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Boomtowns '06: Hottest Midsize Cities

By Joel Kotkin and Michael A. Shires |  May 1, 2006

Employment Base of 150,000-450,000.  Read story

You Don't Know Me...

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jun 1, 1997

The story of one owner who, shunned by Wall Street, took his company public by himself.  Read story

Using Technology To Serve Customers

Aug 1, 1983

Inside salespeople, who traditionally have been responsible for taking orders, can now focus more and more on generating sales, because of a variety of ne...  Read story

The Search for Grubby Capital

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Mar 1, 1990

Company specializes in recovering capital by selling off client's excess inventory.  Read story

Place Matters

By John Case |  May 15, 1996

A look at some data showing how the economies of various geographical regions of the U.S. are performing.  Read story

Learning to Love Networking

By Mike Spinney |  Aug 1, 2006

How a shy guy became a master glad-hander.  Read story

I'd Rather Be Flying (Myself)

By Phaedra Hise |  Jan 1, 2002

Entrepreneurs have always been more likely than most folks to be private pilots; now they have new reasons to leave commercial flight behind. Here's what new...  Read story

Bill's Excellent Adventure

By Alan Deutschman |  Jun 1, 2004

Suddenly, Microsoft cares. If you run a small business, this may be just what you've been waiting for.  Read story

The Origins of Entrepreneurship

By John Case |  Jun 1, 1989

Where do America's fastest-growing private companies and their founders come from? Not where you think.  Read story

Getting The Bugs Out

By Tom Richman |  Jun 1, 1984

In the extermination business, there is Al Burger and there is everybody else. What does he know that the others don't?  Read story

Virginia Is for Manufacturers

By Leigh Buchanan |  Dec 1, 2002

Jill-Anne Partain bet that a New York-style business could help revive her distressed town.  Read story

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Dec 1, 1986

#8 TEMPS & CO. WASHINGTON, D.C. Many INC. 500 companies are wife-and-husband teams, but so far as we can tell, this is the only sister-brother c...  Read story

The Most Entrepreneurial Cities in America

By John Case |  Mar 1, 1990

Inc.'s 1990 ranking of metropolitan regions by job growth, business starts, and proportion of high-growth companies.  Read story

The 500

Dec 1, 1987

#13 APPLIED SYSTEMS INC. UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. You saw it in the stock market. You've seen it in the merger-and-acquisition activity. ...  Read story

Hot Spots

Mar 1, 1988

INC.'s annual ranking of America's cities  Read story

The Inc. 500

Dec 1, 1985

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales growth 1980-84 ...  Read story

Hot Spots

By Joel Kotkin |  Mar 1, 1989

Summary of metropolitan economies for 1989; the most growth was seen in the 'edge cities', where cattle once grazed.  Read story

A Golden Alternative

By Tom Parsons |  May 3, 2000

Using alternative airports is a form of creative ticketing that airlines don't really object to, but they will not offer alternative airport options when ...  Read story

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