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There's A Robot In Your Future
By Craig R. Waters | Jun 1, 1982
Increasingly, robots are turning up in smaller companies -- and so far there are few complaints. Read more
Mismatch
By Edward O. Welles | Jun 1, 1994
Harty Press made a smart acquisition but bungled the people side of the merger and is still paying for the mistake. Read more
Should Job Promotions Be Random?
By Josh Spiro | Dec 18, 2009
A group of Italian researchers recently conducted a study that found random job promotion was more effective than merit-based promotion. Inc. asks sev... Read more
Branching Out
Mar 1, 1982
Western Wood Products Assn., an organization of western lumber manufacturers, has found that holding seminars is a cheaper and more effective way of reach... Read more
Hot Spots;
By J.H. | Apr 1, 1985
What are the fastest-growing retail markets around? New York? Houston? Phoenix? Surprise -- none of them even makes the top 10. The hottest retail mar... Read more
A Dozen Ways To Borrow Money
By Joan G. Ford | Dec 1, 1981
To get bankers to open their pockets, you have to know their language. Here's a primer on the ways banks lend money. Read more
Strength in Numbers
By Jay Finegan | Dec 1, 1995
A profile of the 1995 Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year and the runners-up. Read more
Are Your Kids Good Enough to Run Your Business?
By Donna Fenn | Aug 1, 1994
Even if you've never considered your company a family business, that question could be very important. Read more
Pay For Performance, And Nothing Else
By Bruce Tulgan | Mar 28, 2001
If you are really serious about moving into the new economy and winning the talent wars, stop paying people and start buying their results. It? s a... Read more
Leader of the Pack
By Donna Fenn | Feb 1, 1996
A bicycle retailer explains some of the strategies he used to attract and keep his customers. Read more
Yale University:
MySpace Meets World of Warcraft
By Andrew Bartholomew | Mar 1, 2009
Justin Yan joined Yale's army the week he arrived in New Haven, Connecticut, as a freshman last fall. He proved himself first as a spy, infiltrating enemy... Read more
Getting In On the Action
By Max Chafkin | Jul 1, 2006
Universities are on the prowl for deals with entrepreneurs. Here's the lowdown on five tech transfer schools. Read more
Strategies for Healthcare Retention
By Louise Kursmark | May 27, 2005
What Makes Employees Leave -- and What Makes Them Stay Read more
The Ultimate Company
By Paul B. Brown | Jan 1, 1988
We have found the perfect business. We thought it would involve palm trees, soft breezes, and tanning oil, but Health Systems International (HSI) is even... Read more
All Over the Road
By David Whitford | Aug 1, 1995
When a midwest furniture manufacturer decided to spin its trucking unit off, they remember the problems with start-ups. Read more
Real-World Reengineering
By Joshua Hyatt | Apr 1, 1995
Profile of a turnaround that involved the reengineering of the company's culture. Read more
Abraham Lincoln's Financial Adviser Slept There
By Lewis Schiff | Oct 29, 2009
On Wednesday, Oct. 21 and Thursday, Oct. 22, local members of the Greater New York business community got together on the shores of Stamford, CT, then dow... Read more
So You Wanna Be in Pictures
By Tom Richman | Nov 1, 1989
An independent entrepreneur creates an inexpensive alternative to the large Hollywood movie studios. Read more
Burning Ambition
By Jay Finegan | Aug 1, 1991
Profile and analysis of a start-up manufacturer of waste oil and trash converters. Read more
Going Private
By Craig R. Waters | Feb 1, 1983
Last year a record 90 companies were bought out of corporate empires. When Walter Lovejoy cut loose from Beatrice Foods with his little mold-making company t... Read more
The Value of the Right Partner
By Seth Goldman | Jun 19, 2008
My co-founder Barry Nalebuff celebrated his 50th birthday last week. Since we started the company almost exactly 10 years ago, the occasion gave me the ch... Read more
Why Things Aren't As Bad As They Seem
Sep 1, 1981
Researcher David Birch says the United States is better at providing services than making products. That adds up to a rosy future. Read more
Hot Start-Ups
By Inc. staff | Jul 1, 1999
It's easy to forget that the best new business ideas are often the simplest. Here are 10 start-ups that will have you wondering, "Why didn't I think of that?" Read more
Parallel Universe
By Anne Stuart | Sep 15, 2000
What's an expanding city to do when it runs out of room? Take it online. Read more
Parallel Universe
By Anne Stuart | Sep 1, 2000
What's an expanding city to do when it runs out of room? Take it online. Read more
"you'd Be Surprised How Easy It Is To Succeed"
By Curtis Hartman | Nov 1, 1984
David Wolfberg had big plans for his Miami architectural firm. Too big, as it turned out. Read more
Inside an Internet Incubator
By Thea Singer | Jul 1, 2000
Incubators can be lifesavers for fledgling dot-coms, but Veritas Medicine may be regretting its decision to join one. Read more
Inside an Internet Incubator
By Thea Singer | Jul 1, 2000
Incubators can be lifesavers for fledgling dot-coms, but Veritas Medicine may be regretting its decision to join one. Read more
Cultivating Growth
By John Grossmann | Feb 1, 1986
Behind the quaint New England facade of White Flower Farm lies a market-driven company fueled by repeat business and one of the highest average orders in the... Read more
The Most Entrepreneurial Cities in America
By John Case | Mar 1, 1990
Inc.'s 1990 ranking of metropolitan regions by job growth, business starts, and proportion of high-growth companies. Read more
Ghost Story;
By Joshua Hyatt | Jul 1, 1988
STORY PROPOSAL All the world may be a stage, but it's still rare that I see a psychological drama played out within a business. At Briggs Ltd., a r... Read more
A Nation Of Shopkeepers
By Susan Buchsbaum | Nov 1, 1985
A new breed of business owners is taking the retail world by storm -- in ways that would have astonished their five-and-dime-store predecessors. Read more
Hot Spots
By Joel Kotkin | Mar 1, 1989
Summary of metropolitan economies for 1989; the most growth was seen in the 'edge cities', where cattle once grazed. Read more
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