Marshall

The Rules of Attraction

Many Inc. 500 CEOs become addicted to fast growth -- the exhilaration of laying it all on the line -- while some even plan fast growth just to make the Inc. ...  Read more

The No.1 Companies From 1982 -- 2005: Where Are They Now?

Seven are still private, twelve have been acquired, three went public, and one was shut down by the Feds.  Read more

Revolution for Nonradicals

Short reviews of seven new business books offering information on marketing, starting a business, and problem solving. Plus: a best-selling author lists his ...  Read more

Found in the Crowd

An increasing number of large companies are using the Internet for comparative shopping and to find new suppliers. Here are some of the best places to list y...  Read more

Small Company Initial Public Offering: May 1983

INC. MARKET INDEX vs. POPULAR AVERAGES INC. MARKET INDEX vs. POPULAR AVERAGES S&P NASDAQ H&Q DJI 400 ASE Ind'ls Tech ...  Read more

Office Security

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Upstarts: New-Biz Watch

A look at Mark Begelman's MARS, a music and recording superstore that encourages customers to touch the merchandise, plus four shorter articles about the ret...  Read more

Debt Financing

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Consumer Price Index (CPI)

The Consumer Price Index (CPI), sometimes called the cost-of-living index, measures the average change in prices that typical American wage earners pay fo...  Read more

Business Cycles

The business cycle is the periodic but irregular up-and-down movement in economic activity, measured by fluctuations in real gross domestic product (GDP) ...  Read more

SMALL COMPANY INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS: AUGUST 1986 Offering First afferm- O-T-C Size ...  Read more

Life in the Fast Lane

Notes and comments about the 1995 Inc. 500 conference from attendees and Inc.'s editor-in-chief, George Gendron.  Read more

The Inc. 500 Honor Roll

You could write the book on business growth from the strategies of the companies that have made the INC. 500 five years running.  Read more

Cobb Resources Strikes It Rich

George Lotspeich has a lot of tenacity and a nose for finding uranium. That's catapulted his mining company to the top of the INC. 100.  Read more

INC.'s roundup of market data provides instant reference to the behavior of the common stocks of small companies. The INC. Index is derived from the sto...  Read more