Great Plains States


How the West Was Wired

By David B. Sicilia |  Jun 15, 1997

A look at how Great Plains farmers used barbed-wire fences to transmit telephone calls.  Read story

Taking Names

By JAY FINEGAN |  Sep 1, 1992

Profile of a successful software company that capitalizes on its customer client list and its employees.  Read story

Cities and Oil Prices: The Winners and The Losers

By Joel Kotkin and Michael Shires |  Aug 6, 2008

For most places, it’s hard to tell what the long-term effect of the high cost of energy might be. But there are some fairly safe bets.  Read story

Tools of Employment

By Niles Howard |  May 12, 2003

Every business owner can sympathize with the legendary adman Leo Burnett, who often lamented that "my assets go down the elevator every night." Fact is, n...  Read story

Coming to a Business Like Yours: Webware

By Al Canton |  Sep 19, 2006

Web services are fast growing in popularity because of their ease of use, low level of risk, and, often, better price.  Read story

Winning Numbers

By Ellen DePasquale |  Sep 15, 1996

A business financial expert details how to pick a good low-end accounting program.  Read story

Service, Not Servers

By Darren Dahl |  May 1, 2006

When your computer servers go down, so does your business. So why not toss your servers and keep your applications on the Web instead?  Read story

Is Manufacturing Weighing Down the U.S. Economy?

By Joel Kotkin and Michael Shires |  Jul 10, 2008

The answer may surprise you.  Read story

Top 25 Cities for Doing Business in America

By Joel Kotkin |  Mar 1, 2004

If you're looking for cities large, medium, and small where job growth is robust and economies are strong, head to the ones on this year's Top Cities list. F...  Read story

Can We Talk?

By Niles Howard |  Jun 1, 2004

A growing company is supposed to be one happy family, but your computers don't always get the message. Incompatible apps. Proprietary data formats. Feudin...  Read story

Hassle-Free Expensing

By Niles Howard |  Feb 1, 2004

Automated expense systems eliminate paper receipts and let employees create and submit reports anytime, anyplace.  Read story

Which Cities Will the High Cost of Energy Hurt (and Help) the Most?

By Joel Kotkin and Michael Shires |  Aug 6, 2008

A high cost energy future will profoundly impact the cost of doing business and create new opportunities, but not necessarily in the way most people expect.  Read story

Best Love of Product: True Believers

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Jul 1, 1993

How some companies cultivate their employees' pride in and passion for their employer and/or product.  Read story

Software Selection: Budget Accounting Software

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Aug 1, 1995

A look at five inexpensive small-business accounting software packages.  Read story

The Road to One-to-One Marketing

By Susan Greco |  Oct 1, 1995

A close-up look at how a concierge service is successfully using one-to-one marketing, and what this appraoch involves.  Read story

Location, Location, Location

By John Grossmann |  Aug 1, 2004

The unlikely story of Cobalt Boats, whose secret ingredient to quality is...farmers?  Read story

View from the Top

By Jennifer deJong |  Mar 15, 1995

Four different types of business are represented in this piece that examines executive information systems.  Read story

Bill's Excellent Adventure

By Alan Deutschman |  Jun 1, 2004

Suddenly, Microsoft cares. If you run a small business, this may be just what you've been waiting for.  Read story

Does the SBA Still Matter?

By Robb Mandelbaum |  May 1, 2007

To get past the partisan debate in Washington, we went to a district office to find out what the SBA really does and whom it really helps.  Read story

Larry's Kids

By Rob Turner |  Feb 1, 2005

NetSuite, Oracle, and SalesForce.com- all spawned by Larry Ellison- are entering a high-stakes battle to sell you software that gives you unprecedented contr...  Read story

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