The Case Of The Missing Metros
You neglected to consider one of the hottest spots in the country -- Suffolk and Nassau Counties on Long Island [N.Y.]. Together, they have 2.6 million p... Read story
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Groups Seek Change to " Disadvantaged" Designation
July 20, 2004 -- Some in the business community are asking the federal government to give their designation of "small disadvantaged busin... Read story
Non-Competition Agreements
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A Farewell To Arms
How the cancellation of just one weapons program closed a major defense contractor and left hundreds of suppliers in the lurch Read story
Cooperatives
A cooperative in its simplest sense is formed when individuals organize together around a common, usually economic, goal. For business purposes, a coopera... Read story
Rules Of The Road
Do you employ drivers who suddenly get a lead foot once they are o at on the freeway? Or leave the engine running for 20 minutes while they grab a sandwic... Read story
Efforts to Save New York Winery Prove Fruitless
Facing frost and bad weather, a Long Island winery fails for lack of cash. Read story
Politics Still a Workplace Taboo
The primaries may be a hot topic these days, but not around the water cooler, a survey finds. Read story
Change of Scenery Boosts Special Product
The Problem: A good product in anailing market. Marc Shuman, president of a family business launched by his dad roughly four decad... Read story
Private Lives;
For Ken Shader, turning a hobby into a business was more than a fantasy. Read story
Let There Be Light - or Doors
Company put executives in cubicles with doors and lower ranks in doorless window offices to be equitable. Read story
Forget VC Money, Fund Yourself
Forget VC Money, Fund Yourself It was 1999, at the height of the boom, a few months before the bust of April 2000 so he can be forgiven. I stoo... Read story
Teed Off
Two operators of a Long Island, N. Y. golf course discuss how they rid their links of geese and, thus, "goose poops." Read story
Passing Fancy
Has sporting goods manufacturer and distributor RAM Sports invented a better football? Here's what a former football pro-and current Inc. 500 CEO-had to say ... Read story
Interactive Maps Archive
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Charity: When Big Is Better
Small business is on a roll in America. In almost every way you can measure -- sales, employment, profitability -- the small-business sector is challengi... Read story
Bed and Breakfast, New York Style
Metropolises are offering private homes as low-cost options to hotels. Read story
Picture This
A plant nursery learned how to use up-to-date technology to make itself indispensable to its customers. Read story
How to Lose Customers
It's easy. Just convince them that they're getting a lousy deal. Read story
In a Former Life: Jay Chiat
JAY CHIAT, 67 Present life: Chiat is the interim CEO of ScreamingMediaRead story
Saying No to Retirement
Older CEOs plan to work past age 65. They may find that harder than they expect. Read story
Business Ownership Among Immigrant Women on the Rise
February 4, 2005 --There's long been an American dream of a man immigrating to the U.S., setting up a business, and providing for himself ... Read story
Street Smarts: What's New?
Like Inc. , columnist Brodsky is celebrating his 25th year in business, and much has changed in that time--including how Brodsky thinks about his cho... Read story
The Several-in-One Fax
Device serves as plain-paper fax machine, optical scanner, copier, backup printer and fax/modem. Read story
Foundations R Us
You can give it away as smartly as you made it. Read story
Breaking Ranks
How one Long Island firm broke itself of its Pentagon dependency Read story
" My focus is my children."
For one restaurateur, there's always room at the table for family. Read story
It's People That Count
That's what John Mariotta learned after three business failures. 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
Gone Fishin'
Six places where the fishing, and the fun, are virtually guaranteed. Read story
Going Public;
To the owners of The Corporation for Entertainment & Learning Inc. (CEL), a $5-million New York City film production company, going public seemed to b... Read story
How Has Technology Changed the Way You Do Your Job?
Various businesspeople comment on their use of technology. Read story
Flexible Spending
The advantages of setting up a benefits' system of flexible spending accounts. Read story
Online Grocers Recession Proof?
Cost-cutting consumers eat in and feed double digit growth. Read story
The Apprenticeship of Irwin Simon
Inc takes you inside the life and mind of Irwin Simon. The CEO has built the Hain Celestial Group Inc. into the market leader in natural foods. Read story
Returns: The Insider Story
The news is full of hand-wringing about top managers who sell their company's stock. But it's when they buy that investors should notice. Read story
The Most Entrepreneurial Cities in America
Inc.'s 1990 ranking of metropolitan regions by job growth, business starts, and proportion of high-growth companies. Read story
Warm Winter Means Cooling Sales for Some Small Businesses
Unseasonably balmy temperatures shut down ski resorts, but provide a boost for other businesses. Read story
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