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Hard-Time Start-Ups

By George Gendron |  May 1, 1991

Inc.'s editor-in-chief offers a list of some of today's best-known companies that started in the Great Depression.  Read story

Archive: Moolah Rouge

By Mike Hofman |  Oct 1, 2002

How Revlon launched a line of "affordable luxuries" in the heart of the Great Depression.  Read story

Star Boards -- Nothing but Star Boards

By Mike Hofman |  Dec 1, 1999

Operating under the theory that celebrities are money magnets, America's largest companies have long stocked their boardrooms with a ration of star power....  Read story

New Blood Adds A Blush To Cosmetics Business

By William Souder |  Jan 1, 1985

The chic world of the cosmetics industry always celebrates youth, but lately it has shown a few of its own jowls and wrinkles. Sales in 1983, adjusted fo...  Read story

Rich Man, Politician

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Sep 1, 2003

Could campaign finance reform put more entrepreneurs in office?  Read story

Profits in Private Labels

By Susan Greco |  Mar 1, 1993

How a private-label manufacturer boosted sales after merging with a brand-name manufacturer.  Read story

Sing to Me, Baby

By JAY FINEGAN |  Aug 1, 1993

Story of a start-up that has invented a market for itself.  Read story

1980 Inc. 100 Stock Market Performance

Jun 1, 1981

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Bid/close P/E ratio<...  Read story

Hands-On Marketing

By Carole Matthews |  Jan 1, 2004

Revlon, Neutrogena, Oil of Olay. Their ads are plastered across women's magazines, and daytime television is just as much a venue for their skin-care prod...  Read story

Secret Work Keeps Sleuth In Business

Mar 1, 1982

Alice Byrne is a private investigator, complete with trench coat and revolver. But, she says, she doesn't get caught in shoot-outs; her specialty is "thi...  Read story

The Secret World of IPOs

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jun 1, 1997

A senior Inc. writer takes you through the uncharted territory of small-company public offerings.  Read story

CEO's Notebook

By Various Inc Staff |  Dec 1, 1999

CEOs give advice on adding star power to your board; the ins and outs of PEOs; venture capital's coastal bias; and the truth about Internet recruiting. Plus:...  Read story

Globetrotting for Dollars

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Aug 1, 1990

How to snare a heavyweight partner overseas.  Read story

Teens Pitch Million-Dollar Ideas

By Leslie Taylor |  Nov 7, 2006

The 17-year-old inventor of a nail-polish pen took first place at the National Youth Business Competition.  Read story

The Inc. Second 100

By Bradford W. Ketchum |  Jun 1, 1981

The runners-up to the 1981 INC. 100 are more profitable, more productive, and more stable.  Read story

A New Wrinkle

By Leslie M. Schultz |  Apr 1, 1985

Edna Hennessee makes it her business to get other cosmetic companies ready for business.  Read story

Why Didn't I Think of That?: Delivering the Kids

By Phaedra Hise |  Jul 1, 1995

A look at how two entrepreneurs launched their $4-million textbook-cover-advertising company.  Read story

Obits: Packaging Company Diss-ked by AOL

By Kevin L. McQuaid |  Sep 1, 1997

The story of how one thriving business went bust almost overnight when its biggest client stopped paying.  Read story

The Revenge Of The Fortune 500

By Joel Kotkin |  Aug 1, 1985

When companies as big as Campbell start thinking like entrepreneurs, small companies had better start thinking about new ways to compete.  Read story

Sugar Ray Leonard's Toughest Fight

By Tahl Raz |  Jun 1, 2003

The six-time champ is trying to build a business, promote a new generation of fighters, and clean up his sullied sport. It's not as easy as it sounds.  Read story

Flow Charts

By William Souder |  Dec 1, 1984

While some companies are carried up on a rising tide, others succeed by bucking the industry trends.  Read story

The Reluctant Entrepreneurs

By Joel Kotkin |  Sep 1, 1986

Are American blacks still stuck on the bottom rung of the economic ladder because so few start businesses of their own?  Read story

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