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Innovative Technical Solutions

Today's Inc. 500 company is: Innovative Technical Solutions Location: Honolulu Total Growth: 376% 2003...  Read more

Pleasure Island

How to dress, where to go, what to say. The Hawaii you'd otherwise miss out on.  Read more

Workplace Cell Phone Policies

Employers can be liable for road accidents caused by worker cell phone use. A strict safety policy can help. While text messaging...  Read more

Far and Away

When employees have been very, very good, send them to one of these fabulous destination resorts.  Read more

Boomtowns '06: Hottest Midsize Cities

Employment Base of 150,000-450,000.  Read more

Contributors

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Turning Sales Into Science

It's a question almost as old as commerce itself: Is selling an art or a science? For years, technology companies have been trying to transform the ...  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

Acronym Acrimony

Along with naming your company, deciding which entity your business should become is one of the first decisions you'll ever make.  Read more

The Inc. 500 At A Glance

Abacus II Computers (245) ABC Supply (31) ABS (106) Academic Guidance Services (113) Accr-A-Data (292) Accutest Laboratories...  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

Mail

None of Your Business Jeff Bedard, CEO of Crown Laboratories, has good intentions, but I believe his mandatory health-improvement policies are a...  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

At A Glance

Abacus II Computers (70) ABC Supply (1) Academic Guidance Services (179) Accu Bite (470) Accutest Laboratories (352) Action ...  Read more

Getting In On the Action

Universities are on the prowl for deals with entrepreneurs. Here's the lowdown on five tech transfer schools.  Read more

Got the Whole World in His Hands

A senior U.S. Army officer reviews a new piece of hardware, Sharp Electronic's Zaurus ZR-5000FX.  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

A Travel Agent Who Is Off And Running

Give people a hobby, and someone will spend a fortune pursuing it. And someone else will turn it into a thriving business. Tom Gilligan, a running enthu...  Read more

How the 2007 Best Cities Were Selected

A look at the methodology behind this year's rankings.  Read more

Around the World in 80 Seconds

To solve the problem of his customers and staff being out of sync with the home office, Andy Prada Jr. of 1st 2nd Mortgage Co. developed a unified messaging ...  Read more

Around the World in 80 Seconds

To solve the problem of his customers and staff being out of sync with the home office, Andy Prada Jr. of 1st 2nd Mortgage Co. developed a unified messaging ...  Read more

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales growth 1979-83 Com...  Read more

The Joy of Debt

Everyone knows that at least some debt is desirable, but how much is too much?  Read more

What The Experts Say

'High-concept places like this tend to be more fad than long-term fashion. If you can't fall back on good food, you've got a problem.'  Read more

A Chorus of Angels

After years of flying solo, angel investors are forming into groups--and changing the rules for cash-hungry entrepreneurs.  Read more

Win the Battle of the Fare Wars

Plan far enough in advance, and you can almost always take advantage of a fare war. Often we see a new domestic fare war begin several weeks after the pre...  Read more

Why Good Entrepreneurs Make Bad Investors

Investing is complicated for everybody, but does anyone bring more baggage to the task than an entrepreneur? Here's how to overcome the personal finance chal...  Read more

Born Again with Microsoft

Company: UltraBac.com Year founded: 1983 Quiet period: 13 years Turning point:Read more

Getting The Bugs Out

In the extermination business, there is Al Burger and there is everybody else. What does he know that the others don't?  Read more

Latest Census Report Confirms Growth of Minority Businesses

Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders far outpaced the national startup average.  Read more

Best Cities: The Location Advantage

Is it time to make your move? These CEOs bet that their companies would thrive in a new location.  Read more

A Tax Package That Stings

The new tax act limits business cash-flow, speeds up payment schedules, and scales back maximum contributions to company pension plans.  Read more

Management By Necessity

Interview with one CEO and the steps behind his $80 million, no venture capital, computer software company.  Read more

Snapshots: Late Bloomers

These entrepreneurs are hitting their stride later in life.  Read more

Case Study: How Richard Ha's Workers Saved His Company

Has this farmer gone bananas?  Read more

Look to Low-Cost and Niche Airlines for Low Fares

One of the best ways to get the lowest fares is to know where low-cost and niche airlines fly. These carriers allow you to create your own system of airfa...  Read more

Another Launch

Richard Henry Dana Jr. couldn't have asked for a better setup: an innocent from Utah hanging around the Golden Gate Bridge and gazing out to sea, wondenng...  Read more