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Network: October 1991

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Whodunit?

A few times a year, we read stories about investor scams similar to "Paper Planes," but yours was especially good. Having spent a number of years as...  Read more

Network: January 1992

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Communication Lockdown

Stonewalling makes workers anxious and unproductive, study finds.  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Green Sherpa

Green Sherpa wants to help organize your finances. But first, it's looking for $5 million of its own. Will investors go for the deal?  Read more

Virtual Selling

Several different companies are examined to see how they acquired sales automation technology and informatiion.  Read more

Taxing the Call of the Wild

Does Puma’s cat or Geico’s gecko deserve a royalty?  Read more

Free Visual Voicemail

Jan. 19, 2007 -- CallWave Inc., a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based phone applications company, has released a free PC-based visual voicemail s...  Read more

Thriving On Adversity

Sometimes entrepreneurship does best when the local economy appears to have taken a turn for the worse  Read more

A Swing and a Miss

Golf isn't always a winning group activity. Croquet, anyone?  Read more

Hot Tip: Sales Customer Service

John McManus, president of Magellan's Catalogue, a $10 million travel accessories supplier in Santa Barbara, Calif., wants to keep employees interested in...  Read more

Investors Meet Small Companies At Seminar

Sometime this month, a half-dozen or more entrepreneurs around the country expect to receive investment checks ranging from $300,000 to $1.5 million. The...  Read more

Five Ideas to Watch

...including robots for hospitals and bad news for the jet set  Read more

Best of Show

The president of Target Marketing reviews TRAQ-IT Tradeshow Software, a tool for planning, managing, and overseeing the exhaustive details of your company's ...  Read more

Tech Talk: Telco Thrives with Network Management

A Santa Barbara telecommunications reseller finds that it can better control its bandwidth and ensure that employees have access to applications when they ne...  Read more

Come In. I've Been Expecting You

Personalizing your Web site doesn't have to lead to personal bankruptcy. Here's how inexpensive tools can make every site visitor feel like an audience of one.  Read more

A Fine and Private Page

Want to build an extranet for your customers but lack the resources? For a fraction of the cost and stress, consider creating Web pages that only specified p...  Read more

Blue Streak

EarthLink and Boingo Wireless founder Sky Dayton has a way of hitting upon the waves of the future. In his spare time, he hits waves of a different kind.  Read more

Mail

Don't Do It Yourself I'm puzzled by an inconsistency in Inc. 's list of bargains for businesses ["Read more

How to Improve Your Presentation Skills

Your presentations skills are just as important as the information you are presenting. This guide will help you prepare for a presentation and polish your sp...  Read more

Low-Cost -- and Free -- Collaboration Tools

Project management, shared calendars, contact lists, and other collaborative software can be pricey. Companies such as Zoho, Yugma, and Google aim to provide...  Read more

Meetings Go Virtual

Web conferencing and other collaboration technologies -- tools that help people work with one another through their computers -- have become more available a...  Read more

Top 10 Global Companies

From London to the Congo, here’s where Inc. 500 companies are finding opportunity abroad.  View slideshow

Entry Level: Pick the Right Office Equipment

An overview of John Derrick's book 'The Office Equipment Adviser,' and how the book can be purchased.  Read more

California Wildfires Send Business Owners Scrambling

The economic toll from the fires, which have scorched more than 400,000 acres, is still not known.  Read more

Small Company Initial Public Offerings: December 1981

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Offering O-T-C  Read more

Meetings Go Virtual

Success in the global market was giving Marla Landreth headaches. Her company, InfoGenesis in Sa...  Read more

Reader Mail: October 2010

Responses to Inc.’s plan for revitalizing the American dream.  Read more

No Free Lunch

Business meal expenses are under scrutiny again. The Reagan Administration's tax package would permit companies to deduct all of their meal expenses up t...  Read more

The Wall

When John and Gloria McManus, cofounders of Magellan's, decided they needed time off, they found themselves trapped by the company's daily demands. Here's ho...  Read more

Should You Switch to Green Packaging?

More companies are opting for recycled packaging and other environmentally friendly packaging materials, but making the switch can be tricky.  Read more

How to Cut Postage Costs

Cutting costs by using nine-digit zip codes.  Read more

Looking Forward: Why a Return to Basics Will Top the List for 2002

What soared? What bored? Gather ye marketers, for that magical time of year when we review budgets and assess advertising, sales, marketing, and public re...  Read more

A Business Plan with Heart

A decade ago, when I was employed as a chartered surveyor for a major British insurance company, I realized that I was doing something that was making my ...  Read more

Where the Renaissance Meets the Road

There are many paths to a balanced life. One business owner gets there by kneeling on the street for three days.  Read more

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

With the right Web site, you can walk customers through even the most complex selling process.  Read more

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

With the right Web site, you can walk customers through even the most complex selling process.  Read more

Inc. 500 Index

The fastest-growing private companies in America in 1998, listed alphabetically.  Read more

How to Recession-Proof Your Kids

In a tough economy, talking about money and investing can be more important than a primer on the birds and the bees. Here are some simple lessons you should ...  Read more

Better Marketing Through Science

Washington girds for health care vote . The passage of President Obama's health care plan looks Read more