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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 story

Elevator Pitch: Sport Technology Makes Gear for the X Games Crowd

Can it raise $3 million to meet demand?  Read story

Spring Training

It's never too late to get that Harvard degree.  Read story

The Inner City 100 Profiles: 71-80

NO. 71 Redbarn Pet Products Long Beach, California Dog food manufacturing and salesRead story

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 story

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 story

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 story

Things I Can't Live Without: Janine Popick

CEO of Vertical Response • San Francisco  Read story

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 story

The "It" Ride For Playas and Also, Um, Grandpas

Chrysler's souped up 300C reminds us of the Fonz, and we like it.  Read story

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 story

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 story

IPO an Inner City 100 First

Molina Healthcare becomes the first Inc. Inner City 100 company to go public.  Read story

How To Do Without Employeess

A new breed of service for staffing by contract tries to make personnel management easy for small companies.  Read story

Origins

Six short articles describe the unlikely events that triggered the start-up of companies appearing on the 1998 Inc. 500 list.  Read story

Almanac

A statistical guide to the metro areas and states that are home to the most start-ups per capita, the top 20 types of new ventures, and the most popular home...  Read story

Boomtowns '06: Hottest Large Cities

Employment Base of 450,000 or more.  Read story

Rubble With a Cause

Company manufactures a molded structural material made of recycled materials.  Read story

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 story

Network: September 1991

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read story

Designer Foods

Three innovative start-ups that have developed designer foods.  Read story

Ready to Call It Quits

Dealing with telecom contracts.  Read story

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 story

How Health-Insurance Costs Compare

Chart showing how a company's location affects its insurance rates.  Read story

Inc. 500|5000 Maps

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Index

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

Five Trends That Will Define 2005

What's in store for entrepreneurs in the new year? Five pressing trends.  Read story

The Inner City 100

100 street-smart companies.  Read story

Mail

The Engine of Growth Your cover story on the growth and success of Zipcar ["Read story

The Inc. Second 100

The runners-up to the 1981 INC. 100 are more profitable, more productive, and more stable.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: David Netto

The CEO who makes baby rooms look hip shares what makes him go gaga.  Read story

Doctors Without Orders

Molina Healthcare, #61 on the 2001 Inner City 100, gives physicians freedom to match the treatment with the culture.  Read story

Mail

Friendster's Footsteps The rise and fall of Friendster is a great reminder of why we're entrepreneurs ["Read story

Introducing The 1986 Inc. 100

Like a bunch of adolescents, the companies on the INC. 100 are an unsettled lot. They have grown so fast that their knees ache. They have consumed capit...  Read story

Are You Sales Phobic?

Alas, the cure is to sell more often.  Read story

Angels In America

A select sampling of angel investment sources.  Read story

How I Did It: Gregg Buchbinder

And sometimes your market finds you.  Read story

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