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Beware of Credit Reports

The importance of checking personal credit reports before applying for a business loan.  Read more

Office Politic

Ordering information for a handbook which outlines modern approaches to a safe and efficient office.  Read more

Prison Entrepreneurship Guide

These programs offer prisoners around the country an opportunity to start new lives through entrepreneurship.  Read more

Ongoing Sales Rewards

Customized rewards to motivate sales forces.  Read more

Testing The Accoutrements For The New Technology

It is a bit Orwellian, slightly Stanley Kubrick-ish, but Steelcase Co.'s Technical Center in Grand Rapids, Mich., is nothing if not practical. Although it...  Read more

To Gift or Not to Gift

Some ideas on business-to-business gift giving.  Read more

Taking The "family" Out Of Family Business

As a new generation takes the reins of America's family businesses, they're bringing new values, new techniques, and new goals to the organizations they neve...  Read more

Sky Lamp

Information on Bio-Lite, a full-spectrum light source; free white paper on lighting from furniture maker Steelcase.  Read more

Simplest May Be Best

In profitable years, a company puts one dollar into each employee's year-end bonus for each hour the employee works.  Read more

What Business Are You Really In? Rospatch Corp.

Reconceptualizing, strategic planning, challenging assumptions -- call it what you will, it describes the process of adapting to change, a process in which a...  Read more

Get an Adjustable Life

Adjustable life-insurance policies make sense for cash-strapped owners of growing companies.  Read more

Workplace Issues: Sensitive Areas

Chart: Survey of 1,041 workers and 150 executives rating what they see as the most serious health hazards.  Read more

Can Your Bank Do This?

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

Hot Seats;

THIS CAN'T BE THE PLACE. THAT was my first thought. We'd already driven 30-odd miles west from Grand Rapids -- down bumpy back roads, past cornfiel...  Read more

Let the Good Works Roll

How an entrepreneur can master the extreme sport of philanthropy while running a growing company.  Read more

Letters

Inc. readers offer questions and comments about issues and topics discussed in past editions of the magazine.  Read more

There's No Substitute for Great Customer Service

Small businesses should keep good, old-fashioned customer service in mind when implementing new technology.  Read more

Put a Chip in It!

Thanks to new technology, nearly anything can be "smart." Are you smart enough to keep up?  Read more

"Did He Really Say That?!?!"

Companies may actually benefit from observing the ways employees gossip at work, according to a new survey.  Read more

A Golden Alternative

Using alternative airports is a form of creative ticketing that airlines don't really object to, but they will not offer alternative airport options when ...  Read more

The Inc. Network

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

The Next Great Retail Idea: PR?

A North Carolina entrepreneur sets his sights on creating the H&R Block of public relations.  Read more

Customers as Consultants

The president of a distribution company meets with his customers to discuss strategic planning.  Read more

Compensation: Upping the Hourly Ante

A CEO details a program that awards hourly employees with bonuses that range from $.05 to $1.35 an hour.  Read more

Inc. 500 IT Staffing Firm Acquired

Jan. 16, 2007 -- Technology Professionals Corp., an IT staffing firm based in Grand Rapids, Mich., has been acquired by Arrow Strategies,...  Read more

30 Entrepreneurs Who Are Saving the World

A look at 30 entrepreneurs who built successful businesses that were also driven by a social mission. Because, let's face it: There's more to life than simpl...  Read more

Tech Talk: Protecting Laptops from Data Theft

A five-branch bank in Michigan finds that software that encrypts data and locks down laptops helps secure customer information.  Read more

Local-Tax Nightmares

Chart showing 10 cities in which small businesses had to pay the most taxes nationwide in 1990.  Read more

The January Effect

It's not too late--or too early--to do a little tax planning. Yes, even in January, there are a few smart moves left for the previous year's taxe...  Read more

Keeping Sales Growth Profitable

Analyzing comprehensive costs before accepting new business.  Read more

Class Of '82: Who's Who Among The Acquired

1982 Rank Company Location Acquirer 413. Basic Concept Paterson, NJ Lightolier, subs. Bairnco <...  Read more

Setting The Record Straight

I am writing in regard to "Why There Aren't More Women in This Magazine" (July). I am the local Chamber of Commerce representative who is referred to in ...  Read more

It's In The Cards

Knowing how an impressive job title will affect a prospective sale.  Read more

Contributors

"I now know for a fact, as I suspected all along, that I have the power to make objects move simply by willing them to do so." No, contributing editor Read more

Turning Sales Inside Out

Technology, the high costs of field selling, and customer attitudes are changing the way wholesalers sell.  Read more

Network: September 1991

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Best Cities: The Lists

Here's Inc. magazine's 2000 list of the best metro areas, big and small, in which to start and grow your business.  Read more

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

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

Using Technology To Serve Customers

Inside salespeople, who traditionally have been responsible for taking orders, can now focus more and more on generating sales, because of a variety of ne...  Read more

Michigan Considers Extending Sales Tax to Service Industries

Move to address state budget deficit and generate additional revenue could hurt small businesses, opponents say.  Read more

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