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A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

Network

Readers react to articles in Inc. Technology #2, 1999, including "The Great Games of Business," by Leigh Buchanan and "Antiques Road Show," by Jeffr...  Read story

Contributors

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Best of the Small Business Web: Adventure Capitalism

Ex Officio, a travel-apparel site, evokes both wanderlust and a lust for its beautifully merchandised products.  Read story

The Company That Saved The Farm

A fast growing wharf-building business started to preserve a condemned farmhouse in Vermont.  Read story

In this Issue

How much is your company worth in today's market? Wealth-building is one benefit of business ownership.  Read story

The Inner City 100 Profiles: 71-80

NO. 71 Redbarn Pet Products Long Beach, California Dog food manufacturing and salesRead story

In a Former Life: George Bell

GEORGE BELL, 42 President of Excite@Home Present life: Bell, formerly the CEO of Internet portal Read story

Passions: Vernon LaVia, Bird Watcher

To call him avid would be an understatement. In the bird-watching world, where bragging rights belong to those with the longest lists of ...  Read story

Are We Having Fun Yet?

John Paul Mitchell Systems is a new-wave profit machine with few moving parts and a direct connection to Paradise  Read story

Growing Your Business by Going Global

Information on international business: Hungarian market opportunities, meeting ISO 9000 standards, and packing tips.  Read story

How to Start an Adventure Travel Company

Check every hotel personally, says Brian Morgan of Adventure Life. Same goes for the zip lines.  Read story

The Anti-marketers

The best mail-order catalog in America is put out by people who hate to sell, never use the word 'new,' and make customers pay for the privilege of ordering  Read story

When Something Clicks

During its 22 years as a profitable retail and mail-order business, Camera World honed its expertise in fulfillment, customer service, and supplier relations...  Read story

Portland Plays Perception Poker

Can a thriving little city in Maine bluff its way into the ranks of big-time Internet players?  Read story

Strange Fruits

How Frieda's Finest established itself as a major marketer of exotic fruits and vegetables.  Read story

Playing Hard to Get

In a highly creative arrangement, an upstart apparel maker manages to sell its brand to footwear giant Timberland--without actually giving up the brand. The ...  Read story

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on: screening potential customers; opening out-of-state offices; investigating foreign banks; and taming the anxiety of starting your own bu...  Read story

The Good Life and How to Get It

Most entrepreneurs crave balance in their lives but can't even begin to imagine how to achieve it. Pete and Laura Wakeman of Great Harvest Bread are a happy ...  Read story

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