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Businesses Focusing on Service

To cope with a weaker holiday season, small-business owners are ramping up customer service.  Read more

Before You Serve Up a Server

As major computer manufacturers aggressively target the small-business server market, you have many server options, whether you're running a computer netw...  Read more

Report: Banks Should Focus on Small Business

March 28, 2007 -- The number of loans made to small businesses has grown at annual rate of 14.3 percent since 2001, according to a report...  Read more

Mom-in-Chief a Six-Figure Job

New survey suggests that a mother's responsibilities and skills can transfer into high paying jobs.  Read more

The Shape of the Deals

Chart illustrating various ways companies leverage resources.  Read more

What You Want Before You Know You Want It

Despite high labor and inventory costs, a small hardware store has been in the black for decades. Here's why.  Read more

When Customers Revolt

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: A c...  Read more

Tapping the Big Boys

Recruiting through human resources departments of corporations that are downsizing.  Read more

Learn First, Pay Second

Withholding payment can motivate equipment operators to become proficient with new machines.  Read more

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth 1976-80 Per...  Read more

Dude, Where's My Ad?

In a world increasingly cluttered with ads, your best shot at grabbing customers' attention might be targeting them in their cars.  Read more

Home-Shopping Networks

Two new businesses use interactive databases to give users visual tours of real estate listings.  Read more

The Joy of Hardware

Inc.'s editor-in-chief presents an overview of some of the issues and articles in the July edition.  Read more

Network: February 1991

Network resources.  Read more

Are You Being Served?

Computer Networks It's a buyer's market for small-business servers. Here's how to untangle all the options Read more

Are You Being Served?

Computer Networks It's a buyer's market for small-business servers. Here's how to untangle all the options Read more

The 500 Fastest-growing Private Companies In The U.s.

In an ailing economy, smaller businesses have become the pacesetters of the 1980s. Led by 100 companies that have chalked up sales gains of more than 1,100%,...  Read more

Mail

None of Your Business Jeff Bedard, CEO of Crown Laboratories, has good intentions, but I believe his mandatory health-improvement policies are a...  Read more

Class Of '82: Who's Who Among The Acquired

1982 Rank Company Location Acquirer 413. Basic Concept Paterson, NJ Lightolier, subs. Bairnco <...  Read more

Open-Door Management

TechTarget employees set their own hours and take all the vacation they want. Somehow, it works.  Read more

The Next Next Thing

Three entrepreneurs decided they could turn their money-losing brick-and-mortar business into a well-funded dot-com. The question: Will they be able to win S...  Read more

The Next Next Thing

Three entrepreneurs decided they could turn their money-losing brick-and-mortar business into a well-funded dot-com. The question: Will they be able to win S...  Read more

Deal Jitters?

You're not alone. Now more acquirers are buying insurance to ease their fears.  Read more

Deal Jitters?

You're not alone. Now more acquirers are buying insurance to ease their fears.  Read more

Faces of the Inc. 500

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Killer Tech Ideas to Watch

MMORPGs, robots and location-based advertising are three emerging technologies that may change the way businesses operate.  Read more

Twitter Users Campaign for a National Entrepreneurs' Day

If one million sign a petition addressed to Pres. Barack Obama, March 20, 2011 could become the first annual day dedicated to entrepreneurs.  Read more

Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where he'd find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build...  Read more

Networking on America Online

How one company owner uses an on-line service to find sales leads and network with other entrepreneurs.  Read more

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 more

How to Finance Anything

A comprehensive guide to financing a start-up or rapidly growing small business in the '90s.  Read more

How Grasshopper Grows By Creating New Companies

The virtual voicemail systems provider is using spin-offs to reach its goal of serving one million small businesses.  Read more

Searching for a CEO

It's not easy to hire someone to run the company you founded. But in early 1999, as start-up Roving Software was raisi...  Read more

Are You Being Served?

Here's how to untangle the options available to small businesses in search of a computer server.  Read more

Information In The Bank

To keep his IT team focused on building the business, the CEO of TechTarget.com decided to outsource the company's storage needs.  Read more

Information In The Bank

To keep his IT team focused on building the business, the CEO of TechTarget.com decided to outsource the company's storage needs.  Read more

Buy Now -- Avoid the Rush

The proliferation of entrepreneurs buying and growing businesses instead of starting them.  Read more