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How to Hire Wisely

Forget the gimmicky tests and interview books. Here are some tips you really can use to make a great hire.  Read more

New Tool Ensures That Online-Marketing Campaigns Actually Deliver

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read more

May I Have the Envelope, Please?

As part of the Small Business Administration's 50th anniversary, yesterday the agency honored 17 women-owned businesses for excellence in entrepreneurship...  Read more

The Silver Lining In Bank Mergers

The deregulation of U.S. financial markets and the recent wave of bank mergers across state lines have caused many small-business owners to fear the worst...  Read more

A Chief Digital Officer for New York

City picks entrepreneur to lead digital efforts. Meet Rachel Sterne. The 27-year-old entrepreneur was tapped by New York City Mayor Michael Bloombe...  Read more

Silver State Helicopters Files for Bankruptcy

A former Inc. 500 company that posted $40.7 million in revenue in 2005 falls victim to the credit crunch, officials say.  Read more

Warehouse Rents Likely to Rise in '06

Industrial space in the U.S. is in demand. The hottest markets have links to China trade and the housing boom.  Read more

9 Tips from Smart Company Builders

Gather a bunch of smart small business owners in a hotel ballroom and you are bound to emerge with a list of clever management ideas to try back at your o...  Read more

Sales Management: 'Where'd We Go Wrong?'

Four experts offer advice to a company that tried to double its sales with a new sales force and failed.  Read more

How Health-Insurance Costs Compare

Chart showing how a company's location affects its insurance rates.  Read more

Putting Customers on the Line

A former CIO gives some tips on how to ensure you are using your automated customer service correctly.  Read more

Bid You Fare Well

Instead of continuing to "just order" stationery from a local printer, Russell H. Walton, business manager for Illinois College, decided to take bids from...  Read more

Where Are the Best Cities to Do Business?

Our comprehensive annual guide to which places are thriving -- even in an economy many consider in recession.  Read more

Of Mice And Mettle

A stone's throw across the Charles River from our Boston offices lies Harvard University, home of the Harvard Business School, and a symbol of Establishme...  Read more

Renting Money

By relying on sale-leasebacks, an Arkansas restaurant chain obtains capital well below prime and channels it where it belongs -- into expansion, not real est...  Read more

Saving Money in the Magic Kingdom

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (and friends) are the big draws as families all over North America make room for Orlando in their summer vacation plans. The ki...  Read more

It's 9 A.m. Do You Know Where Your Cash Is?

Automated cash management systems can answer that question -- and help you make the most of your money.  Read more

McCain Reverses Himself On The Economy -- Again

What is a free marketeer to do when the economy is in crisis? This past winter, John McCain's instinct was to do nothing, save letting the chips fall wher...  Read more

Super Bowl Fumble?

How does $302 million sound? That’s what the City of Detroit expects Super Bowl XL will bring to town, through hotel and restaurant spending, increa...  Read more

Pricing it right. There's an element of chance in any successful initial public offering, but investment bankers do control certain key elements of the d...  Read more

Boomtowns '06: Hottest Large Cities

Employment Base of 450,000 or more.  Read more

The Political Odyssey Of Bill Nourse

How a mild-mannered hardware store proprietor joined a new breed of savvy, small business activists.  Read more

Catching Up with the 2006 30 Under 30 Alumni

For many of the rising stars on our inaugural 30 Under 30 list, the success has only continued. We asked our past honorees to send in updates about their com...  Read more

Wingmen (and -Women)

Inc.'s 2009 guide to the nation's leading angel-investor networks  Read more

Enduring Lessons From a Short War

Over the course of 21 days of war, seven companies faced a test: Would their best-laid plans work? And if not, could they quickly adapt?  Read more

The Accidental Automator

A small company's bank forces it to invest more in computerization, and in so doing saves the company.  Read more

A Quantified Success

Profile of a successful start-up in the bicycle industry.  Read more