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Managing People;

Most small companies can't afford full-time personnel managers, but in a world of mounting regulation and litigation, neither can they afford to be casual...  Read more

Quick Trip Tix

New company invents a machine that dispenses airline tickets at convenient locations.  Read more

Motivation;

While incentive pay may motivate managers and other salaried employees, many companies have trouble making it work for hourly people. But E.T.C. Carpet M...  Read more

The Business of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport

Here’s a look at the companies that provide the safety vests, tow bars, belt loaders, and ground surveillance on the tarmac as you dash for your flight.  Read more

Where the Growth Is

The best cities for growing a business and how to follow the signs to thriving markets.  Read more

An Ounce Of Prevention

Stop disputes from escalating into costly court battles by inserting a few simple clauses into your contracts.  Read more

The Inner City 100

100 street-smart companies.  Read more

Swiped Out

Credit cards are getting harder to find and more expensive to use.  Read more

The Four-Day Work Week

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. ...  Read more

Bush Wishes Upon a Czar

Albert Frink Jr., a former luxury carpet maker, has been named this Administration's manufacturing czar.  Read more

How to Switch Careers and End of Web 2.0

What comes after Web 2.0? Over at Wired, Bruce Sterling posts the full text of his speech, Read more

Do-It-Yourself Computer Repair

Company trains clients in repairing their own computer systems.  Read more

Trading Up

How a shop in Little India became a sleek brand.  Read more

Public Relations: Getting Your Company On TV

A CEO and his video-production expert explain how they created a video that caught national attention.  Read more

From Bringing Up Baby To Growing A Company

In 1970, Shirley Pepys and Sylvia Noble were keeping house and raising children in the suburb of Mission Viejo, Calif. Now they have a company that gross...  Read more

Six-Shooter

One retired company founder wound up starting six new companies.  Read more

New! Improved! Manufacturing

Suddenly, the shop floor is where the action is.  Read more

A Fretless Business

Famous guitar maker has seen a recent surge in sales.  Read more

The Inner City 100 Profiles: 51-60

NO. 51 SLR Contracting & Service Buffalo Construction services Read more

26 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs: Rueben Martinez

for rewriting the rules for husband-and-wife teams  Read more

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Fixed to Stay Fixed

Just because you think you've fixed a problem for a customer doesn't mean the customer is satisfied. That's why Carol Brachman, customer-support manager f...  Read more

The Evolving Saga Of A Destitue Business

As INC. dropped the curtain on the fiscal adventures of Evolution Technologies Inc. ("One Step Forward, Two Steps Back," October), the 2 1/2-year-old mini...  Read more

Entrepreneurs Willing to Pay More to Go Green

Despite the higher costs, using environmentally friendly materials can bring in more customers, according to a new survey.  Read more

Marketing;

All too often, small companies operating in a competitive industry will undervalue their goods or services -- pricing them as if they were basic commoditi...  Read more

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Rueben Martinez, Libreria Martinez Books and Art Galleries

for simultaneously building a business and nurturing Latino culture  Read more

The Inner City 100 Profiles: 21-30

NO. 21 Intelliseek Cincinnati Blog analysis and research Read more

Alternative Memory for Laptop Users

Road warriors need computer memory to commute between branch offices, meet clients, and telecommute. You've hear about thumb drives, CDs, and floppy disks, b...  Read more

Concrete Tips for Urban Pioneers

What to keep in mind if you do business in the inner city.  Read more

Four Ways To Fight The Giants

1. Don't Play By Big-League Rules. It was High Noon for Dick Farman when Vlasic Foods Inc. rode into town. A market leader long before its acquisi...  Read more

Designs Of The Times

The tool of only the largest companies a few years ago, CAD/CAM systems are now giving smaller businesses a competitive edge.  Read more

More Than A Secretary

George Umble had too much work and too little time. Then he learned to use his secretary more effectively.  Read more

Upstarts: Offices-to-Go

An overview of Laptop Lane, a Seattle-based start-up providing by-the-minute office space and computer hook-ups in airports. Plus: a travel expert rates vari...  Read more

Why You Won't Sell Your Business

Inc. revisits companies listed in the Business for Sale column.  Read more

The 1985 Inc. 100

Introducing the fastest-growing public companies in America.  Read more

Taking The Fear Out of Factoring

With more and more reputable companies entering the factoring business, services have greatly improved. But factors' bottom line use remains the same: provid...  Read more

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