It Takes a Cybervillage
An overview of three cities, Pittsburgh, Boulder, and Montreal, that experts believe could be hot spots for new-media industries. Read story
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Mission Impossible?
An executive editor at Inc. declares the Road Warrior mission: Manufacturers, make things work! Read story
Office Perks;
Perhaps no perk is as underappreciated as the free coffee that companies provide employees. That may have something to do with the quality of the typical... Read story
Update
Bootstrapper Turns Big Spender April 2003 In Read story
The Race For Olympic Profits
For some small companies, the '84 summer games in Los Angeles have already begun. Read story
Touch That Dial
New business introduces interactive television system. Read story
Mark Cuban Charged With Insider Trading
The SEC says the Dallas Mavericks owner dodged $750,000 in losses by selling off shares in Mamma.com ahead of a discount stock offering. Read story
Managing the Impossible
Starting with nothing but the force of his entrepreneurial leadership, Omar Minaya took the orphans of baseball and made them winners -- a lesson in grit. Read story
Learning to Enjoy the Small Things The stories of Jay Goltz and the other entrepreneurs who chose to "be great instead of big" hit close to home... Read story
Find the Best Deals for Fall Foliage Travel
For some, autumn comes with a particular appeal. While the others seasons may have their beauty, autumn is the one time in North America where you can tru... Read story
Resource: Who Needs EDI?
A review of a book that details what small businesses need to learn about electronic data interchange technologies. Read story
PR Fairy Tales
Pitches disguised as children's books. Read story
TalkSwitch, Imeco Offer Bilingual Telecom Services
TalkSwitch, a designer and manufacturer of telephone systems for small and multi-location businesses, has named Montreal-based Imeco Telecom as its newest... Read story
George Zimmer: My Biggest Mistake
GEORGE ZIMMER Founder and CEO of the Men's Wearhouse, a $1.2-billion retailer of men's apparel based in Houston It ... Read story
Getting In on the E-Signature Game
Over the centuries, signatures have come in many forms, from a simple mark to a copperplate John Hancock to the imprint of an intricately carved ivory sea... Read story
Moving Pictures
The co-owner of the Virtual Loom reviews LMSoft Presenter 2.1, a multimedia program for creating colorful, animated presentations. Read story
Index
A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the October issue of Inc. Read story
Have Headphones, Will Travel
The ubiquitous popularity of such portable tape players as the Sony Walkman offers an opportunity that entrepreneurs are beginning to take advantage of.Read story
Every Employee An Entrepreneur
It seems an unusual soruce for the most provocative information about small and medium-size companies to emerge in the 1980s: McKinsey & Co., one of t... Read story
Hot Zones
A look at the best cities in America for starting and growing a business. Plus: CEOs discuss their reasons for locating their business where they did. Read story
Shared Tastes
The partners: Former college roommates Met: 1986 Fused: 1995 Bonding event:Read story
Reviewing the Troops
1. Set Benchmarks Early "Unfortunately, very few companies 'get' performance management," says Rick Galbreath, president of Performance Growth Pa... Read story
Letters
Readers react to articles from the May issue of Inc., including Nancy K. Austin's "Buzz," Jerry Useem's "Failure: The Secret of My Success," and D. M. Osborn... Read story
Turf Wars
Tiny upstart FieldTurf plans to beat leviathan AstroTurf at its own game. Read story
Dov Charney, Like It or Not
The founder of red-hot American Apparel has the simplest possible business strategy: He does and says exactly what he wants to. Read story
Tapping Canadian Markets
Market intelligence summary of business opportunities in Canada. Read story
A Travel Agent Who Is Off And Running
Give people a hobby, and someone will spend a fortune pursuing it. And someone else will turn it into a thriving business. Tom Gilligan, a running enthu... Read story
Retail Retold
The owner of men's-apparel chain explains how his stores are using technology to enhance one-to-one sales. Read story
A Meeting of Minds
How to run a virtual meeting that will treat all participants as if they were in the same room. Read story
Gift Guide: For the Office
Help someone add life to their cubicle or spice up their executive model desk with these attractive possibilities. Read story
Snapshots: Partners
The partners in each of these Inc. 500 businesses knew one another long before working together. Read story
Industries In Transition
Overcoming foreign competition and shrinking profit margins, successful growth companies tailor thier products to a specialized customer base. Read story
Tips for Weathering Air Travel Troubles
Weather delays, flights that are overbooked, and seemingly endless lines mark typical days at most airlines' ticket counters. And it's only going to get w... Read story
Competitive Intelligence on a Shoestring
Some big companies have entire departments devoted to gathering competitive intelligence. Yet even soloists can get a leg up on the competition through on... Read story
Future Shop
Sandy Zimmerman's retail marriage of quality, discounts, and service has turned an obsure New York town into a mecca for a new breed of consumers. Read story
How to Get Ahead in China
When Mitch Free first went to China, he didn't know a thing about the place. He listened. He learned. He was respectful and polite. Now he gets it, and his b... Read story
The Education of Harry Featherstone
How one CEO turned around a troubled company by setting up an ESOP, and by focusing on training and quality. Read story
Foreign Exchange
The World Wide Web has allowed international competition to move in, but it just may be good for your business. Read story
Bulletin Board
A look at various tech trends, including electronic signature software programs, professional services automation, and high-wired limos. Read story
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