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Need A Bulletproof Rolls With Full Bar?

Dec 1, 1981

High-volume sales and mass marketing may be the goal of some small businessmen, but Edward and Thomas O'Gara are happy if they ring up three or four sales...  Read story

A Tale Of Hackers, Robbers, And Spies

By V.I. |  Dec 1, 1984

The people trying to break into computers these days aren't just kids hacking for kicks. They are nosy competitors, disgruntled former employees, and ele...  Read story

Recipe for Success

By Liz Webber |  Aug 16, 2007

As America's love affair with grilling grows stronger, more and more entrepreneurs are discovering that backyard barbecues mean big business.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without...

By Riza Cruz |  Dec 1, 2003

Animator Jeff Nodelman finds that a meal of ribs gets his creative juices flowing. He also has good taste in boats.  Read story

Waste Not, Want Not

By Charles W. Kyd |  Dec 1, 1987

Exhorting employees to reuse paper clips is not an effective way to reduce your costs. Getting rid of waste is  Read story

Introducing Guerrilla Marketing

By John Case |  Apr 1, 1987

In business as in war, the key to victory is picking the right battlefield and concentrating your troops  Read story

The Close-to-Complete Diary of Harriet Rubin: Excerpt 2: Davos, Here I Come

By Harriet Rubin |  Oct 19, 1998

In Excerpt 1, "January 1998: Taking the Plunge," Rubin talks about making the great leap into independent consulting after a long career as an editor ...  Read story

Hell-Bent for Lather

By Edward O. Welles |  Sep 1, 2001

A high-tech car wash (all spray, no brush) aims to become the Starbucks of drive through suds.  Read story

Unlimited Partners

By Joel Kotkin |  May 1, 1985

Fast-changing markets are forcing companies to redefine the art of subcontracting.  Read story

In the Driver's Seat

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Mar 1, 2004

Craftsmanship, luxury, technology: Would you expect anything less from the first all-new Bentley in more than 50 years? It's the Continental GT.  Read story

The Lessons of Great Blunders

Oct 28, 1999

When Giants Stumble by Robert Sobel. Prentice Hall, 349 pages, $26. The infamous cases of the Edsel, Coca-Cola's change in formula...  Read story

Letters

By Inc Staff |  Nov 1, 1998

Inc. readers react to articles from the August 1998 issue of Inc., including "Diary of a Soloist," by Harriet Rubin, "Caveat Emptor," by Norm Brodsky, and "P...  Read story

Starting Over

By Donna Fenn |  Nov 1, 1985

Allen-Edmonds, once a family-owned money loser, is back in the black.  Read story

A Company of Their Own

By Mike Hofman |  Oct 1, 1999

Software provider Shipco Logistics offers employees a special perk: help starting their own companies and becoming SAP certified.  Read story

Clutter Busters

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Feb 1, 1989

How-to books on advertising that imprints a message  Read story

A Software Package Under The Tree

By Abby Solomon |  Dec 1, 1983

Not long ago, using a microcomputer to handle personal finances was as popular as filing recipes electronically. Kitchen wizardry with the home computer i...  Read story

Are We Having Fun Yet?

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Oct 1, 1987

John Paul Mitchell Systems is a new-wave profit machine with few moving parts and a direct connection to Paradise  Read story

Taking The "family" Out Of Family Business

By Curtis Hartman |  Sep 1, 1986

As a new generation takes the reins of America's family businesses, they're bringing new values, new techniques, and new goals to the organizations they neve...  Read story

China Inc.

By Joel Kotkin |  Dec 1, 1992

Two Inc. writers look at China's new embrace of capitalism and its impact on the future of global economics.  Read story

The Apprenticeship of Irwin Simon

By Hesh Kestin |  Mar 1, 2002

Inc takes you inside the life and mind of Irwin Simon. The CEO has built the Hain Celestial Group Inc. into the market leader in natural foods.  Read story

The Alchemist Of Anchor Steam

By Chris Hartman |  Jan 1, 1983

Starting with a tumble-down plant and a vision of "the perfect beer," Fritz Maytag proved that even in an industry dominated by giants, small can be beautiful.  Read story

Assets And Liabilities

By Tom Richman |  May 1, 1985

For the CEO of a fast-growth company, yesterday's strength may be today's weakness.  Read story

Smooth Operator

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jul 1, 1990

Interview with a successful corporate raider.  Read story

What You Can Learn from Steve Jobs

By Steven Berglas |  Oct 1, 1999

By revitalizing Apple Computer, Steve Jobs proves that there's nothing like a charismatic leader when times are tough. But could all that charisma backfire w...  Read story

Details, Details

By Robert A. Mamis |  Mar 1, 1988

Finding little things and executing them well doesn't have to be complicated, or even expensive -- only ingenious. And it doesn't require a glamorous set...  Read story

Unbridled Growth

By Curtis Hartman |  Dec 1, 1985

For five years, Herbalife International's health and diet pitch has made it one of the fastest-growing companies in American history. Now a series of investi...  Read story

At The Crossroads

By Lucien Rhodes |  Feb 1, 1988

After 10 years, Bill Wilson has discovered that the very traits that fed his early success no longer seem to work. He can no longer control every event in th...  Read story

Magnificent Obsession

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Aug 1, 1989

Company founder obsesses over quality control and spends millions on patent protection, all to keep his product unique.  Read story

Choose or Lose

By Susan Greco |  Dec 1, 1998

Judy Corson and Jeff Pope, cofounders of Custom Research Inc., realized they could grow their company by cutting their customer base in half.  Read story

The Spirit Of Independence; Connections

By Curtis Hartman |  Jul 1, 1985

"If anyone who hits the moon feels there hasn't been a lot of luck involved, in my opinion, they're either naive or lying." -- Jack Eckerd  Read story

Diary of a Soloist

By Harriet Rubin |  Aug 1, 1998

In the March 1998 issue of Inc. , Rubin announced her desire to shuck corporate trappings and strike out on her own. Here are excerpts from her journ...  Read story

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