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Jim Ansara


Recent Articles about Jim Ansara

How To Groom a No. 2 (or, Gasp, a Successor)

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Oct 1, 2004

Here's how to handle choosing a No. 2, whether you stick inside the company or look outside.  Read more

Out of Thin Air

By Michael S. Hopkins |  May 15, 1999

Whatever companies entrepreneurs are building, they're also building a life. Jim Ansara, the CEO of Shawmut Design Construction, describes his 20...  Read more

Letters

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1999

Readers react to articles from the 20th-anniversary and May 1999 issues of Inc., including "The Entrepreneur in My Bed," by Curtis Hartman and "It's Not That...  Read more

Quick Pay, Quick Friends

Jan 1, 1995

Want better service from your suppliers? Jim Ansara did back when he started Shawmut Design &Construction, in Boston, in the early 1980s. His goal was to ...  Read more

Paying Up Quickly

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1989

Construction company president pays suppliers in 30 days as a means of distinguishing his business from the competition.  Read more

Why Jim Ansara Unionized His Own Company

By Tom Richman |  Mar 1, 1987

For Shawmut Design Construction, the union was the spark that ignited its growth.  Read more

Credit;

By Reported by Patricia C. Amend and Bruce G. Posner |  Apr 1, 1987

Sometimes it pays to keep your problems to yourself. That's what Jim Ansara decided when he suddenly discovered in late 1985 that his company, Shawmut De...  Read more

Stock Marketing

By George Gendron |  Jan 1, 1995

Inc.'s editor-in-chief discusses the growing popularity of direct offerings as a way of taking a company public.  Read more

IncQuery: How to Renegotiate Your Lease

By Bo Burlingham |  Jun 1, 2002

What you should do when your rent is too high, your bank loan doesn't come through, and you don't know how much inventory you're going to need.  Read more

Hall of Fame Profile: Jim Ansara

By Burt Helm |  Oct 15, 2004

On the importance of growing with your company.  Read more

Snapshots: Hall of Fame Overview

By Susan Greco |  Oct 15, 2000

Here's a survey of 30 of the 48 companies in the Inc. 500 Hall of Fame -- an elite group of companies that have appeared on the list at least five t...  Read more

How to Protect Your Margins in a Downturn

By Darren Dahl |  Oct 1, 2009

Here's how companies in 12 industries are faring, plus tips.  Read more

IncQuery: Becoming a Leader, Not Just a Boss

By Bo Burlingham |  Jul 1, 2002

What it really takes to rise to the challenge of leadership, reduce swings in your monthly revenues, and win back customers you've let down.  Read more

Not For-Profit

By Tom Richman |  Nov 1, 1990

Profile of a start-up not for-profit youth service corps.  Read more

Notes From The Guest Register

By George Gendron |  Aug 1, 1998

Inc.'s editor relates memorable quotes from business owners who've dropped by the office for lunch; plus, he addresses the fear many entrepreneurs have that ...  Read more