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Gifts for the 'Ultimate Salesperson'

Suggestions from CEOs and sales managers on rewards and gifts for salespeople.  Read more

Investors Meet Small Companies At Seminar

Sometime this month, a half-dozen or more entrepreneurs around the country expect to receive investment checks ranging from $300,000 to $1.5 million. The...  Read more

Is Your Data Safe?

Tips and suggestions for choosing the best security for your company's computer system.  Read more

Boomtowns '06: Hottest Large Cities

Employment Base of 450,000 or more.  Read more

The Talk Of The Inc. 500

Thoughts on the 1992 Inc. 500 conference.  Read more

Faces of the Inc. 500

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Briefing: March 2003

News and trends, including the Bush dividend, green-eyed Teamsters, fat and happy IPOers, and the throwback jersey rage.  Read more

To Big Five or Not to Big Five

Not many companies from this year's Inc. 500 list chose to be represented by expensive Big Five accounting firms. Here's a breakdown of the various accountin...  Read more

Made in the USA

Small U.S. manufacturers, once dismissed as the dusty underbelly of the economy, are quietly becoming one of the hottest sectors around. And you'll never gue...  Read more

Elon Musk Blasts Off

A big test for Elon Musk and SpaceX . Sometime today, SpaceX, the privately held rocket company started by Elon Musk, will Read more

Network: June 1993

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Inc's Business for Sale Roundup: Nothing's Moving

Times are tough for business owners looking to sell, and it's not clear when things will rebound. One thing is clear: the sellers and buyers who thrive will ...  Read more

The New Small Business Bankers

Something strange happened to Robert Tracht and Bruce Gilman on their way to building a multi-million-dollar import-export business. In the summer of 1982...  Read more

Reengineering the Small Factory

In the world of new manufacturing technologies, you have to know what you're getting into before you upgrade.  Read more

Getting Even

After a contract fell through with 7-Eleven, a Maryland businessman started his own chain of convenience stores.  Read more

Dream Big

"Make no little plans," said the great 19th-century architect Daniel Burnham. That spirit is alive and well in today's company builders. The trick, of cou...  Read more

How to Finance Anything

A look at the best places to find financing, including private-equity investors, banks, venture capitalists, and non-banks. Also, some common pitfalls to avo...  Read more

Pipe Dreams

One CEO reinvented his company in the face of a crashing market.  Read more

Missing Link

Getting programs to work together.  Read more

Where Do Great Ideas Come From?

To hear these Inc 500 all-stars tell it, it's not from books or market research; it's from keeping your eyes and ears open.  Read more

Riding the Economic Roller Coaster

Turbulent world economic markets can affect your growing business -- even if you don't sell overseas. Here's how to shelter your company from adverse economi...  Read more

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

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

Making Room At The Top

Lynn Bignell and Janet Tweed wanted to grow their personal-service firm beyond the time and talent they'd brought to the business. They found they had to giv...  Read more

The Innovation 50

A listing of the most inventive small companies in entrepreneurial America.  Read more

When Uncle Sam Sneezes

A business that depends on the whims of Washington better hope the government doesn't change its mind too often  Read more

Partners on the Edge

Brett Cosor and Jeff Studley, co-owners of CPR MultiMedia Solutions, came to dislike each other so much they brought in a marriage counselor to help them thr...  Read more

Bootstrapping: Great Companies Started with Less than a Thousand Dollars

CEOs from 11 different companies share tips and suggestions on how to fund a start-up with under $1,000.  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

Top 20 Large Cities

Employment base of 450,000 or more.  Read more

Hot Spots

Summary of metropolitan economies for 1989; the most growth was seen in the 'edge cities', where cattle once grazed.  Read more