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Recent Articles about Memphis
Drives: The King Lives--and Even More Extravagantly
The retooled Cadillac Escalade is an even bigger hunk of gas-burnin' love. Read more
As a teenager in Memphis, he watched salesmen passing through town and vowed to become one of them. He wangled $125 and the use of a horse on Saturdays f... Read more
How to Improve Your Employment Application
With the recession appearing to recede, it may be time again for you to start hiring new employees. Here is a look at what to ask (and not ask) on the emplo... Read more
Corrections
In "Prophets of the New Age" (April), the location of Federal Express's headquarters was incorrect. The company is in Memphis. "Someday Supplements"... Read more
How To Start a Business Budget
Every successful business needs a budget, and here are some tips on how to make one that works for you. Read more
Habit-Forming
New business produces a tabloid targeting recovering addicts and alcoholics and their families. Read more
Business Travel: A Look at Running-Tour Companies
A list of companies that provide guided running tours in cities such as New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles. Read more
Seaside Selling Machines
The prototype for Charles King's suntan-oil vending dispenser was a converted port-a-john. Four years of engineering and market research later, Memphis-b... Read more
Mastering Last-Minute Orders
How Mimeo and other companies have turned rush jobs into a science Read more
Private Lives;
For Susan Bowen, success was as simple as bringing quality to a fly-by-night industry. Read more
Industries In Transition
Overcoming foreign competition and shrinking profit margins, successful growth companies tailor thier products to a specialized customer base. Read more
Will March Madness Make the Boss Block Web Use?
During the NCAA basketball tournament, employers lose $1.2 billion in employee productivity. Can that be thwarted by blocking Internet access to sports sites? Read more
How I Did It: When Civil Rights Came to My Box Office
A Memphis businessman recalls how his chain of movie theaters prepared for integration in the Jim Crow-era South. Read more
Top 10 Awkward Social Media Moments
Inc. decided to rank the top 10 social media embarrassments of the year. Read more
Obituary: Sam Ross, 1929-2010
The founder of Fantastic Sams was a force to be reckoned with. Read more
Best Cities: The Lists
Here's Inc. magazine's 2000 list of the best metro areas, big and small, in which to start and grow your business. Read more
#8 TEMPS & CO. WASHINGTON, D.C. Many INC. 500 companies are wife-and-husband teams, but so far as we can tell, this is the only sister-brother c... Read more
Is It Time to Start Hiring Again?
A business owner wonders whether it's too soon to bulk up. Plus: Mediating executive turf wars. Read more
Going Once, Twice. . .
Company CEO sets up a bidding war between banks so that they have to compete for her business. Read more
4 Ways to Make a Fool of Yourself on Twitter
1. Air private grievances in public Want proof that being a jerk on Twitter is tantamount to being a jerk... Read more
Computer TV
Aapps Corp. will soon market an add-on device that will turn a portion of a Macintosh computer into a TV screen. Read more
Moving the Checker Forward
The founder of a technology company talks about the process of getting innovative products to market -- slowly, deliberately, and with the belief you will pr... Read more
Budgeting for the Recession
Various office cost-cutting techniques to survive a recession. Read more
Love Me (Legal) Tender
Elvis Presley MasterCard introduced in conjunction with Federal Savings and Loan Association, Memphis. Read more
Inside Info on Outside Rivals
Be sure your employees are up-to-date on what your competitors are up to. Read more
28 Steps to a Strategic Alliance
How Calyx Corolla, a mail-order flower seller, developed strategic alliances before the company was off the ground. Read more
Going Bare
New ways to deal with the insurance crunch -- including doing without. Read more
Success Stories: Kat Gordon, Muddy's Bake Shop
Kat Gordon, founder of Muddy's Bake Shop, explains how her bakery helps make Memphis a better, kinder place. Watch video
A Money-Saving Shipping Strategy
Getting your merchandise from point A to point B can be costly. Follow these tips, and you'll save smart on your shipping strategy. Read more
Security for Bank Deposits
New insurance for bank deposits picks up where FDIC coverage leaves off. Read more
Client Conflict;
THE IDENTITY OF YOUR NEW business competitor across town may surprise you. It may turn out to be a lawyer -- your own lawyer -- who is trying to take your... Read more
The Inc. 500
Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth 197781 Perc... Read more
Winter Warm-ups
An energy-saving tip: Hanging "strip doors" -- overlapping strips of thick plastic that hang over doors to allow for passage of goods or vehicles -- will ... Read more
Can You Sell a Franchise?
Exiting a franchise is a lot different from selling an independent business. Here, serial entrepreneur John Warrillow weighs the benefits and challenges. Read more
Phone Manners
Company owner created a bonus system for employees in order to cut down on the amount of time customers spend on hold. Read more
The Inc. 500 Index (company And Rank)
A. J. Reynolds (228) ACE Equipment Rentals (320) ACSIS (249) Action Packets (92) Ad-Tek Engineering Services (362) Administr... Read more
What's Next : Talking to the Tech Department
They're not just nerds -- they're your nerds. Help them help you. Read more
Giving Credit to Debt
You may think of debt as a drag on your business. But that's not necessarily how the experts see it. Read more
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