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Bootstrap Marketing: Taking on Procter Gamble

She may not have the resources of her giant competitors, but Amilya Antonetti is making her own mark in the soap business, one customer at a time.  Read story

Seduction by the Numbers

Tearing into "breaking free of budgets," and more.  Read story

Save Trees--and Money

Think recycling might be good for the environment but not for your business? Mark Juarez, the CEO of Tender Loving Things Inc., found otherwise. At the $1...  Read story

What Can We Expect in 2007?

Six entrepreneurs talk about the plans they're making for the new year.  Read story

IncQuery: How Do I Get to the Next Level?

Looking for ways to build a brand, and other challenges of building a company.  Read story

Fork It Over

Company president has employees hand out paychecks to each other to bring them closer together.  Read story

Letters

Several readers responded to our September Inc. story about recruiting. Another reader provided some year-end reflection on a fellow high-powered CEO.  Read story

New Options In Office Printers

Whether you are looking for speed, low cost, high quality, or all three, there is probably a machine on the market that fills the bill.  Read story

Letter Quality

A company stresses its '0.1 percent customer rejects' on every one of its letterheads.  Read story

Readers' Questions: War. Who Is It Good For?

Absolutely nobody. But there are some things you can do to protect your business.  Read story

Industries In Transition

Terry Dorman's parents didn't pay much attention when their 19-year-old son and his friend Peter Bogdonoff set up a silk-screening shop in the Dorman base...  Read story

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Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth 1976-80 Per...  Read story

New Device For Those In Peril On The Sea

Ships that pass in the night no longer have to worry about collisions. Larry Anderson, president of Radar Devices Inc., based in San Leandro, Calif., has...  Read story

Tricks Of The Trade

When seasoned executives leave big companies, they take away more than a pension.  Read story

The Downsizer's Dilemma

Struggling with the prospect of having to cut jobs, and other difficult decisions.  Read story

How to Screen Job Applicants

What it takes to effectively screen and interview job applicants   Read story

Turning Vendors Into Partners

Almost everyone is gunning for your business. But will your vendors treat you the way you treat your customers—like a true partner? Here are some questions...  Read story

Growth Happens

A senior Inc. writer learns that many Inc. 500 company owners would have never guess their firms would grow so fast.  Read story

Keeping Score

Scoreboards that chart the company numbers were popular a decade ago, but slowly fell into disuse. Today, scoreboards are back but they're displaying new typ...  Read story

Letters to Bush

Re: The entrepreneurial owners of successful, fast-growing companies have some suggestions, compliments, and a few grievances to air when it comes to doing b...  Read story

Feuding Families

A bitter court battle has pitted the employees of Oakland Scavenger against the "family" that owns it.  Read story

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on: choosing the best investor for your company, saving money by recycling paper, having employees work from home, implementing groupware, a...  Read story

Workstyle

A growing number of business owners are adopting a whole new approach to managing their people.  Read story

The Secrets of Bootstrapping

Profile of 13 companies which were started for less than $1,000.  Read story

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The Private 500 represent 44 states. Geographically, the West wins again on the strength of California's 84 companies -- more than twice as many as any ot...  Read story

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