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'extension Courses' For Top Executives

In an electronic variation on correspondence schools, business executives are taking courses by "computer teleconferencing" from a new management institut...  Read story

Work's a Beach

It's all work and all play at these four lucky companies, where the only dress code is plenty of SPF.  Read story

Want Great Interns? Hold a Contest

How the clothing line O'Neill found talented teens for its internship program  Read story

In This Issue

This month's letter from the editor.  Read story

Space-Age Phone

New business manufactures dime-size microphone/receiver to replace the traditional phone handset.  Read story

Markets: Who Are the High-Tech Workers?

Some results from a survey of single-person business people working out of their homes.  Read story

Mail: March 2003

Readers react to recent Inc magazine articles.  Read story

Unlocking Genetic Secrets

Profiles of companies hoping to map the entire human genome and locate the genes that cause any number of diseases.  Read story

The Old Computer Network

New nonprofit organization channels used computer equipment to public and private schools.  Read story

Boing! Whiz! Bang! Dunk!

Dancing chefs and blue martinis -- iLounge sounds like a rowdy day of fun and games. But despite its hilarity, iLounge offers some hard-core business lessons...  Read story

Raising Capital Online

From angel directories to person-to-person lending, entrepreneurs' options are growing for finding and research financing options on the Web.  Read story

Small Firm's Biotech Coup Wins Approval

A small biotechnology company in La Jolla, Calif., is the first firm to win permission from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market a product that...  Read story

Ask Inc.

Doling out equity equitably; faster contract executions.  Read story

What Business Would You Start?

If you were to launch a business today, what would it be? That's the question Inc recently posed to some of the sharpest minds in the business world...  Read story

Mother and Child Reunion

Mother and son profit from good business relationship.  Read story

In this Issue

How much is your company worth in today's market? Wealth-building is one benefit of business ownership.  Read story

I'll Be Watching You

New software makes it possible to monitor employees and clients. It's not as creepy as it sounds.  Read story

CEO's Notebook: Stock Options Equity

Tips and resources on offering stock options, sharing equity, teaching employees about their stock, and discouraging them from selling stock to start their o...  Read story

Letters

Readers react to articles from the November 1998 issue of Inc., including Harriet Rubin's "The Soloist," William W. Horne's "The Sting," and George Gendron's...  Read story

The Apple Tree

How Apple Computer contributed to the founding of more than 100 companies by its employees.  Read story

Blood Feud

The story of a biomedical start-up sued by an industry giant for theft of trade secrets, and how the start-up triumphed.  Read story

The Awakening

A senior Inc. writer looks at some new trends and attitudes in the biotechnology industry.  Read story

INDEX

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the January 2000 issue.  Read story

Universities: Your New Best Friend

For resource-hungry entrepreneurs, the explosion of university-based business-development programs comes as sweet relief in tight economic times. From Ann Ar...  Read story

Why Can't We Be Friends?

So you're working on site, and the first thing you notice when you sit down at your desk is the person right next to you -- a total babe. You think, "A me...  Read story

Networking: A Little Help From Your Friends

In an age of rapid change, more and more CEOs are turning to one another to help solve their companies' problems.  Read story

Come Again

An art gallery tracks customers and turns them into repeat buyers.  Read story

Mapping the Entrepreneurial Mind

Entrepreneurs struggle to find the energy and motivation required to continually grow their companies.  Read story

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

A list of 1992's Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year.  Read story

Giving Employees a Say

Giving employees a say in business decisions wasn't something Steve Lassig's company grew into. It was its foundation. "When my partner and I first...  Read story

The Tokyo Connection

The ramifications of small high-tech companies looking to Japan to fund their development.  Read story

Case Study

Government contractor DefenseWeb Technologies ponders a new career in the private sector.  Read story

Star Wars, Inc.

Whether it's ever even deployed, the space shield is already a $19-billion growth industry  Read story

Bulletin Board

A collection of short articles about technology. Topics include boosting sales with a Web site affiliate, emotional computers, and gathering customer data wi...  Read story

Vacation Breaks

A company can trim its tax bill by purchasing a vacation retreat through a Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association.  Read story

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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

The Buddy System

While multilevel marketing may make you think of scam, many Inc. 500 companies find this approach indispensable.  Read story

The Innovation 50

A listing of the most inventive small companies in entrepreneurial America.  Read story

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 story

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