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Jim McCann of 1-800-Flowers on Strategic Partnerships
Q: How can I assess the viability, reputation, and ethics of a potential strategic partner without damaging the relationship?Read more
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Recent Articles about Long Beach
Elevator Pitch: Sport Technology Makes Gear for the X Games Crowd
Can it raise $3 million to meet demand? Read more
Spring Training
It's never too late to get that Harvard degree. Read more
The Inner City 100 Profiles: 71-80
NO. 71 Redbarn Pet Products Long Beach, California Dog food manufacturing and salesRead more
Hall of Fame
Three companies will appear on the Inner City 100 for the fifth time out of the seven years that the list has been in existence: Read more
Getting A Charge
One of the charge accounts at Buffum's Inc. in Long Beach, Calif., belongs to a female who can't talk, read, try on clothes, or sign checks. At least not ... Read more
The High Fives: The Top 5 Minority- and Woman-Run Companies
A look at some of the most interesting people and places on the Inc. 500 Read more
How to Make Your First Advertising Buy
A look at smart ways to get your feet wet in print, broadcast, and online media. Read more
Things I Can't Live Without: Janine Popick
CEO of Vertical Response • San Francisco Read more
Ports to Stay Open Late
July 13, 2005 --The nation's busiest port complex will soon be open into the wee hours of the morning, as retailers and terminal operators... Read more
Franchisee Battles Quiznos Over Location Policy
September 2, 2005 --Franchisees of sandwich chain Quiznos are fighting what they say are policies that allow the Denver, Colorado company ... Read more
The "It" Ride For Playas and Also, Um, Grandpas
Chrysler's souped up 300C reminds us of the Fonz, and we like it. Read more
Collaborative Creation and Crowdsourcing in the Music Industry
Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre leads a virtual choir at TED, showing just how collaborative creation and crowdsourcing or radically altering the way pe... Read more
A Golden Alternative
Using alternative airports is a form of creative ticketing that airlines don't really object to, but they will not offer alternative airport options when ... Read more
The Case Of The Missing Metros
Nowhere among your 156 metro areas is the San Bernardino/Riverside [Calif. ]area listed. INC. would serve its readers better by breaking out the separate... Read more
IPO an Inner City 100 First
Molina Healthcare becomes the first Inc. Inner City 100 company to go public. Read more
How the TED Fellows Program Develops Leaders
A look at the mission behind the TED Fellows program, and how it helps young innovators develop a network of contacts and leadership skills. Read more
How To Do Without Employeess
A new breed of service for staffing by contract tries to make personnel management easy for small companies. Read more
Boomtowns '06: Hottest Large Cities
Employment Base of 450,000 or more. Read more
Give Tom Oreck a Break
Tom Oreck has been taking a lot of heat lately. The president of the Oreck Corporation, a privately-held New Orleans-based company that makes vacuum clean... Read more
Getting to No
Y2 Marketing is extra-picky about its customers---so picky that its sales staff often won't take yes for an answer. Read more
Rubble With a Cause
Company manufactures a molded structural material made of recycled materials. Read more
Network: September 1991
Network reader-to-reader advice. Read more
Designer Foods
Three innovative start-ups that have developed designer foods. Read more
Global Learning
Chris Anderson brought TED to New York City and now it's in 90 countries. He's turned the once exclusive TED Conference into a free global online event. Read more
Ready to Call It Quits
Dealing with telecom contracts. Read more
Lights, Camera, Action!
Digby Davies, CEO of audio-visual specialty firm, AVSC, predicts a bright future for businesses in the motion picture/video industry. Read more
How Health-Insurance Costs Compare
Chart showing how a company's location affects its insurance rates. Read more
Entrepreneurs We Love, 2010
All of these entrepreneurs are making our lives healthier, saner, richer, or just more fun. Read more
Entrepreneurs We Love…Because They Inspire Us
Here's to the men and women who revitalize our cities, help us be good citizens, inspire us to try harder, and give respect to all people equally (even teena... View slideshow
The Inner City 100
100 street-smart companies. Read more
Five Trends That Will Define 2005
What's in store for entrepreneurs in the new year? Five pressing trends. Read more
Supply Chain to the Stars
A fun news item today: researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a software tool that they say is the first step to establis... Read more
Yelp Lawsuit Alleges Extortion Tactics
Customer-review website Yelp's sales tactics included demanding $300 monthly payments in exchange for removing negative reviews, a class-action lawsuit alleges. Read more
Things I Can't Live Without: David Netto
The CEO who makes baby rooms look hip shares what makes him go gaga. Read more
Doctors Without Orders
Molina Healthcare, #61 on the 2001 Inner City 100, gives physicians freedom to match the treatment with the culture. Read more
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