Hard-Time Start-Ups
Inc.'s editor-in-chief offers a list of some of today's best-known companies that started in the Great Depression. Read more
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Inc.'s editor-in-chief offers a list of some of today's best-known companies that started in the Great Depression. Read more
How Revlon launched a line of "affordable luxuries" in the heart of the Great Depression. Read more
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 more
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 more
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How a private-label manufacturer boosted sales after merging with a brand-name manufacturer. Read more
Story of a start-up that has invented a market for itself. Read more
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 more
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 more
HTC refuses to admit it's new Android "Rhyme" is a chick phone. But make no mistake; it's a chick phone. Read more
A senior Inc. writer takes you through the uncharted territory of small-company public offerings. Read more
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 more
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 more
The 17-year-old inventor of a nail-polish pen took first place at the National Youth Business Competition. Read more
How to snare a heavyweight partner overseas. Read more
The runners-up to the 1981 INC. 100 are more profitable, more productive, and more stable. Read more
A look at how two entrepreneurs launched their $4-million textbook-cover-advertising company. Read more
Edna Hennessee makes it her business to get other cosmetic companies ready for business. Read more
The story of how one thriving business went bust almost overnight when its biggest client stopped paying. Read more
When companies as big as Campbell start thinking like entrepreneurs, small companies had better start thinking about new ways to compete. Read more
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 more
While some companies are carried up on a rising tide, others succeed by bucking the industry trends. Read more
Are American blacks still stuck on the bottom rung of the economic ladder because so few start businesses of their own? Read more
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