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Prison Entrepreneurship Guide
These programs offer prisoners around the country an opportunity to start new lives through entrepreneurship. Read more
Jersey City
Recent Articles about Jersey City
Building a Retro Nightlife Empire
How did a crew of former art and film students with no management or bar experience become dedicated owners of four iconic East Coast hangouts? Read more
Rules Of The Road
Do you employ drivers who suddenly get a lead foot once they are o at on the freeway? Or leave the engine running for 20 minutes while they grab a sandwic... Read more
A Non-Profit Trains Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs
Growing up in Ethiopia, Alfa Demmellash had no idea she would one day start a non-profit that trains entrepreneurs in low-income areas. Read more
Health Insurance: Cost-Cutting Strategies
A quick look at how a consulting firm was able to save a candy manufacturer $150,000 in its health insurance costs. Read more
Web-Based Live Chat: Good for Business?
Live online sales and support is always a boon for business, right? That depends -- in some cases, poorly implemented live chat at your company site can turn... Read more
Gum chewers owe their treat to the Mexican general who wiped out Davy Crockett and his band at the Alamo. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, a deposed ... 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
Where Small Companies Are Important
Big business may dominate Japan's image abroad, but 91% of Japanese private employees work in firms employing fewer than 500 workers. Read more
Is a Barter Exchange Right for Your Company?
Careful: Some barter trades can be costly Read more
EDI: Early Adoption Pays Off
A manager explains how his company increased profits by using electronic data interchange. Read more
How to Find a Business Mentor
Whether you are just starting out or running a large company, it helps to have a mentor to whom you can turn with questions large and small. Read more
When Crime Pays
Bernard G. Murphy, a one-time purchasing agent for Jersey City, N.J., bought himself a criminal charge when he took kickbacks from contractors. By the tim... Read more
Case Study: How to Reinvent a Failing Start-up
Flocabulary burned through $50,000—and had nearly nothing to show for it. Was it time to throw in the towel? Read more
Elevator Pitch: StorageByMail
StorageByMail lets customers ship away their clutter to a storage facility. Can it get $1.3 million from investors? Read more
Upstarts: New-Biz Watch
For-profit schools: a look at Advantage Schools; Michigan's governor's take on school privatization; and companies that failed in this market. Read more
Tapping Customers for Product Ideas
E-commerce company Volusion designed a system for collecting customer feedback — and turning it into new products. Read more
Building a Global Alliance
Tacit Networks wanted to expand overseas but had few resources and no leads. So it found another way to go global. Read more
Don't Be So Bashful
When it comes to marketing themselves, IPs are their own worst critics. "I'm never doing a good enough job at self-marketing," admits Hol... Read more
Taking On Starbucks
How independents can hold their ground. Read more
For Roy Eisenhardt, Business Is A Ball
The Oakland A's youthful president is using aggressive marketing and a low-key management style to turn his team into a winner. 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
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