San Luis Obispo


Inc. 500 Private Jet Charterer Rates Operators

Feb 26, 2007

Feb. 26, 2007 -- Jets.com, a Quincy, Mass.-based private jet chartering company, has awarded eight jet operators top marks for customer s...  Read story

Plugging Your Customers

Jan 1, 1995

One good way to reinforce your relationship with customers is to plug them whenever you can. At San Luis Sourdough, a$3-million bakery in San Luis Obispo,...  Read story

Frugal Move: An Online Catalog

Jan 1, 1998

Drew Munster had meager financing when he started Tennis Warehouse, a direct-mail business in San Luis Obispo, Calif. He could afford only a black-and-whi...  Read story

House ads

By Inc Staff |  Aug 1, 1990

Thanking people for their business by giving away advertising space in the company newsletter.  Read story

You Get What You Pay For

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Oct 1, 1990

Charging higher prices for customers who require more service.  Read story

On-Line: Bootstrapping on the Web

By Phaedra Hise |  Jan 1, 1996

A quick look at how a direct-mail business has grown with help from the World Wide Web.  Read story

Sour Grapes

By Joe Rosenbloom III |  Jan 1, 1987

Chalone's strategy was to trade the efficiency of large wineries for the quality image of small ones. And it worked-for a while.  Read story

Build Your Own

Mar 1, 1982

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, Warren W. Webb, president of The Computation Co. of San Diego, Calif., is wearing a leather tool belt and poking his finger i...  Read story

Games Businesspeople Play

By Abby Solomon |  Oct 1, 1983

Some talk about it; some don't. But without question, there are more than a few who are doing something other than VisiCalc down at the shop.  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

Resurrecting Auto Graveyards

By John Grossman |  Mar 1, 1983

A decade ago consultant Barry Isenberg shed his three-piece suit and stepped into what he calls "the last frontier." Since then, a lot of junkyard dogs have ...  Read story

The Entrepreneur of the Year

By Joshua Hyatt |  Jan 1, 1991

Introduction to the Entrepreneur of the Year judges and the selection process.  Read story

Bill's Excellent Adventure

By Alan Deutschman |  Jun 1, 2004

Suddenly, Microsoft cares. If you run a small business, this may be just what you've been waiting for.  Read story

The 500

Dec 1, 1987

#13 APPLIED SYSTEMS INC. UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. You saw it in the stock market. You've seen it in the merger-and-acquisition activity. ...  Read story

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Dec 1, 1982

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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