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A Good Garage Is Hard To Find
Be it ever so humble,there is no place like a garage. One-car or two, attached or detached, shingled or clapboard, the garage houses a panoply of objects ... Read story
Pop!;
With so many movie companies going public, it was only a matter of time before a popcorn maker would explode on the scene. Sure enough, one did -- Golden ... Read story
Is It Easier Than Ever To Start A Business?
It may look easier, what with all the advice and money and services available. But it may be harder than ever to succeed. Read story
Jock Donaldson
Age: 30 Hometown: Minneapolis Undergraduate Degree: Colgate University Business School: Curtis L. Carlson School of Management, Universi... Read story
Bulletin Board
A collection of short pieces focusing on various aspects of technology, such as new products and services. Read story
Upstarts
A look at how Kelley Dunn launched her corporate concierge service, Consider It Dunn; plus, several shorter articles about the outlook of the corporate conci... Read story
Online Staffing Exchange
Jan. 31, 2007 -- HotGigs, a Minneapolis-based staffing firm, has added new features to its online staffing exchange service, including th... Read story
Midwest Small-Business Confab Set for May
April 17, 2007 -- The American Association of MicroBusinesses is sponsoring one of the largest small-business events in the Midwest at th... Read story
Merge Now, Pay Later
Take it from the Cuningham Group: When you're merging two companies, crunching the numbers is easy; melding the two company cultures is the hard part. Read story
Split Cities: A Travel Secret for Maximum Savings
Save as much as 70% and avoid the financial trauma of one airline's route monopoly by splitting your ticketing in half and buying two tickets: one to an i... Read story
Mad as Hell About Ad Rates
Why (and where). Read story
Companies Remain Unprepared for Bird Flu
A new survey shows the majority of business leaders believe a bird-flu pandemic is imminent, but have no contingency plans in place. Read story
Hot Tip: Share the Perks
Is there an aspect of your business that you could turn into an inexpensive employee benefit? Orval Madden, CEO of Hot Topic, a $44 million chain of music... Read story
Inc. 500 Hall of Fame
Four companies join the ranks of those that keep growing, and growing, and... Read story
Eldercare
Related Terms: Career and Family Eldercare... Read story
Slightly Used, Plenty-Cheap Decor
Some considerations when buying used furniture and equipment. Read story
Employers Guarding Top Talent
As the economy sputters, business owners say retaining the best workers is crucial. Read story
Q & A: Improving the Bonus
Question: "We want to replace our current bonus system with a new, improved version. Any suggestions on how to phase in the new bonus... Read story
800 Dollar Savings
W. P. Hollinbeck, president of Enterprise Machine Tools in Minneapolis, says his "best salesman" is (800) 328-4708, the company's incoming toll-free numbe... Read story
Customer Retention
Related Terms: Difficult Customers Cus... Read story
Fax Fix Nixed
Social Investment Forum sent copy of FaxPoll on social responsibility to its members to rig results. Read story
Letters
Readers react to articles featured in Inc. over the past year, including Michael Hopkins' "The Anti-Hero's Guide to the New Economy," from the January 1998 i... Read story
A River Runs Through IT
When the Red River recently overflowed its banks and flooded Grand Forks, N. Dak., it displaced more than 50,000 residents and devastated virtually every ... Read story
Finding the Right Investors
On finding investors who can add the most value to your company; includes a listing of specialty investment funds. Read story
Duffy & Partners
Duffy & Partners
The Right Fit
An Inc. 500 company, Select Comfort Corp., has thrived by developing an elaborate system for finding and keeping quality employees. Read story
Printers: How Fast Do You Want It?
The printer is often the most expensive component in the system, but it's the easiest piece of hardware to choose. There are seven things you should know... Read story
Network: April 1992
Network new queries. Read story
Traveling Light
Does your luggage need to lose weight? Shrunken-down gadgets, compact necessities, and other little things that will lighten your carryon for your next busin... Read story
Business 101: Family-Business Planning
Last April 73-year-old Herman Shooster flew from Florida to Texas for surgery on a stomach aneurysm, a procedure that would keep him from running his comp... Read story
Max Boardroom
New business creates a computer-generated talking head to enliven company board meetings. Read story
Gifts for the 'Ultimate Salesperson'
Suggestions from CEOs and sales managers on rewards and gifts for salespeople. Read story
Notebook
Statistics and miscellaneous information about start-ups. Read story
Network: July 1991
Network new queries. Read story
Benchmark: Death of a Sales Lead
A quick look at some figures on the usefulness of reader response cards. Read story
My Place: Chris Plantan's Eclectic Cape Cod
Why Chris Plantan, founder of Russell+Hazel office supplies, has a little home office in every room of her house. Read story
Word of Mouth
Word of mouth brings one bread business into great expansion. Read story
Tapping Remote Rural Banks
Regional investment firms can provide small businesses with opportunities to do long-term borrowing at low cost. Read story
Sales Automation: Reach Out and Sell Someone
An overview of a software company using sales automation and modems to reduce sales force travel. Read story
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