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A New Kind Of Salt Mine

How an idealistic M.B.A. used new age notions (Shared Values Thought, anyone?) to rev up an old-line business and turn a humble commodity into a premium prod...  Read story

Contributors

When photographer Beth Perkins entered the salt mines at Redmond Minerals in central Utah, she had a problem. Other than the headlamps w...  Read story

High Concept: This Phone's for You

The next great advance in wireless? One word: plastics.  Read story

The Buck Stopped Here

Soaring business costs in California were driving Buck Knives to the brink. The company regained its edge by dismantling its factory--and putting it back tog...  Read story

Fire Starter

Inventor/entrepreneur has big plans for his revolutionary cookout grill.  Read story

Expos Exposed

A seasoned expo attendee looks at the trade shows now offered in cyberspace. The verdict? There's no substitute for good, old-fashioned, face-to-face network...  Read story

How Hard Could It Be?: How I Learned to Love Middle Managers

I hoped to create a utopian workplace. Instead, I caused an employee revolt.  Read story

Superpoking Bill Gates

Ten questions we'd like to ask Microsoft's founder about his company's play for Facebook.  Read story

Upstarts: ASPs

Say good-bye to software as we know it and hello to ASP start-ups.  Read story

Why 20 Million of You Can't Be Wrong

A long-time Inc . contributor surveys the current entrepreneurial scene and reports his findings. How do things look? Well, one answer might be "Neve...  Read story

How to Collect from Anyone (Even Enron)

Thirty ways to get paid within 30 days.  Read story

The Ride of Your Life

Trouble's inevitable. What do you do when a crisis hits? Take advantage of it -- and hang on tight.  Read story

Meet the Bill Gates of Ghana

Brash, ambitious, and optimistic, Herman Chinery-Hesse has already accomplished what many considered impossible -- building a thriving tech business in his n...  Read story

On the Wired Front

Looking for low-cost real estate, plenty of bandwidth, and a terrific quality of life? These blue-collar communities are designing their own high-tech networ...  Read story

Hot Links

Sarah Gerdes, CEO of Business Marketing Group, is among a new breed of corporate matchmaker who is helping small companies get into the right strategic allia...  Read story

Inside the Smartest Little Company in America

Whit Alexander and Richard Tait, founders of Cranium Inc., had never run a business before. But they did have one thing going for them: brains. That's why th...  Read story

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