What's the Best Source of Market Research?
Survey chart of the top sources of market research for new products. Read story
San Diego
She Brakes for Moving Costs
By Jill Andresky Fraser | Mar 1, 1994
Before moving from San Diego to New Mexico, company president researched locations by phone for 9 months. Read story
Benchmark: Revving Up Receivables
By Jill Andresky Fraser | Apr 1, 1996
The results of a survey that asked companies what steps they had taken to speed up collection times. Read story
Comerica Bank Opens Six New Banking Centers
Dec 20, 2007
Comerica Bank (NYSE:CMA) has announced the opening of six new banking centers in Arizona and California by year-end. The new centers will serve reta... Read story
Owners and Contracting Officers Meet in California
Nov 3, 2006
Nov. 3, 2006 -- A conference today in San Diego, Calif., is seeking to help small businesses and disabled veteran business enterprises ha... Read story
Instant Links for Documents
Dec 13, 2006
Dec. 13, 2006 -- Cardiff, a San Diego-based software firm, on Wednesday released a tool that provides instant related links to supporting... Read story
Personal Check Printing Tool
Feb 9, 2007
Feb. 9, 2007 -- G7 Productivity Systems, a San Diego-based software company, on Friday released an application package that enabl... Read story
Tech Expo for Business Owners
Mar 23, 2007
March 23, 2007 -- The San Diego Small Business Tech Expo, a free event aimed at providing business owners with information on business te... Read story
High-Tech Showcase Set for San Diego
Jul 31, 2007
The latest and most innovative technology products are set to debut at a conference in San Diego in September, including high-tech products targeted for s... Read story
Boing! Whiz! Bang! Dunk!
By D.M. Osborne | Jun 1, 2000
Dancing chefs and blue martinis -- iLounge sounds like a rowdy day of fun and games. But despite its hilarity, iLounge offers some hard-core business lessons... Read story
Communication 101
By Stephanie Clifford | Nov 1, 2006
Communication between partners should be frequent and direct. Some guidelines: Read story
Hot Tip: Customer Service
By Anne Marie Borrego | Apr 1, 2000
For the best customer service possible, test your employees. Derek Gietzen, president and CEO of Genesis Communications International In... Read story
When Advertising Doesn't Need Hot Air
Oct 1, 1982
Five years ago, Robert Keith Vicino, now 29, tried to marry his hobby -- hot-air ballooning -- with his Connecticut advertisind business. It didn't work. ... Read story
Flexi-Worker
By Inc Staff | Oct 1, 1993
Chart showing percentages of survey respondents who have instituted various types of flexible work initiatives. Read story
TEC Survey Results: Business Valuations
By Jill Andresky Fraser | Feb 7, 1999
Here are some findings from a U.S. membership survey recently conducted by TEC Worldwide Inc., an international CEO-education and -development organizatio... Read story
How Often Do You Change Sales Pay?
By Susan Greco | Dec 1, 1993
Results of survey asking executives when was the last time they had changed their sales-compensation plan. Read story
Zoo Story
By Gary Priest | Oct 1, 1994
A zoo's manager implements new elephant-training techniques and faces stiff resistance to the change from the staff. Read story
The SBA All-Stars
By Mina Azodi | Aug 1, 2005
A look at the Small Business Administration’s rankings of the best field offices turns up some surprises. The agency’s western outposts tend to outperfor... Read story
Four-Week Franchise Research Plan
By Gerald Moriarty | Jun 8, 2000
How to Research a Franchise Only you can make the important decision about owning your own business. Anyone making such a decision n... Read story
Customer Relations;
Customers can be a good source of new product ideas, but if you don't acknowledge their contributions, you may be missing out on a chance to win their loy... Read story
Free Web-Based Text Messaging
Mar 7, 2007
March 7, 2007 -- SIPphone, a San Diego-based VoIP service, has launched a free Web-based service that allows users to send text messages ... Read story
Inc. 500 Countdown: DriveCam
Sep 26, 2005
Inc.com is counting down to the unveiling of Inc . magazine's Inc. 500 list with a profile a day of one of this year's honorees. Check back Monday th... Read story
Drug Control
By Leslie Brokaw | Nov 1, 1989
New company markets Medstation: an automated medication dispenser for hospitals. Read story
Prison Entrepreneurship Guide
These programs offer prisoners around the country an opportunity to start new lives through entrepreneurship. Read story
Motivation: Try Praise
By Bob Nelson | Sep 1, 1996
A management expert reveals that praise, when used wisely, is a powerful motivator any small company can afford. Read story
Hot Zones
By Emily Barker | Dec 1, 1999
A look at the best cities in America for starting and growing a business. Plus: CEOs discuss their reasons for locating their business where they did. Read story
Where Segway Finds Traction
By Rod Kurtz | Sep 1, 2003
We've taken a spin on the Segway and it's a lot of fun. But who is buying it? Read story
Reasonable Compensation
By Inc Staff | Apr 1, 1993
Chart comparing compensation of small companies' CEOs with that of lowest-paid workers. Read story
The week that was
By Inc Staff | Jan 1, 1991
Weekly open meetings to analyze the financial health of a growing company. Read story
Cultural Evolution
By George Gendron | Feb 1, 1993
New software aims at strengthening relationships between strategic partners. Read story
CEO's Notebook
By Inc Staff | Feb 1, 1999
CEOs give advice on: replacing your human-resources department with an employee committee; mixing up energy shakes; and battling the loneliness of a home off... Read story
Hire the Best
By Susan Greco | Jun 1, 1999
There's never been a better time to attract senior talent to your growing company. Here's how to recruit highly skilled employees as you never could before. Read story
The Employees
By Inc Staff | May 1, 2006
Paul Farner, Heat-treat specialist "I'm glad I moved. In El Cajon, I was behind on everything. Monetarily, it's worked out for... Read story
Innovation: The Outer Limits
By David H. Freedman | Jun 1, 2008
The hottest, most mind-boggling high-tech products are coming not only from corporate behemoths but also from start-ups you've never heard of. Read story
Look to Low-Cost and Niche Airlines for Low Fares
By Tom Parsons | Apr 28, 2000
One of the best ways to get the lowest fares is to know where low-cost and niche airlines fly. These carriers allow you to create your own system of airfa... 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
Charity Begins at Home
By Phaedra Hise | Apr 1, 1993
Various ways in which small businesses give back to their communities and why. Read story
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