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Going Their Way

Whatever else catapulted them to the peak, it wasn't conformity to the norms of business  Read more

The 1991 Inc. 500 Index

Alphabetical listing of the 1991 Inc. 500 companies, names only.  Read more

Main Street: Fine Dinering

Seventy-five years after its founding, the oldest diner manufacturer in America is still serving up retro classics.  Read more

Revolutionary Roads: Mapping America's Innovation Capitals

30 tales of following where the spirit leads  Read more

Place Matters

A look at some data showing how the economies of various geographical regions of the U.S. are performing.  Read more

Bitter Harvest

They can breed a cow with half again as much beef as those raised by their grandfathers and grow 160 bushels of corn an acre instead of 80. Their revenues ar...  Read more

Economic Revival;

FOR DULUTH, MINN., NOTHING seemed to work. With the timber and mining industries reeling, unemployment soared as high as 50% in parts of the region ...  Read more

Trading Places: How a Dentist Invented the Export Trading Company

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 more

Creation Nation

Wondering where the next hot food ... hit toy ... big band ... miracle drug will come from? Chances are, from entrepreneurs just like you who are furiously c...  Read more

Betting the Farm

Profile of Gateway 2000, the #1 Inc. 500 company.  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

Virtual Selling

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