Fax Scam Targets Business Owners
Jan. 6, 2006 --Business owners beware. If you recently received an unsolicited fax asking if you want to sell your company, you might want... Read story
Kansas
Location, Location, Location
The unlikely story of Cobalt Boats, whose secret ingredient to quality is...farmers? Read story
Angel Investors Heading to Kansas
Entrepreneurs, angel investors, and technology leaders will head to Wichita, Kan., for a capital conference in September, organizers said. The Grea... Read story
Top 10 metro areas (by median revenue)
Grand Rapids, Mich. ( 16 companies ) $26.2 million San Antonio ( 25 ) $21.3 millionRead story
America's Fastest-growing Private Companies
By now, you are familiar with the backbone metaphor. As in: “Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. We must do everything we can…to make s... Read story
Inc.'s Fourth Annual Report On The States
Can states become more attractive breeding grounds for small companies? Increasingly, governors and legislators around the United States have been answering ... Read story
Rating the Governors
With Arnold Schwarzenegger and 25 other governors up for reelection, we look at who among them has earned the entrepreneurial vote. Read story
Under Armour's Kevin Plank on How to Motivate Employees
Kevin Plank, founder of Under Armour, on motivating employees and improving employee morale during a recession. Read story
The Best Of Show
Capital: Activity at the money centers 1. California 2. Connecticut 3. New York 4. Texas 5. Massachusetts 6. Minnesota... Read story
Where you'll find them
New York metro area 355 companies Washington, D.C., and suburbs 300 Los Angeles 244 ... Read story
At a Glance
Charts providing information on the features of Inc. 500 companies. Read story
Labor: Paying Your Dues
1 Wyoming 6. Hawaii 2. South Dakota 7. Idaho 3. Kansas 8. Nebraska 4. Vermont 9. Utah 5. Colorado ... Read story
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Hard-of-hearing travelers often have a tough time in hotels because they don't know when to answer the telephone or the door -- and they can't hear a fire... Read story
Limited-Liability Companies
A Limited-Liability Company (LLC) as an alternative corporate structure. Read story
Take Flight To Boost The Bottom Line
Many small companies are discovering the benefits of flying their own aircraft. Read story
Can You Find The Farmer In This Picture?
Dorothy had to abandon the Kansas wheat fields for Oz in order to find a tin man. Soon, though, the tin man will be right there on the farm -- plowing th... Read story
Heart On Ice
When doctors out to retrieve a human heart for a recent transplant operation in Louisville, they carried with them a red plastic picnic cooler. It wasn't... Read story
The 1988 Inc. 500
Brief profiles of 15 Inc. 500 companies. Read story
Billionaire of Beloit The inspiring article about Ken Hendricks, a high school dropout who became a billionaire, reminded me again why I read ... Read story
More Workers Paying for Flu Shots
Employers are shifting workplace health costs onto employees, a study shows. Read story
The In-House Lottery
Training with a twist--an in-house quiz enters employees with correct answers into a prize lottery. Read story
This Week's Economic Roundup
Business owners shrug off economic woes; small and midsize businesses continue adding jobs. Read story
Fewer Workers Getting a Raise
A survey finds payroll budget increases are unchanged from last year. Read story
Do Your Business Premises Present A Public Hazard?
Juries are handling out larger and larger awards to victims of workplace accidents. And it is not just injured customers who are earning the court's sympathy. Read story
Changing State Liability Laws
Not only do states have widely varying laws dealing with liability claims, but these are in flux: some 30 states have made changes in just the past year. Thr... Read story
Images Helped NASA with Discovery Re-entry
August 8, 2005 --As the space shuttle Discovery prepared to re-enter the earth's orbit Tuesday morning at Edwards Air Force Base,... Read story
Hitting Pay Dirt
At small, fast-growing businesses, where so much rides on key salespeople, it's important to set up a compensation strategy that helps achieve lon... Read story
Exceptions To The Rule
Why some INC. 500 companies are growing in industries that aren't. Read story
Ordinary Business
What would happen, my colleague John Case wondered aloud, if you took the INC. 100 list and stripped off all the obvious hyper-growth companies? Say you clea... Read story
This Week's Economic Roundup
Housing market shows signs of improving; gas prices continue to slide. Read story
It Runs in the Family
The Lacerte clan's four-generation entrepreneurial streak. Read story
Wichita State to Open Market-Based Management Center
The new MBA program will draw lessons from Koch Industries, the nation's second-largest private company. Read story
Unstatesmanlike Acts; Free The Salina 25
From giving away land in Kansas to building ski resorts in Kentucky, some public officials will pay just about any price for a few jobs. Read story
Can't We Have Another?
When to launch a second brand. Plus: The ins and outs of outsourcing. Read story
No-Strings Reimbursement
Two companies' experiences with reimbursing employees for classes relating to their jobs. Read story
Repurchasing Employee Stock
Understanding the potential risks of ESOPs available repurchase liability software. Read story
How to Monitor Customers' Payments
Various sources for verifying customer credit histories. Read story
Upstarts: The Russian Connection
Entrepreneurs who've emigrated from the former Soviet Union are shrewdly benefiting from the crumbling economy of that once-mighty empire. And they aren't th... Read story
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
Want to improve esprit de corps at your company? Try eating together. GeoAccess, based in Overland Park, Kans., providesits workers with some unusual perk... Read story
What The Rankings Mean
In years past, INC.'s annual Report on the States ranked the business climates of the 50 states through a formula that took into account roughly a dozen v... Read story
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