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Competitive Markets

I am still occasionally asked at our shareholder meetings -- usually by shareholders over 70 years of age -- when we will list on the New York Stock Excha...  Read more

Stocking Up On Capital Gains;

For the first time in three years, INC.'s annual academic exercise -- buying $100 worth of stock in each of its hundred fast-growing corporations -- has t...  Read more

Investing In Growth Companies;

Like the weather, the fortunes of fast-growth stocks can change overnight. Witness the rebound of this year's INC. 100 portfolio.  Read more

NetSuite IPO Auction Opens

The hosted business software firm expects to sell 6.2 million shares at $13 to $16 per share, company officials say.  Read more

How To Pick An Oil Gas Deal

These investments have become increasingly risky. But there are ways to avoid coming up dry.  Read more

IPO Basics: Stock Exchanges and Securities Laws

Stock Exchanges Founded in 1792, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is home to some of America's best-known corporations. Its rost...  Read more

Lore Harp: Better To Give Than To Receive

While the story of her rise and fall in the computer industry has become part of the lore of entrepreneurship, Lore Harp has quietly moved on to new chall...  Read more

Anyone who doubts that the rally to record highs in the first quarter of 1985 was speculative in nature has only to check the characteristics of the leadi...  Read more

After The Crash

The strength of hidden aggressive smaller companies stimulates the economy when it falters.  Read more

Street Talk

Near the beginning of summer when the statistics on this page were gathered, the world was a sorry place indeed. There seemed to be something of a War-of...  Read more

Ignorance Is Bliss?

Johnny can't read, write, or recite his multiplication tables very well, say the critics. But a survey sponsored by The Hearst Corp. indicates that Johnn...  Read more

Agenda 5/06

Sports records abound this month; use Memorial Day to set one of your own.  Read more

A Borrower Be

Tough economies and easy credit usually don't mix. So why are banks falling all over themselves to lend small businesses money?  Read more

The Entrepreneurial Year in Review

For some industries -- finance and retail, we're looking at you -- this was a year of living dangerously. But plenty of companies had a big year. A look at t...  Read more

All Shares Are Not Created Equal

A separate class of low-voting stock lets you go public without losing control of your company -- but the tactic could backfire.  Read more

Dow Averages

Robert A. Mamis mentioned in "Street Talk" (September) that the Dow average is "capitalization-weighted." This is in error. The Dow average is weighted b...  Read more

Small Company Initial Public Offerings: January 1982

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. INC. vs. POPULAR AVERAGES <...  Read more

Entrepreneur Profile: Terminalmarkets.com

From Wall Street stockbroker to vegetable importer to Internet entrepreneur, Sinan Talgat has trusted where his serendipitous career would lead. ...  Read more

A Profitable Exchange

A summary of the differences between stock exchanges and their minimum listing requirements and 1992 IPOs.  Read more

Private Company Stock

Figuring out share price for public companies is a snap. But for private companies, stock pricing can be a complicated and costly process. Inc. 's fi...  Read more

Take Stock In The Futures

Betting on the future level of market indexes isn't a game for the timid. But stock futures have their conservative side as well.  Read more

Push 'Em Back

A look at the early history of pushtechnology that started with stock market ticker tape machines.  Read more

Feds To Help Businesses Hit By Hurricane

August 31, 2005 --With Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi still reeling from the impact of Read more

Over The Counter And Into The Fees

Only rarely does a company choose to jettison a lofty listing on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange in favor of joining the over-t...  Read more

Inc. 100 Market Performance

1982 Mean High/Low $100 Rank Company (symbol) 3/81 3/82...  Read more

So You Want to Go Public

An associate professor at NYU explains what various stock exchanges expect if you want to get on them.  Read more

Follow the Money

An associate professor at NYU explains what the associated costs were for one small business to go public.  Read more

Inc. 500 Alumni: Where Are They Now?

Each year since 1981, Inc. magazine has named the fastest-growing small privately held companies in America. When companies first make the In...  Read more

The Inc. Network

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

The Delights (and Terrors) Of Commodity Futures

It is probably no accident that many of Bertram Schuster's clients are successful entrepreneurs. What he has to sell is not for those of modest means. Nor...  Read more

Higher Math

How a CEO rescued a for-profit hospital from Chapter 11.  Read more

Calculating The Market's Future

To receive the weekend forecasts of stock-market advisory services, a subscriber usually has to wait for Monday morning's mail, which is unreliable, or ph...  Read more

Qa: Insider Trading

Mention insider trading" to a friend at a cocktail party, and he or she is likely to look around to be sure no one is listening in. The phrase conjures u...  Read more

Street Talk

Taken as a whole, the stock market usually is not a great leveler that gives everyone an equal return on investment. Rather, for the most part, various in...  Read more

Fear Of Capitalism

Entrepreneurism is the most creative -- and revolutionary -- activity in the American economy. Most politicians would just as soon do without it.  Read more

How Growth Stocks Perform In A Bear Market

While the high-flying, high-tech stocks have taken a dive recently, you can bet they won't stay down.  Read more

Blue Chip

Related Terms: Fortune 500 A "blue chip" is the stock ...  Read more

Trade Secrets

Good old-fashioned barter can help companies acquire goods without cash and discover new marketing opportunities.  Read more

The Spirit Of Independence; Workers

"In general it is impossible that manufactures should succeed in America from the high price of labour." -- Thomas Jefferson  Read more

Whatever Happened To The Class Of '83?

Fifteen companies were acquired. Fourteen companies went public. Two companies went under.  Read more