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SCORE with Mentors
Need advice on planning, marketing, pricing? Many people find informal advisers who help guide them, butthere are also formal ways to hook up with mentors... Read more
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Recent Articles about Santa Rosa
Patent No. 5,524,641: An Inventor's Story
That's Arthur Battaglia's patent number. He applied for it eight years ago, got it six years ago, and has been pushing his idea ever since. So far, no takers. Read more
Where the Growth Is
The best cities for growing a business and how to follow the signs to thriving markets. Read more
Kudos for the Kid
Comments on Sundance, spam, and the SBA. Read more
Network: August 1990
Network reader-to-reader advice. Read more
Bet on Telephone Headsets
The era of cell phones, iPods, and video games has erased any stigma associated with wearing a telephone headset at work. Wireless and other models are suita... Read more
How to Build and Maintain Good Business Credit
In a tight economy, good credit is key to expanding your business. Here are a few tips to keep your credit on track. Read more
Form an Inventors Group
An inventors group offers the opportunity to build and improve business skills and to brainstorm and network with other inventors. Read more
Far and Away
When employees have been very, very good, send them to one of these fabulous destination resorts. Read more
Google Sells Display Ads, Techcrunch Startups Fire Back
In defense of not changing the world . We told you yesterday about complaints from some entrepreneurs that the new startups unveiled at the Techcrun... Read more
Don't Quit Your Day Job
How to launch your start-up--without losing your day job. Read more
How to Get a Good Deal on a Lease
What it takes to negotiate a commercial lease in a renter's market Read more
Opening the Kimono
How much should you reveal when negotiating with potential partners? Here's how to "open the kimono" now -- without feeling taken advantage of later. Read more
Start-Ups from Scratch
Eight brief profiles of companies launched with almost no money down. Read more
Kevin Rose of Digg: The Most Famous Man on the Internet
Digg founder Kevin Rose is having so much fun, you could almost miss the fact that he's setting himself up to be an Internet-age media mogul. Read more
One Step at a Time
The story of how a new president was called in to help bring a manufacturing firm from the brink of failure. Read more
Top 25 Cities for Doing Business in America
If you're looking for cities large, medium, and small where job growth is robust and economies are strong, head to the ones on this year's Top Cities list. F... Read more
Seven Entrepreneurs in Search of a Deal
From new twists on time-honed tactics to the brave new world of Internet financing, here are strategies that can help land your business in the money. Read more
Milking the Profits
How a group of family farmers joined forces to create and market a premium brand of milk. Read more
Then and Now
This article looks at how individual bootstrappers have changed business practices as their companies have grown. Read more
The Inc. 500
Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales growth 1980-84 ... Read more
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