Origins of the Inc. 500: Company Names
Follow the Leaders It's an oddity of Rochester, N.Y., that the names of its two premier corporations, Kodak and Xerox, are strange... Read story
Rochester
Controlled Training
Burns Personnel Inc. in Rochester, N.Y., has a new sales training program -- with no trainers. The coaches for the four-person sales force are computers ... Read story
Quote Of The Month
"Entrepreneurs should be realists, not optimists. Optimists always look for the light at the end of the tunnel; realists look for the next tunnel."
New Products;
ARE YOU TIRED OF ALL THOSE wimpy soft drinks being fobbed off as real soda these days by the big bottlers? Well, hold on to your pop-tops: help is on the... Read story
How The Survey Was Conducted
In the world of growing, privately held businesses, the INC. 500 define the elite. These are companies that have sustained unusually high rates of growth... Read story
Tom Golisano Goes Public
An entrepreneur shifts his focus from his business to the community. Read story
Statistics Can't Tell You Where To Do Business
All companies have different needs. That's why studies of the so-called business climate don't mean much. Read story
Mayoral Momentum
A primary tenet of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City's (ICIC) philosophy is that the private sector must play a major role in the revitalization... Read story
The 2007 Inner City 100 Profiles: 91-100
The Inner City 100 Profiles: 61-70
NO. 61 Spex Precision Machine Technologies Rochester, New York Machined parts manufact... Read story
Local Economies Land $195 Million in Grants
The Department of Labor awarded the grants to 13 regions across the nation, which will use the money to stimulate innovation and education in the tech sector. Read story
Local Economies Land $195 Million in Grants
The Department of Labor awarded the grants to 13 regions across the nation, which will use the money to stimulate innovation and education in the tech sector. Read story
Closing the Sale (Completely)
Is it a cynic or a realist who says that any company that's never had an accounts-receivable problem either isn't looking very hard or isn't selling very ... Read story
Is Your Document Storage Cost-effective?
Cost effective document and magnetic-media pickup-and-retriever services. Read story
Finances Made Simple
Brief review of two books on financial management. Read story
Future Shop
Sandy Zimmerman's retail marriage of quality, discounts, and service has turned an obsure New York town into a mecca for a new breed of consumers. Read story
The Secrets of Bootstrapping
18 ways to grow or survive by substituting imagination, know-how, or effort for capital. Read story
Grilled to Order
Bad hiring decisions can cost a company big money, so it pays to fine-tune your interviewing techniques. Many smart managers are developing their own
Fleet Management;
The days of the company car may be numbered. During the past year, droves of small businesses have been switching from company-owned to employee-owned (a... Read story
Work Cutting into Downtime
Job insecurities have more Americans working longer hours, a survey finds. Read story
Class Of '82: Crossing Over To Wall Street
1982 Issue Issue Latest price Amount rank Company Date price 10/6/83 raised ($ mil... Read story
How to Build an Inc. 500 Company
Profile of an Inc. 500 CEO and his success in managing growth while taking his company public. Read story
Resources
Guide to informational resources on office equipment. Read story
"What Were You in For?" and Other Great Job Interview Questions of Our Time
Advice on what to ask the next job candidate who comes in your door Read story
The Inner City 100 Profiles: 41-50
NO. 41 ExecuScribe Rochester, New York Transcription services Read story
Majority of Small-Business Owners Do Not Offer Retirement Benefits
Despite employing half the private-sector workforce, only 14 percent of small businesses offer 401(k) plans. Read story
Origins of the 500: Names
Where do America's fastest growing private companies get all those great ideas? A look at some of the unlikely ways Inc. 500 CEOs came up with the names for ... Read story
Receivables;
Any company that says it has never had an accounts-receivable problem either isn't looking very hard or isn't selling very hard. Meanwhile, those thousan... Read story
Index
A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the October 1998 issue. Read story
Not Just For The Big Guys Anymore
Sophisticated, affordable computer systems are helping smart companies get even smarter. Read story
Should Norm Sell? The Readers Have Spoken
By better than a five-to-one ratio, readers who wrote in think Norm should sell. Here's what some of them had to say: Read story
No-Strings Reimbursement
Two companies' experiences with reimbursing employees for classes relating to their jobs. Read story
The Well-Balanced Life: The Turnaround
How a life plan charted the course of one company and its owner. Read story
Is Manufacturing Weighing Down the U.S. Economy?
The answer may surprise you. Read story
Restitution for a Rainmaker
One Inc. reader discovered he wasn't paying his top sales staffer enough and had to raise his base salary. Read story
Hands On: Limited Power
Here's how Frederick Beer, CEO of Auragen Communications, makes sure that homework doesn't consume too much of his family and personal time. Read story
An Entrepreneurial Education to Last a Lifetime
Raising happy, healthy -- and maybe entrepreneurial -- children. Read story
The Billionaire Next Door
Have you ever wondered whether some people are just born to be entrepreneurs? Meet David Koretz, a 21-year-old businessman hoping to be a billionaire by 25. Read story
Payroll;
The growth of competition in the payroll check-writing industry has benefited companies in two key ways: The service now costs significantly less than in ... Read story
Happiness Pays
PaeTec Communications is fiercely dedicated to two things: worker contentment and inexorable growth. The company's relentlessly focused CEO takes personal re... Read story
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