top

Gain-sharing, revenue-sharing, equity participation, and more bonus systems than you can shake a stick at -- when it comes to rewarding key employees, the da...  Read more

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 more

Grown in Montana

Profile of a bootstrapped start-up nursery.  Read more

Green is the New Black

Tax breaks, lower electric bills, impressed customers -- companies are finding plenty of benefits in greening up their buildings. And it's not that hard.  Read more

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on retaining valuable employees, improving customer service, improving morale in a stressful workplace, and improving cold-call results.  Read more

Meetings Go Virtual

Success in the global market was giving Marla Landreth headaches. Her company, InfoGenesis in Sa...  Read more

Meetings Go Virtual

Web conferencing and other collaboration technologies -- tools that help people work with one another through their computers -- have become more available a...  Read more

Urban Outfitters

Inner-city businesses are finding that some of their best friends are in city hall. The mayors of many cities across America -- including Austin, Chicago, Cl...  Read more

Web Awards 2000: Innovation

The winners in the Innovation category of the 2000 Inc. Web Awards employ cutting-edge multimedia and clever Internet concepts to attract and keep c...  Read more

Putting Your Business on the Map

A look at new software that lets users map everything from demographic trends to choice store locations.  Read more

Introducing The 1986 Inc. 100

Like a bunch of adolescents, the companies on the INC. 100 are an unsettled lot. They have grown so fast that their knees ache. They have consumed capit...  Read more

#8 TEMPS & CO. WASHINGTON, D.C. Many INC. 500 companies are wife-and-husband teams, but so far as we can tell, this is the only sister-brother c...  Read more

Web Awards 2000: Innovation

The winners in the Innovation category of the 2000 Inc. Web Awards employ cutting-edge multimedia and clever Internet concepts to attract and keep c...  Read more

Hot Cities, Hot Sites

The cover story of the December 2000 issue of Inc. magazine, " Best Cities to Start and ...  Read more

Public Displays of Affection

Maybe the noble histories of suction cups, toilets, and kazoos don't sound intriguing to you, but for entrepreneurs who've built museums dedicated to the ind...  Read more

The Integrators

Bringing fundamental change to everyday life. And, for that matter, death.  Read more

Cities that Have Soared or Sunk as a Place to Start a Business

A look at the big and small cities that have shown the greatest rise or fall on Inc. 's list of the best cities in which to start a business, from 19...  Read more

Resources

A guide to finding more information on various topics featured in the Oct. 1996 issue of Inc. magazine.  Read more