Somerville (Massachusetts)

Frequently Asked Lending Questions

Our columnist addresses a few frequently asked questions regarding small business loans and financing strategies.  Read more

$Atlantic/Tracy, a distributor of bearings and power transmission equipment, headquartered in Somerville, Mass., is trying to be more creative with its cr...  Read more

Flexible Hiring;

There's nothing temporary about a $6-billion industry that's growing about 20% a year and supplying 700,000 Americans with jobs every day -- temporary job...  Read more

Micro Matter

THE PRINTED WORD Rodnay Zaks, president of Sybex Inc., a Berkeley, Calif.-based computer-book publisher, doesn't think reading is necessarily the be...  Read more

Out of Thin Air

Whatever companies entrepreneurs are building, they're also building a life. Jim Ansara, the CEO of Shawmut Design Construction, describes his 20...  Read more

Network: September 1990 New Queries

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the November 1998 issue.  Read more

'Big Dig' Closure Worries Boston Businesses

A fatal construction accident has led to an ongoing investigation -- and unprecedented traffic tie-ups.  Read more

Digs on a Dime

Here's a way to create an office design that works for everyone and is both stylish and inexpensive.  Read more

Any Questions?

A review of the 21st edition of The Secret Guide to Computers.  Read more

Network: December 1990

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Cooperative Ventures

Jay Guben made his name in Philadelphia as a restaurant and head of the highly regarded Restaurant School, where he taught entrepreneurs how to make payro...  Read more

The 2001 Inc Web Awards: Winners

The winners of the third annual Inc Web Awards.  Read more

The 2001 Inc Web Awards: Winners

The winners of the third annual Inc Web Awards.  Read more

The Decline And Fall Of A Union

When Joanne and Les Frederick learned how to manage, employees decided they didn't need a union after all.  Read more

SBA Announces National Small Business Person of the Year

May 24, 2004 -- Sheree W. Mitchell, owner of the aptly-named Growing Room, Inc., was named the 2004 National Small Business Person of the...  Read more

Mail

Toscanini's Rocky Road For the April issue, Gus Rancatore, the owner of Toscanini's, a beloved ice cream parlor in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ...  Read more

Piano Man

Although Santi Falcone may make the world's best piano, people won't buy it till the world's best pianists play it. And the world's best pianists won't play ...  Read more

Persona Non Grata

It's one thing to sell your business -- but quite another to find that your identity has been unwittingly sold along with it. Just ask Steve Herrell. ...  Read more

Hot Start-Ups

It's easy to forget that the best new business ideas are often the simplest. Here are 10 start-ups that will have you wondering, "Why didn't I think of that?"  Read more

The Apple Tree

How Apple Computer contributed to the founding of more than 100 companies by its employees.  Read more

Growth Happens

A senior Inc. writer learns that many Inc. 500 company owners would have never guess their firms would grow so fast.  Read more

Games Companies Play

This article examines how various business-people are using game-playing techniques to handle a wide variety of problems  Read more