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Quote Of The Month;

By Reported by Teri Lammers |  Dec 1, 1987

"I guess my religious beliefs did have one important impact on my approach to business -- in terms of the ethics and principles I live by. I've always had...  Read story

Main Street: The Fiberglass Menagerie

By Ed Engel |  Feb 1, 2002

Lions and tigers and Big Boys, oh my! Presenting the nation's premier manufacturer of fiberglass roadside figures.  Read story

Star Wars, Inc.

By JAY FINEGAN |  Apr 1, 1987

Whether it's ever even deployed, the space shield is already a $19-billion growth industry  Read story

Joe Larson's Trial By Fire

By Barbara Rice |  Dec 1, 1981

A year ago, at 3:00 in the morning on a quiet Fourth of July weekend, Joe Larson's factory burst into flames. While Larson, his business partner and son,...  Read story

At The Crossroads

By Lucien Rhodes |  Feb 1, 1988

After 10 years, Bill Wilson has discovered that the very traits that fed his early success no longer seem to work. He can no longer control every event in th...  Read story

The 1988 Inc. 500 Index

By Inc Staff |  Dec 1, 1988

Alphabetical listing of the 1988 Inc. 500 companies, names only.  Read story

At A Glance

Dec 1, 1986

Abacus II Computers (70) ABC Supply (1) Academic Guidance Services (179) Accu Bite (470) Accutest Laboratories (352) Action ...  Read story

Management;

By Reported by Paul B. Brown |  Mar 1, 1988

Whenever you go outside to hire a top manager, you run the risk of bringing in someone who doesn't really understand or appreciate your business or your v...  Read story

Letters

By Inc Staff |  May 1, 1999

Readers react to articles from the February 1999 issue of Inc., including the cover package, "I Was Seduced by the New Economy" and David H. Freedman's "Inte...  Read story

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Dec 1, 1986

#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 story

Little Big Company

By Susan Greco |  Nov 15, 2001

The fastest growing business in America resides in a Green Acres setting and is run by a couple of non-college-educated brothers whose biggest dream is to ke...  Read story

The Pentagon As Partner;

Apr 1, 1987

While a Star Wars contract can set a company humming, it's hardly a ticket to easy street. Dealing with the federal government invariably involves red ta...  Read story

Letters

By Various Inc Staff |  Aug 1, 2000

Readers react to articles from the May and June 2000 issues of Inc. , including "I'm John Burgess. I'm Here to Help You," by Joseph Rosenbloom; " ...  Read story

The 500

Dec 1, 1987

#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 story

The Inc. 500

Dec 1, 1985

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 story

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