Phoenix


Shoe Faddish

Fads come, and fads go. Here is one that should last about 15 minutes: Shoes-while-u-wait. Actually, the shoes are more like sandals. In Italy, wher...  Read story

Quote Of The Month;

At a recent venture capital conference in Phoenix, a group of chief executive officers challenged Roger V. Smith, president and CEO of Silicon Valley Bank...  Read story

A New Twist on Buy-Sell Agreements

Using cross-purchase agreements in employee equity-sharing deals.  Read story

No Confidence

'Rolling Stone' letter to the editor declaring writer's intent to start a business in light of high unemployment.  Read story

Audit-Proofing Your Business

Three executives offer their own well-tested audit protection strategies.  Read story

Benchmark: Business-Continuation Planning

Some data showing 71% of small-business owners have small-business-continuation plans and who provided the plans.  Read story

Network

Inc. Technology readers react to articles from Inc. Technology #1, 1998, including Peter Carbonara's "Sleep Is for Wusses" and Debra Cash's "There's No Offic...  Read story

Phoenix, Utimaco Offer Enhanced Data Protection

The move integrates Utimaco's SafeGuard data protection technology with Phoenix's FailSafe tool.  Read story

New Small-Business E-Mail Server

Jan. 11, 2007 -- SmarterTools, a Phoenix-based software firm, has released the latest version of its full-featured e-mail server, the com...  Read story

Inc. 500 Online Recruiter Hosts Career Expo

April 23, 2007 -- Jobing.com, a Phoenix-based online job board, is hosting a free career expo next month aiming to connect local employer...  Read story

Aspirations for '05

CEOs' new year's resolutions.  Read story

Warehouse Rents Likely to Rise in '06

Industrial space in the U.S. is in demand. The hottest markets have links to China trade and the housing boom.  Read story

Boomtowns '06

Bellingham, Washington; St. George, Utah; McAllen, Texas... You may be surprised by the places that top our list of the hottest cities for entrepreneurs.  Read story

Auction Systems Auctioneers and Appraisers, - Inc. Article

Auction Systems Auctioneers Appraisers Location: Phoenix 2002 revenue: $8.6 millio...  Read story

Arizona AM Radio Station

Financial summary brief description of an Arizona AM radio station.  Read story

Developing In-House Expertise

Setting up financial and personal benchmarks while developing in-house talent.  Read story

Penny-pinching Ideas

Low-cost incentive reward ideas.  Read story

Where to Find Business Help

Where do small-business owners get information to help them run their companies? According to a recent survey, the most popular sources are magazines and ...  Read story

What's Going To Happen In '82?

INC. asked hundreds of business people what they think this year will be like.  Read story

The 1988 Inc. 500 Index

Alphabetical listing of the 1988 Inc. 500 companies, names only.  Read story

Upstarts: New-Biz Watch

For-profit schools: a look at Advantage Schools; Michigan's governor's take on school privatization; and companies that failed in this market.  Read story

Ask Barbara Corcoran

Barbara Corcoran's tips on gaining media exposure.  Read story

Hot Zones

A look at the best cities in America for starting and growing a business. Plus: CEOs discuss their reasons for locating their business where they did.  Read story

The Inner City 100

100 street-smart companies.  Read story

Entrepreneurs Can Do Everything Government Can Do, Only Better;

BY THE TIME HE GOT TO PHOENIX, CHUCK WALBRIDGE HAD DISCOVERED THE PITFALLS, AS WELL AS THE PROMISE, OF PRIVATIZATION.  Read story

Best Career Advancement: Bottoms Up

How some companies boost their employees' careers by growing them in the jobs they already have.  Read story

SBA Honors Natural-Disaster Heroes

March 26, 2007 -- The Small Business Administration will be honoring four employers and public officials who provided exceptional service...  Read story

Small Company Initial Public Offering: December 1982

Offering First O-T-C Size Price aftermarket sym. Company Business/produc...  Read story

Is Your Document Storage Cost-effective?

Cost effective document and magnetic-media pickup-and-retriever services.  Read story

Look to Low-Cost and Niche Airlines for Low Fares

One of the best ways to get the lowest fares is to know where low-cost and niche airlines fly. These carriers allow you to create your own system of airfa...  Read story

Merge Now, Pay Later

Take it from the Cuningham Group: When you're merging two companies, crunching the numbers is easy; melding the two company cultures is the hard part.  Read story

Where you'll find them

New York metro area 355 companies Washington, D.C., and suburbs 300 Los Angeles 244 ...  Read story

Outlook 2006: Real Estate

Blowing bubbles.  Read story

The Business of Horse Racing

From protective vests to synthetic dirt, a number of small companies play a big role in the world of horse racing  Read story

The Inner City 100

100 street-smart companies.  Read story

Getting the Dirt on Your Market

New location? Get market information, including population density, demographics, and the number and type of local businesses.  Read story

Sonic Air's Boom Goes Bust

A three-time INC. 500 company spends a tough year coping with the aftermath of a bungled acquisition.  Read story

Do I Deserve a Raise?

How to review your own performance; networking like a pro.  Read story

'82 Outlook: Small Business Looks At Its Prospects

Cool, hopeful, determined, and ready. That's how I'd describe the self-portrait small business paints as it looks at 1982. (Whether hopeful enough to do...  Read story