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Storm Clouds Over Silicon Valley

As blind faith in the infallibility of high-tech companies falters, the era of unrestrained growth in the Valley may be over.  Read more

How to Survive Without a Job

Guide to creating your own workplace in the '90s. Focus on entrepreneurs the changing small business landscape.  Read more

Virtual Reality Gets Real

Three companies venturing into business applications for virtual reality.  Read more

The 1988 Inc. 500

Brief profiles of 15 Inc. 500 companies.  Read more

A Rogues' Gallery Of California Swashbucklers

They were the high fliers of high tech: aggressive, creative, and supremely egotistical. The companies they founded made them rich and famous. But today, tho...  Read more

Management By Necessity

Interview with one CEO and the steps behind his $80 million, no venture capital, computer software company.  Read more

Golden Handcuffs

It certainly worked out for me," claims Edward Esber, a former marketing vice-president for VisiCorp in San Jose, Calif. Like many hired field workers in ...  Read more

RR: The Upside (of Downtime)

Looking to become a better CEO? Try not taking care of business for a while.  Read more

The South Shall Ride Again

This motorcycle maker has a powerful vision for his company. And he's dragging his supporters along -- whether they like it or not.  Read more

The 500

#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 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

#8 TEMPS & CO. WASHINGTON, D.C. Many INC. 500 companies are wife-and-husband teams, but so far as we can tell, this is the only sister-brother c...  Read more