E-Mail: Your E-Commerce Ally
As large and small companies alike turn to the Internet to sell products and services -- what is known as "e-commerce" -- entrepreneurs should be sure to ... Read story
SOFTBANK Corporation
Are You Ready to Get Funded?
Gone are the days of getting funding just because you have a bright idea. Investors are looking past the " concept company" and looking for start-ups with... Read story
The No.1 Companies From 1982 -- 2005: Where Are They Now?
Seven are still private, twelve have been acquired, three went public, and one was shut down by the Feds. Read story
Capital Training
BELLEVUE, WASH. -- Roxanne Benton Darling toyed with starting a business for two years. "I've started and stopped a couple of times, but for whatever reas... Read story
Boards That Are Not Bored
Every large public company has a board of directors. The news is filled with stories about prominent people joiningboards, about boards kicking out presid... Read story
Index
How to contact companies, people, and organizations mentioned prominently in this issue. Read story
Index
A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in Inc.'s 1998 State of Small Business issue. Read story
Where Are They Now?
What happens to a company after reaching number one on the Inc. 500? Find out the current status of the past 14 top-spot holders. Read story
Flexible Flyers
Even as Kingston Technology topped the Inc. 500 in 1992, its founders were warned that the memory upgrade market would disappear. But they knew better. Read story
Taking the Sting Out of the Courtroom
In an economy where more and more companies are laying off employees, employment-practice liability insurance makes sense even for the most employee-friendly... Read story
Upstarts: MP3
MP3 technology is changing the way we listen to music. And as usual, where there's change, there's start-up opportunity. A look at several new companies that... Read story
How I Did It: Jack Ma, Alibaba.com
The unlikely rise of China's hottest internet tycoon. Read story
The Pro: The Rules
Mix seasoned, unsentimental management skills with an industry that hasn't encountered them. Read story
The Matchmaker
An anatomy of start-up Career Central, a matchmaker for companies and business school graduates. Includes CEO Jeffrey Hyman's business plan, financial strate... Read story
Start Up. Cash Out. Repeat.
Sunil Paul and Mark Pincus, founders of FreeLoader, sold their company shortly after its inception. Can a new breed of entrepreneur use selling out as a star... Read story
Just Play
As the makers of the games Guitar Hero and now Rock Band settle into their success -- check that, their utter domination of the world's basements and dorm ro... Read story
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