Feds Will Stamp Out Business, Vendors Say
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Woe Be Gonefrom Word Processing
Word processing equipment can revolutionize an office. However, when not handled with care, the changeover from manual to automated methods can have nega... Read story
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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 story
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The Inc. 500
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#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 story
Screening New Hires
Employee-screening companies offer one of the cheapest and fastest ways to help you hire successfully. Read story
Priced to Sell
With all of the valuation methods out there, you'd think calculating a selling price for you business would be easy. Just sit down with your financial sta... Read story
Reading, Writing, And Revenues
The current crop of student entrepreneurs are determined not to let school get in the way of their education. Read story
Disaster Planning in Six Quick Steps
In addition to the big events – such as Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 – there are fires, floods, earthquakes and blackouts that can impact your business. Th... Read story
Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year
A list of 1992's Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year. Read story
Introducing The 1986 Inc. 100
Like a bunch of adolescents, the companies on the INC. 100 are an unsettled lot. They have grown so fast that their knees ache. They have consumed capit... Read story
More to It Than Numbers
Business owners seek business valuations for many different reasons -- partner buyouts, divorces, estate planning, death of a partner, and, as Randall Lan... Read story
Upcoming Events
The National Federation of Independent Business state legislative conferences: March 10, Denver, Colo. Call Jim Henderson at the NFIB in Denver, (30... Read story
Jig May Be Up on Fantastic Stock Multiples from Roll-up Acquisitions
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Resources
A comprehensive resource guide to topics and issues featured in the February edition of Inc. magazine. Read story
The Big Stimulus: What's in it for Small Business?
What the $819 billion dollar plan could do for your business. Read story
The Big Stimulus: What's in it for Small Business?
What the $819 billion dollar plan could do for your business. Read story
Weighing Connectivity Options
Cost isn't the only consideration when choosing how to connect to the Internet. Here's some advice on what business owners should think about besides price. Read story
The Great Leaders Series: Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon.com
Jeff Bezos is an e-commerce pioneer who started Amazon.com to sell books, and expanded into just about everything else. Read story
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HOW THE CITIES WERE RANKED Like our annual states report, this ranking of metropolitan areas is based on three factors: job generation, rate of significan... Read story
Back To Basics
The high-tech boom went bust, and investors started looking for managers with proven track records, and flocking to companies like Roto-Rooter and OshKosh Bh... Read story
Corporate Culture
Here's why both your customers and employees will remain loyal if your company's culture is right. Read story
Hot Spots
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Stanley Mason Is Growing Oil On Trees
Entrepreneurs like Mason are solving our "insolvable" problems. Read story
Stanley Mason Is Growing Oil On Trees
Entrepreneurs like Mason are solving our "insolvable" problems. Read story
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WE'RE AWAITING CONFIRMATION FROM THE observatory at Mount Palomar that all the planets and moons did indeed orbit around Wall Street last year. Certainly... Read story
Virtual Selling
Several different companies are examined to see how they acquired sales automation technology and informatiion. Read story
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 story
Valuation Method Examples
Note: The following examples and supporting information has been excerpted from the 13th edition of Tom West's book the 2003 Business Referen... Read story
Group Think
A look at how groupware allows small-company employees to work simultaneously, saving both time and money. Read story
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