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Would your business do better if your employees could view the world from your customers' perspective? Yes? Then put them there with empathy train... Read story
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Lafayette 148 had high hopes for its new Chinese factory. Then it encountered an unforeseen problem: trade restrictions. Read story
Help Employees Reduce Work-Related Stress
Jan 1, 1997
Employee stress and customer service are like oil and water--the two don't mix. A stressed-out employee in any industry is likely to be irritable or downr... Read story
Not Just Your Ordinary 401(k)
By Michael P. Cronin | Nov 1, 1993
Company ties the amount of its 401(k) contributions to profitability, and provides finance classes for employees. Read story
Mail: May 2003
By Inc Staff | May 1, 2003
Readers praise open books, dismiss cheap radio ads, and advise their peers to keep a backup bank in mind. Read story
Sleep Is for Wusses
By Peter Carbonara | Mar 15, 1998
Mark Landiak, a sales-training consultant, lists five tips for maximizing productivity and squeezing the most work into each day. His advice: sleep less, wor... Read story
Richard Zuschlag on Landing Government Contracts
By Richard Zuschlag | Sep 1, 2006
The CEO of Acadian Ambulance on how to land government contracts. Read story
By Inc Staff | Mar 1, 2009
Of Minds and Machines After reading about Tan Le, the co-founder of Emotiv, and her vision of a world in which machines respond to our mental com... Read story
Taking Equity: How Much? How Often?
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In her first stock-for-services deal, Sandra Gassman, CEO of MarketingFuel Inc., in New York City, took only 25% of MarketFuel's fee in cash, 75% in equit... Read story
Recession Feeds Increase of Home-based Businesses
More than half of all businesses in the United States are now home based. Read story
A Borrower Be
By Martin Mayer | Jan 1, 2003
Tough economies and easy credit usually don't mix. So why are banks falling all over themselves to lend small businesses money? Read story
Hard-to-get Property-Casualty Coverage
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Advice on how to get affordable property-casualty insurance. Read story
Once More with Feeling
By Christopher Caggiano | Apr 1, 1995
Lessons from second time company owners on how to motivate themselves. Read story
Life in the Fast Lane
By George Gendron | Jul 1, 1993
Highlights from the annual Inc. 500 conference. Read story
The Most Entrepreneurial Cities in America
By John Case | Mar 1, 1990
Inc.'s 1990 ranking of metropolitan regions by job growth, business starts, and proportion of high-growth companies. Read story
What's Going To Happen In '82?
Jan 1, 1982
INC. asked hundreds of business people what they think this year will be like. Read story
Riding A Sawhorse To The Hardware Market
Nov 1, 1982
It might be hard to imagine an improvement on the sawhorse. But carpenter James H. Olmsted devised one, and consumers are snapping it up. The compan... Read story
Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year
By Inc Staff | Dec 1, 1992
A list of 1992's Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year. Read story
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Dec 1, 1986
#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 New Software: A Powerful Ally
By Steve Ditlea | Nov 1, 1981
These little disks can help you analyze finances and manage information. Read story
Companies Embracing Holiday Cheer
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Dec. 12, 2005 --Swept up in the holiday spirit, or perhaps too much eggnog, small-business owners are saying thanks to their employees by ... Read story
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
By Alex Salkever | Aug 1, 2006
The new alternative to banks and VCs: person-to-person lending. Read story
Place Matters
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A look at some data showing how the economies of various geographical regions of the U.S. are performing. Read story
Honorable Mention: The Anti-FEMA
By Patrick J. Sauer | Dec 1, 2005
As government officials dawdled, Richard Zuschlag didn't miss a beat. He sent his medics into flood-ravaged New Orleans, where they rescued more than 7,000 p... Read story
The Entrepreneur of the Year
By Martha E. Mangelsdorf | Dec 1, 1992
Introduction and list of winners for Inc.'s 1992 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Read story
Revolutionary Roads: Mapping America's Innovation Capitals
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30 tales of following where the spirit leads Read story
The Inc. 500
Dec 1, 1982
Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth 197781 Perc... Read story
Playing Hardball In Software
By Robert A. Mamis | Sep 1, 1983
During its infancy, the software industry existed in innocence and harmony reminiscent of a William Blake poem: Lions lived with lambs. But software is gr... Read story
Bare Minimum Workweek
By Patrick J. Sauer | Mar 1, 2004
When others are putting in 60-hour workweeks, these clever souls have found ways to get out of the office early and often. Read story
Hot Spots
By Joel Kotkin | Mar 1, 1989
Summary of metropolitan economies for 1989; the most growth was seen in the 'edge cities', where cattle once grazed. Read story
How to Take Stock
By Ilan Mochari | Nov 1, 2000
If you're thinking about taking equity instead of cash as payment for services, here's a checklist of things to consider. Read story
The Product: Online Golf Lessons
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DVD maker PurePoint adopts a web-based subscription model. Read story
Least Likely to Succeed
By Edward O. Welles | Dec 1, 1992
Entrepreneur of the Year Jerry Ehrlich manufactures truck trailers with innovation, efficiency, and quality. Read story
Hot Cities, Hot Sites
Nov 17, 2000
The cover story of the December 2000 issue of Inc. magazine, " Best Cities to Start and ... Read story
America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
By Martha E. Mangelsdorf | Oct 1, 1993
A user's guide to the 12th annual Inc. 500 list. Read story
Inventing Entrepreneurs
By Joshua Hyatt | Feb 1, 1990
A CEO encourages entrepreneurial spirit among his regional managers by giving them lots of latitude and 49% equity. Read story
A Buyers Guide To Personal Business Software
Nov 1, 1981
Vendor Program *(Price **) System Requirements DATA MANAGEMENT ASHTON-TATE dBASE II ($700) 48K ... Read story
The Apple Tree
By Robert A. Mamis | Aug 1, 1993
How Apple Computer contributed to the founding of more than 100 companies by its employees. Read story
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