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Health Insurance;

When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping," as the saying goes, and now is a good time to be shopping for health insurance, but not because the goi...  Read story

Tracking Flexible Fliers

A new software program accommodates uneven telecommuting and flextime work schedules.  Read story

Network: July 1990

Network new queries.  Read story

Index

How to contact companies, people, and organizations mentioned prominently in this issue.  Read story

Network: January 1992

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read story

Green Travels

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

Network: October 1991

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read story

My Own Private Buyout

How one CEO bought his father's business.  Read story

Distribution: Cash In with a Cause

A quick look at how some entreprenuers are using local fund-raising markets as distribution opportunities.  Read story

Mcpawnbroker

Gerald M. Kagan is taking pawnshops out of seedy city storefronts and bringing them to suburban shopping centers. He and his partner, Daniel M. Naygrow, a...  Read story

Things We Love: Home-Phone-Line Networking

Finding his wireless local area network to be too slow and unreliable, Kurt Delsack turned to home-phone-line networking with pleasing results.  Read story

Edge Cities

List of the 10 U.S. cities with the greatest concentration of small companies.  Read story

Games Businesspeople Play

Some talk about it; some don't. But without question, there are more than a few who are doing something other than VisiCalc down at the shop.  Read story

How to Find a Business to Buy

An overview of how to determine what business suits you, what you can afford, and how to perform due diligence.  Read story

Hotline

Current trends and government programs affecting small business.  Read story

Indecent Exposure

A look at investing in a turbulent stock market. Here are some suggestions for protecting yourself from a sudden downturn. Also: alternatives to stock invest...  Read story

The Never-ending Controversy

Why the Pentagon will keep spending $7,600 for a coffee maker.  Read story

Planning Tools

Resources for helping write successful business plans.  Read story

Resources

A guide to more information on subjects covered in the Inc. magazine special issue: The State of Small Business 1997.  Read story

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Public Relations: Getting Your Company On TV

A CEO and his video-production expert explain how they created a video that caught national attention.  Read story

The Best 4 Small-Business Neighborhoods in America

Here's what entrepreneurs are looking for when selecting a community for start-ups, and what they're finding.  Read story

Selling Out

Inc.'s finance editor examines what has happened to those businesses that are offered for sale at the end of each issue.  Read story

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The Swifty Lazars Of Software

One of the hottest agents around these days is a fellow by the name of John Brockman. He does not represent movie stars, or rock singers, or professional ...  Read story

Public Companies: $156,000 At The Top

Executives of smaller publicly held companied enjoy fatter paychecks and broader perks than their counterparts in smaller private firms. That's the concl...  Read story

Investors Meet Small Companies At Seminar

Sometime this month, a half-dozen or more entrepreneurs around the country expect to receive investment checks ranging from $300,000 to $1.5 million. The...  Read story

Dream Machine

R J Corvette is one of the fastest-growing private companies in America, but the real growth curve is being charted in employee expectations.  Read story

Multimedia Is the Message

Several small businesses are highlighted as readers see how to maximize the affects of marketing with multimedia.  Read story

Introducing The 1986 Inc. 100

Like a bunch of adolescents, the companies on the INC. 100 are an unsettled lot. They have grown so fast that their knees ache. They have consumed capit...  Read story

Garbage In, Garbage Out

Bankers and entrepreneurs explain why business-plan software can never deliver what it promises.  Read story

For CEOs Only

A CEO peer group can be an invaluable learning and networking experience, but a waste of time if it doesn't fit a CEO's specific needs. Here's what to consid...  Read story

How To Keep Your Company Out Of Court

Legal audits are the newest way for growing companies to prevent problems with the law.  Read story

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Equity Without Tears

A retailing company attracts equity without selling the store; New Hampshire businesses set up a computer "dating" service -- for entrepreneurs and investors.  Read story

Taking Credit

For years, small business has assumed that the problems associated with the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit outweigh the advantages. It's time to take another look.  Read story

Controlling Legal Costs

Controlling legal fees by requesting detailed bills and other cost-cutting advice.  Read story

Hot Spots: A Field Guide to Your Local Economy

Some signs to look for suggesting a community's vitality and opportunity, and those signaling economic collapse.  Read story

Videoconferencing for the Rest of Us

A close-up look at some new technology making the face-to-face phone call affordable.  Read story

Facing the Capital Gap

There's plenty of capital out there. So why are so many companies struggling to raise money?  Read story

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