Too Much Of A Good Thing
"I think a lot of American managers get fascinated with vertical integration. It's like the really great hamburger joint that adds a dining room, starts s... Read story
Lexington (Massachusetts)
Adoption Policy
Temple, Barker & Sloane Inc. may have one of the most unusual family-planning policies around. The management consulting firm in Lexington, Mass., giv... Read story
Index
A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the June 1999 issue. Read story
Hot Tip: Employee Assistance Programs
Ever worry that your employees may be struggling with non-work-related problems but are unable to talk to someone about them? Take a cue from Ipswitch Inc... Read story
Elevator Pitch: Sport Technology Makes Gear for the X Games Crowd
Can it raise $3 million to meet demand? Read story
Elevator Pitch: Green Sherpa
Green Sherpa wants to help organize your finances. But first, it's looking for $5 million of its own. Will investors go for the deal? Read story
They Built A Company With Spare Parts
"It's amazing what you can do when you have no money," says Barbara Williams. What she and her brother, Jim, did was take a Canadian neurologist's p... Read story
Completely Accessible Facilities
Customer visits are a good marketing tool. "You never know when the next person in the door is a potential donor or a referring professional who just happ... Read story
Tom Stemberg on Selling a Small Business
Tom Stemberg is founder and former CEO of Staples and venture partner at Highland Capital Partners in Lexington, Mass. Read story
Multimedia Games
Three start-ups in the hot new field of multimedia games Read story
Mothers Of Invention
Behind every hard-driving entrepreneur stands a hard-driving mom. Read story
The Silicon Valley Effect
Blame it on the Internet. Actually, blame it on the explosion in Internet-company stocks, which has spawned a new class of equity-hungry managers. "This i... Read story
Time-sharing;
TO HEAR BRAD HOWE TALK, you might think he can't hold a job. "In May 1983, I walked into five companies on five successive days and said, "I'm your new C... Read story
Let Them Eat Royalties
How one company negotiated $100,000 in capital in exchange for royalties based on sales. Read story
Apparel Company Sistahs of Harlem has Creativity, Buzz, and Attitude to Spare
Now it needs $250,000. Read story
Guest Speaker: What You Need to Succeed
Treat people right and they will eat nails for you, and other lessons I learned building Staples into a giant company. Read story
Find Out What Your Customers Really Want
Small groups can show you better ways to sell your product. Read story
Directory of Inventors Groups
Are you an inventor looking for advice or resources? This directory lists inventors groups across the country, organized by state. Read story
Selling To Japan
Sample of small American companies selling wares in Japan. Read story
Why Companies Fail
Judgment calls, reality tests and mistakes of the heart that doom companies to failure. Read story
Finding Harmony - in Battle
One approach to ending business partnerships: a signed agreement giving partners buyout rights at any time. Read story
Creation Nation
Wondering where the next hot food ... hit toy ... big band ... miracle drug will come from? Chances are, from entrepreneurs just like you who are furiously c... Read story
Hire the Best
There's never been a better time to attract senior talent to your growing company. Here's how to recruit highly skilled employees as you never could before. Read story
Valuation Added
The equity boom has created a hot market for business appraisers. Read story
Info-Age Companies Shun Debt and Equity, Embrace Royalties
Here's a look at a financing program based on a royalty-based plan. Read story
Owning The Ponies
Last year, two big Wall Street brokerage houses -- Drexel Burnham Lambert; and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette -- put together an unusual partnership. Be... Read story
Ask Inc.
Finding contacts in China, getting meaningful reviews of the boss. Read story
Loading The Bases
With the explosion of the database industry, information on practically anything is only a phone call away. Read story
Capital: The New Activism
1. California 6. Colorado 2. New York 7. Texas 3. Minnesota 8. Oklahoma 4. Connecticut 9. Rhode Island 5... Read story
Meetings Go Virtual
Success in the global market was giving Marla Landreth headaches. Her company, InfoGenesis in Sa... Read story
A Productive Approach To Work Performance
Measuring how much your employees work will probably make them work harder. But it may also discourage them from suggesting how the work can be done more eas... Read story
Mapping Bears Fruit
To keep track of fertilization schedules for his cranberry bogs, farmer Peter Beaton turned to MapInfo Professional, software that maps the fertilizer needs ... Read story
Angels In America
A select sampling of angel investment sources. Read story
Employer Financing
Woman creates her own start-up with spinoff technology from her employer and gets pay-as-you-go financing deal. Read story
A Network EKG
David Clark's company was losing big money because of its Web site's frequent crashes. New software designed to monitor the network has addressed his woes. Read story
The Medium is the Message
An overveiw of a telephone-message organizer that allows users to interact with the system by voice. Read story
Giving Back
Creative ways to aid pet causes. Read story
What Business Would You Start?
Nearly 50 business luminaries, ranging from H. Ross Perot to Ed McMahon, are asked what businesses to start. Read story
The Best Small-Business Sites in America
With apologies to Mark Twain, tales of the Internet's death have been greatly exaggerated. Presenting Inc's guide to what makes a great Web site. Read story
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