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Missions Impossible

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Jan 1, 1989

Profile of three start-up companies and their experiences in marketing new products.  Read story

Things We Love: A Nightlight for Laptops

By Anne Stuart |  Mar 15, 2001

A review of the Kensington FlyLight -- a nightlight for your laptop.  Read story

Plastics Make Perfect

By Joshua D. Macht |  Dec 15, 1995

A look at a company using "rapid prototyping," a process that gets new products to market quickly.  Read story

Video-Screen Longevity

By Robert A. Mamis |  Dec 1, 1992

Tips on imaginative screen-saver software that can help a visual monitor double its life.  Read story

Unlocking Genetic Secrets

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Feb 1, 1994

Profiles of companies hoping to map the entire human genome and locate the genes that cause any number of diseases.  Read story

Praise the Lord, Don't Hire Him

By George Gendron |  Apr 1, 1996

Inc.'s editor-in-chief reviews a new management book and offers comments on a certain style of management.  Read story

Long-Distance Medicine

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Aug 1, 1994

Three start-ups in the field of long-distance medicine.  Read story

2003 Tech Buying Guide: Hybrids Put It Together

By Inc Staff |  Apr 1, 2003

Report from business owners on the latest in cell phone/PDA combos.  Read story

How Has Technology Changed the Way You Do Your Job?

By Joshua D. Macht |  Jun 15, 1994

Various businesspeople comment on their use of technology.  Read story

Entrepreneur Profile: InfoCharms

By Jennifer Hopfinger |  Mar 20, 2000

What will be the hot fashion accessories of the next millennium? Something inspired by Gucci? Created by Calvin? InfoCharms, a Southern California-based...  Read story

The Business of Death

By Angus Loten |  Oct 16, 2006

Dying in the United States is an $11 billion industry. Creative entrepreneurs are looking beyond the great beyond, turning the afterlife into a booming after...  Read story

Expos Exposed

By Jim Sterne |  Jun 15, 1998

A seasoned expo attendee looks at the trade shows now offered in cyberspace. The verdict? There's no substitute for good, old-fashioned, face-to-face network...  Read story

Q&A With Screenwriter John Logan

By Patrick J. Sauer |  Dec 1, 2004

John Logan is no stranger to Alpha males, their giant egos, and how they perform when the moment of truth is upon them. Hell, he's building an impressive ...  Read story

The Main Event: Learning Las Vegas

By Tahl Raz |  Apr 1, 2002

Follow the masters of the experience economy to learn business as theater. And where better to learn image reinvention and changing customer expectations tha...  Read story

Buh-Bye, Bell?

By Jill Hecht Maxwell |  Mar 15, 2001

Beema, Inc., a multimedia production house, found that it could save money by using Internet telephony rather than the traditional telecoms. But will it work...  Read story

There's Linux in Them Thar Hills

By Nancy Peponis |  Nov 18, 2002

I got my laptop to boot up into Windows. This sounds idiot proof, but it's not. My laptop opens by default into Linux. Certainly you've heard of Li...  Read story

Big Plans

By GRAIG R. WATERS |  Feb 1, 1986

United Sciences of America sets out to harness the power of multilevel marketing.  Read story

Bad Trip

By Anne Murphy |  Aug 1, 1994

An Inc. writer sets out to launch a business on the Internet.  Read story

Little Giant

By William R. Pape |  Mar 1, 1999

Web design firm USWeb/CKS grew at an astonishing rate by gobbling up existing businesses. Now it's using technology to keep its far-flung components all work...  Read story

If At First You Don't Succeed

By Hillary Johnson |  Jul 1, 2003

How my father tried to reconcile his big ideas with a small-minded world.  Read story

Breaking Free from Budgets

By Suzanne McGee |  Oct 1, 2003

Exasperated by budgets that hamstring creativity, a growing number of companies are tossing off financial constraints--and still holding the line on spending.  Read story

The Apprenticeship of Irwin Simon

By Hesh Kestin |  Mar 1, 2002

Inc takes you inside the life and mind of Irwin Simon. The CEO has built the Hain Celestial Group Inc. into the market leader in natural foods.  Read story

The Thing That Would Not Die

By Michael Warshaw |  Mar 15, 2000

Toy maker Playing Mantis had a devout online community. So why did they almost kill it?  Read story

Managing from A to Z

By Leigh Buchanan |  Jan 1, 2002

Looking for a metaphor for business? As our A-to-Z compendium of similes and analogies will show, any metaphor you can think of has probably been used before.  Read story

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