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IPOs Hit 30-Year Low

As fewer venture-backed firms go public, market watchers warn of a growing crisis for startups.  Read more

Biotech Blues

All those companies racing to find the cure for cancer and join the Fortune 500 . . . maybe they'll find the cure for cancer.  Read more

The Inc. 100;

The year 1984 marks a time of dramatic change in the INC. 100. Nineteen eighty-three was a record year for new issues, with 888 initial public offerings g...  Read more

Second Thoughts on Growth

Analysis of a new generation of business owners, and growing a company in light of the last decade.  Read more

The Inc. 100

This edition of the INC. 100 is our eighth such catalog of the country's fastest-growing small public companies. The first was published back in 1979 in ...  Read more

The 1982 Inc. 100

Despite an ailing economy, America's fastest-growing public companies are keeping a breathless pace.  Read more

Where The Fast Growth Is. . . By Industry

Here is a ranking of the 1983 INC. 100 companies by industry, according to sales. To the right of each industry heading is the average number of times com...  Read more

That Certain Something: The World's Most Influential Entrepreneurs

We put the question to six experts: Who are the five most interesting entrepreneurs of the past 30 years?  Read more

Health Care Stocks: "90% Confusion And 10% Opportunity"

Choosing the right health care stocks;  Read more

Inc. 100 Index

Company (rank) AGS Computers (82) AMCable TV Industries (84) ASK Computer Systems (57) Altos Computer Systems (28) Amber Res...  Read more

Who's Who By Industry: Petro Sets The Pace

The oil and gas industry led the growth pack among the 1984 INC. 100. Led by Endevco, which multiplied its sales 437.7 times in the past five years, the s...  Read more

When Equity Speaks Louder than Cash

News leaked today that Google is giving all its employees a generous 10 percent salary bump (See more on the story in the Read more

It is a traditional turn in an intermediate-term rally, such as the one begun last August, that as the rally wanes the more speculative issues come to the...  Read more

How Our Nation Can Compete Again

Technology entrepreneurs will lead the way.  Read more

Returns: Buy Now, Pay Later

Just because you want your company to have an IPO doesn't mean you should invest in someone else's. Unless you do it like this.  Read more

An End And A Beginning

Our new IPO Monitor will help new issue watchers keep track where it matters most: in the aftermarket.  Read more

Returns: The Industry You Can't Afford to Miss

Biotech is entrepreneurial, world changing, and unpredictable -- and every serious investor is wondering how to get into it.  Read more

Employees as Owners

Human Capital by Thomas O. Davenport Jossey-Bass, 251 pages, $32.95 Only a few years ago, too many companies br...  Read more

Where The Money Is

You don't have to be a high-tech hotshot to get venture capital  Read more

The Year Of The Fast-growth Bear

When the Big Board sniffles, it's the INC. 100 that gets pneumonia. This year's 16% drop can in part be blamed on the earnings ailments of larger companies.  Read more

Beyond The Paycheck: Compensating For Growth

All but three of America's 100 fastest-growing public companies offer long-term incentive compensation to executives. Stock options are the norm, with a few ...  Read more

Investing In Growth Companies;

Like the weather, the fortunes of fast-growth stocks can change overnight. Witness the rebound of this year's INC. 100 portfolio.  Read more

Writing and Organizing a Winning Speech

How do I organize my talk? There are two basic outlines that work well for the beginning speaker. The Alc...  Read more

Venture Capital in the 1990s

Interview with six prominent venture capitalists on the industry's future.  Read more

Shirt-sleeve Investing

The year was 1981, and company comptroller Tom Buck figured it was the end of the road for Colorado AMC/Jeep Renault Inc. All of Buck's efforts to find m...  Read more

Thinking Big

Tom Peters takes on the Harvard Business Review regarding the issue of company size  Read more

Qa: Albert Toney

If you were a high-technology investor in the past 12 months, the last thing you probably want to read about is high-tech stocks. Most of these issues plu...  Read more

Remembering Eugene Kleiner

Remembering Eugene Kleiner, the pioneering venture capitalist and co-founder of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers  Read more

An IPO for Everyone

According to the cofounder of investment firm Hambrecht Quist, an entirely new way for companies to go public may bring the markets to the masses.  Read more

A Misguided View Of American Industry

Has author Robert Reich ever met a real entrepreneur? This writer doesn't think so.  Read more

How Growth Stocks Perform In A Bear Market

While the high-flying, high-tech stocks have taken a dive recently, you can bet they won't stay down.  Read more

Risky Business

A venture capitalist discusses marketplace trends and the venture capital business.  Read more

Going Public

Profile of a company going public and the costs and benefits that apply.  Read more

The Inc. 100

Surveying America's fastest-growing small public companies.  Read more