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Quote of the Month

A quotation from Robert Ronstadt about focusing on value rather than money.  Read story

One Founder, Two Votes

What most founders fear when it's time to raise money is losing control. It's not a groundless fear; manyentrepreneurs who sell a majority of their stock ...  Read story

Operations

Chart depicting how end-users get involved in personal-computer-purchasing decisions.  Read story

Hitting the wall

A company founder-turned-consultant warns readers what to look for when a company is about to hit the wall.  Read story

The Players In The Phone Game

Information on major players in the voice-messaging industry.  Read story

Upstarts: Children's Hair Salons

Will tyke-friendly hair salons make big money tending to small fry with over-grown bangs?  Read story

MyPunchbowl is Aiming to Knock Evite Off Its Party-Planning Pedestal

  The Pitch: MyPunchbowl.com offers everything you need to plan a party or event. Evite is our largest rival, but what we do is diff...  Read story

Receivables and Payables Priorities

One CEO's four-part approach to dealing with accounts-receivable and accounts-payable.  Read story

Why Companies Fail

Judgment calls, reality tests and mistakes of the heart that doom companies to failure.  Read story

Mail

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

Advice Never Hurts

Herbert Roskind Jr. built HoltraChem Inc., a chemical distributor based in Natick, Mass., from zero to $30 million in sales in fewer than nine years. Desp...  Read story

Software;

A new telecommunications product called Watson, made by Natural MicroSystems Corp., of Natick, Mass., promises to turn an IBM Personal Computer into a dra...  Read story

Mail

This month's feedback.  Read story

Letters

Readers react to articles from the November issue of Inc., including Russ Baker's "Surfer's Paradise," Dr. Steven Berglas' "Your Work Is Never Done," and Nor...  Read story

What's Next: Going Medium-Tech

Falling behind in technology is a bad idea. But getting out in front isn't always so smart either.  Read story

Friendly Skies For High Tech

This spring, ground will be broken at Boston's Logan International Airport for what its developers claim will be the first high-technology industrial park...  Read story

CEO's Notebook: Stock Options Equity

Tips and resources on offering stock options, sharing equity, teaching employees about their stock, and discouraging them from selling stock to start their o...  Read story

An Ad Model That Works

Why an imaginative, sound advertising model has made Healthcommunities.com consistently profitable.  Read story

Perks You Can Afford

You don't necessarily need to pay more to keep good employees. A look at some unique employee benefits that can help you create an environment your workers w...  Read story

Lines Of Communication

An in-house TV station, the ultimate company newsletter, morning sing-alongs -- some CEOs will do just about anything to keep in touch with employees.  Read story

1987 The Inc. 100;

WE'RE AWAITING CONFIRMATION FROM THE observatory at Mount Palomar that all the planets and moons did indeed orbit around Wall Street last year. Certainly...  Read story

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 story

Matchmaker

In Kevin Shea's case, computer dating worked beautifully. Shea is the founder of Binary Engineering Software Inc., a Waltham, Mass., start-up that m...  Read story

Up From Academe

Former professor creates an intuitive-feeling, time-saving software package for entrepreneurs.  Read story

Consultant in a Can

At last, a program that can really help with budgeting and planning.  Read story

CEO's Notebook

Innovative recruitment ideas, how long to save files, on-the-spot problem solving, and more.  Read story

Wowing Warren

What sold Warren Buffett, the nation's preeminent investor, on Barry and Eliot Tatelman and their furniture business? The brothers' fun-loving spirit wasn't ...  Read story

Border Crossings

One small company's experience after its sale to a Japanese investor.  Read story

Reinventing the PowerPoint

New tech tools to liven your tired old PowerPoint presentations--and give your online marketing efforts a boost.  Read story

Marketing: Living Up and Down the Dial

As more companies pump up the volume of their radio advertising, here are 10 tips for making the most of your airtime.  Read story

The Tie That Binds

Microcomputer to mainframe and micro to mini communications are hot topics today -- with good reason. For many growing companies, these links could provide a...  Read story

The Birth Of An Industry

Working in their attics, basements, and garages, seven entrepreneurs tacked together a totally new industry.  Read story

Squeeze Play

Ideas from CEOs on cost-cutting programs.  Read story

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

A list of 1992's Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year.  Read story

Failure: The Secret of My Success

While most entrepreneurs dread the failure of their businesses, sometimes it's their best option. Here's how to know when to throw in the towel, and the less...  Read story

Account-Ability

How one company's problems with accounts payable and the IRS jeopardized its future.  Read story

Death by Unnatural Causes

Rapid growth causes a series of Inc. 500 companies to experience dramatic upheaval.  Read story

The Advice Squad

How outside boards give CEOs what they can't get anywhere else.  Read story

What Would You Do?

Judy George saw an opportunity that might make a fortune -- but for whom? The company she was helping run, or a new one she wanted to own?  Read story

Tandem Has A Fail-safe Plan For Growth

If Jim Treybig has his way, his computer company will get bigger without losing its enterpreneurial style.  Read story

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