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Teen Entrepreneurs Headed to China

The winners of a U.S. business-plan competition will now compete against nine other nations.  Read story

Study: Smaller Workplaces Are Safer

Facilities operated by larger companies have up to five times the fatality rate of smaller companies.  Read story

Teen Entrepreneurs Headed to China

The winners of a U.S. business-plan competition will now compete against nine other nations.  Read story

Firing: A Dirty Job...

A short review of James Walsh's book 'Rightful Termination,' including purchasing information.  Read story

U.S. Teens Win Global Entrepreneurship Contest

The team from Santa Monica, Calif., runs an on-campus restaurant and snack bar.  Read story

Briefings: January 2003

The company owner's guide to laws, news, trends, and regulations.  Read story

Ask Myra Goodman

Co-founder and executive vice president, Earthbound Farm.  Read story

Elevator Pitch: NovaSim

NovaSim’s software makes call centers and hospitals more efficient. Will $300,000 take it to the next level?  Read story

Outlook 2006: Logistics

The shipping news.  Read story

Financing Big-Ticket Software

Large software vendors are now arranging leases on their own products.  Read story

Is Recycled Paper Really Recycled?

Inc. writer clears up some of the confusion about recycled paper and its use.  Read story

Employee Health Costs Rising

Smaller employers continue to offer benefits despite a 30 percent hike in insurance prices, a study shows.  Read story

Fewer Fed Contracts Going to Women

April 27, 2007 -- Women small-business owners accounted for only 3.3 percent of all federal contracts awarded in 2005, below the governme...  Read story

Florida Metro Areas Lead National Job Growth

Nov. 19, 2004 --The Fort Myers-Cape Coral metropolitan area in Florida led the nation in job growth in 2003, according to a new study by t...  Read story

Mail

The Future of Marketing I'm amazed that search advertising, the most pervasive new marketing tool, was not included in your Read story

Coping with Stress Claims

How to make yourself less vulnerable to employee lawsuits claiming disabling workplace stress.  Read story

Massachusetts Tops Tech Rankings

The state's science and technology sector leads the nation in R&D, a study reports.  Read story

How I Got VC Money: Ed Jaeger

How a company that manufactures protective gloves raised venture capital  Read story

The 2008 Inc. 500 Investor's Guide

Four venture capitalists peruse the list of fastest-growing companies and tell us what looks good.  Read story

Heading South

Northern California may still dominate the high-technology headlines, but in recent years southern California has begun to challenge the Bay Area as the n...  Read story

Still the Best Places to Do Business

A public-policy expert explains why some big cities are the best place for successful entrepreneurial commerce.  Read story

The Most Expensive States for Business?

Hawaii and New York remain the most expensive states to run a business, while South Dakota is the cheapest, according to a recent study by the Milken Inst...  Read story

" Same Day, Same Day Planner"

METAphorically and in practice, everyone's on the same page at The Phelps Group, a Santa Monica, Calif., integrated marketing-communications company where...  Read story

Aftermarket ELF Protection

New affordable shields available to protect computer users from extremely low-frequency radiation.  Read story

Profiles in Growth

Highlight of different characteristics of the CEOs of 1993 Inc. 100 companies.  Read story

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the April issue.  Read story

The Inc. Network

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read story

CEO Notebook

CEOs from across the country share advice and questions on topics ranging from staffing to taking time off.  Read story

Elevator Pitch: Sport Technology Makes Gear for the X Games Crowd

Can it raise $3 million to meet demand?  Read story

Micro Matter

From books to tapes to classes, computer training options are as varied as the computers themselves.  Read story

Communications: Open, Sesame

A quick review of two software packages that offer easy access to the Internet, and how to purchase these packages.  Read story

Update Your Virus-Protection Software

For years now, Alex Haddox, of the Symantec Antivirus Research Center, in Santa Monica, Calif., has studied the devastating effect of boot-sector viruses....  Read story

Fast, Faster, Fastest

In order to compete with other personal-care companies, one distributor introduced a deluxe model sold with accessories.  Read story

'Unwinds' Can Protect Your Earn-out Deal

Using unwind agreements and earn-out deals when selling a company.  Read story

Most Likely to Succeed

Our new column profiles notable and intringuing CEOs, including a 25-year-old publisher.  Read story

Are You Looking for an Environmentally Friendly Dry Cleaner?

Greenopia can help you out.  Read story

Buying to Get Big

Think acquisitions are only for large corporations? Think again.  Read story

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 story

How Often Should I Track Key Numbers?

Daily, argues Ron Friedman, CEO of Stonefield Josephson Inc., an accounting firm in Santa Monica, Calif. "Every morning by 9:30, I receive a printed repor...  Read story