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Hot Commodity;

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Apr 1, 1988

Pity, please, marketers trying to sell a commodity. They can't scream that their product is new and improved -- because it isn't. They can't say it'...  Read story

Words from the Wise

By Joshua Hyatt |  Jun 1, 1991

Profile of two company founders who use mentors to give them a competitive advantage.  Read story

The Dead Have Customers, Too

By Leslie Brokaw |  Sep 1, 1994

A look at the business organization behind the rock band The Grateful Dead, which grossed over $50 million in 1993.  Read story

Tin Men

By Edward O. Welles |  Oct 1, 1990

Profile of three businessmen who built reputable businesses in traditionally disreputable industries.  Read story

Why Companies Fail

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jun 1, 1993

Judgment calls, reality tests and mistakes of the heart that doom companies to failure.  Read story

It's 1983. Look At The Kinds Of Companies That Are After Your Money

By John Case |  Aug 1, 1983

If you are in the market for a house, the chances are fair that you can find one through a Merrill Lynch & Co. real estate agent, and that you can arr...  Read story

Enterprise Is Better The First Time Around

Jun 1, 1986

If at first you don't succeed, you're probably not on the INC. 500.  Read story

Charges And Discharges

By Marisa Manley |  Mar 1, 1988

If you want to avoid employee lawsuits, a good starting place is to understand recent court decisions about 'wrongful discharge'  Read story

Made In The U.S.A.

By Tom Richman |  Jan 1, 1989

Profile of a company aspiring to keep manufacturing cheap and effective in the appliance market.  Read story

Ideas For Sale

By David H. Freedman |  Sep 1, 2001

Is the world ready for an eBay of ideas?  Read story

Father, Son, Co.

By George Gendron |  Jul 1, 1994

Quote on the relationship between an entrepreneurial father and son.  Read story

Picking The Right Small Stock

By John Case |  Jan 1, 1984

If William G. Shepherd Jr. owned all the stocks he has recommended in his newsletter, Ground Floor, he might be worrying about the Mexican peso, or about ...  Read story

Patent Fending

By Mike Hofman |  Dec 1, 1997

A look at some famous legal battles between inventors and the corporations that stole their patented ideas.  Read story

How to Start an Inc. 500 Company: Six Common Questions

By Various Inc Staff |  Oct 15, 1994

Six Inc. writers each examine one common question about starting a successful business.  Read story

Private Lives

By B.G.P. |  Dec 1, 1982

Microcomputers, welding equipment, wheelcharis, prefabricated churches, and five other businesses earned their companies a spot on this year's INC. 500.  Read story

Business for Sale: Pocket Change?

By Ryan McCarthy |  Dec 1, 2008

A Washington, D.C.-area pool table retail chain priced at $5 million.  Read story

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By Contributor: Stephen D. Solomon |  Sep 1, 1987

Press release of the month. A behind-the-scenes account of journalism's splashiest start-up in recent years -- Gannett Co.'s USA Today -- might make temp...  Read story

Courting the Power Retailers

Jan 1, 1995

Mass merchandisers book about 40% of all U.S. retail sales, and discount retailers--chains with 50 stores or more--book 11% to 13% of all retail sales, ev...  Read story

Small Technical Firms Get New Export Boost

Jun 1, 1982

Just 12% of this country's gross national product is generated by international trade, and almost all of it is carried out by our largest corporations. T...  Read story

The Biggest TV Network You've Never Heard Of

By Ian Mount |  Jun 1, 2005

Michael Stern started PRN with this insight: If most people make their buying decisions inside the store, why not show them commercials inside the store? Bec...  Read story

Information, Please

By Marisa Manley |  Jun 1, 1989

How to give useful job references without getting in to hot water.  Read story

Piggyback

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Aug 1, 1988

A store within a store serves as a joint venture providing benefits to both companies.  Read story

Looking for Jobs in All the Wrong Places

By John Case |  Mar 1, 1994

Government should foster innovation and entrepreneurship instead of focusing on companies' sizes.  Read story

For Sale: The American Dream

By Joseph Rosenbloom |  Nov 1, 2001

Need help selling your company? Lots of folks out there claim they can help you get the most for your business. Don't believe everything you hear.  Read story

By The Numbers

Nov 1, 1985

Segal's Secret: More Bang for the Square Foot  Read story

Trading, American Style

By James H. Wilbur |  May 1, 1983

I'm rather struck by the fact that the author of the article on Jack Boles's trading company ("Our Man in Zurich, Tokyo, and Hong Kong," January) focuses ...  Read story

What Makes a Company Great?

By George Gendron |  Feb 1, 1995

Inc.'s editor-in-chief offers an overview and review of J. Collins and J. Porras's book 'Built to Last.'  Read story

Sole Survivor

By John Case |  Jun 1, 1994

One third-generation family business has survived imports, mergers, offshore manufacturing and new technologies.  Read story

Focus: Master of the Ordinary

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Jan 1, 1995

A quick look at a start-up that is built around a new and improved ratchet wrench.  Read story

Ask Inc.

By Inc Staff |  Oct 1, 2005

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Upstarts: Highlighting New Companies

By Virginia Inman |  Apr 1, 1985

Some companies really do benefit from stiffer Internal Revenue Service regulations. Last year's tax law (see "Your Money or Your Car, page tk) requires p...  Read story

Darn Those Pop-Up Ads! They're Maddening, But Do They Work?

By No Author |  Aug 1, 2003

They create as much clutter as those slippery advertising inserts that fatten a Sunday newspaper and are as inescapable as humidity in August. But just ho...  Read story

On-Screen Sales

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Jan 1, 1991

Prodigy's videotex service provides a sophisticated version of direct mail through a PC.  Read story

Case Study: Was Bankruptcy the Answer?

By Nadine Heintz |  Dec 1, 2005

Her line of credit was in default. Her partnership with her mom was faltering. Could Heather Antonelli save her business?  Read story

Inc.com's Quick Guide to Wine Online

By Inc Staff |  Aug 1, 2005

Now that you can , where should you shop for wine online? With the help of four exper...  Read story

Beating Yesterday

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Mar 1, 1988

Back in 1888, Walter Jessurun had a great idea for a product. To make a retail business grow, he realized, you had to be able to compare today's volume o...  Read story

How the Law Protects Trademarks

Oct 21, 1999

The law protects trademarks by authorizing a trademark owner to file a lawsuit to: prevent others from using it in a context where it migh...  Read story

Marketing: Selling the Superstores

By Susan Greco |  Jul 1, 1995

A 15-week, nationwide campaign is followed to learn how to get shelf space at the country's hottest retail chains.  Read story

Trading Places: How a Dentist Invented the Export Trading Company

By Sara Delano |  Nov 1, 1983

Although Dr. Josepb Blaes considered himself reasonably imaginative, he never dreamed that his design for a more efficient dental clinic would have global si...  Read story

Tex's Chain Saw Manicure

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Nov 1, 1987

What ever happened to company names you can't forget?  Read story