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Factory Activity Slows

Nov. 1, 2006 -- Growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector last month fell to its slowest pace in over three years, the Institute of Supply ...  Read story

Go Daddy Expands In Arizona

Dec. 13, 2006 -- The Go Daddy Group, a Scottsdale, Ariz., supplier of Internet domain names, has opened a new office in Tempe, the compan...  Read story

Exclusivity vs. Temporary Monopoly

Lining up good stateside distributors is challenge enough, but finding committed distributors overseas is even more daunting.Most foreign distributors wan...  Read story

Inc. 500 Computer-Design Firm Merges

March 27, 2007 -- JLT Mobile Computers, a Tempe, Ariz.-based firm that designs computers for warehouses, construction sites, and other re...  Read story

Inc. 500 Web-Hosting Firm Expands

Feb. 15, 2007 -- The Go Daddy Group, a Phoenix, Ariz.-based domain registration and Web-hosting firm, announced Thursday that it ...  Read story

Rising Energy Costs Hit Manufacturers

Nov. 3, 2005 --Activity in the nation's manufacturing sector dipped slightly in October, as firms struggled with higher prices for energy ...  Read story

Hot Zones

A look at the best cities in America for starting and growing a business. Plus: CEOs discuss their reasons for locating their business where they did.  Read story

Training Customers to Buy

Customer-training seminars as a cost effective marketing method.  Read story

This Week's Economic Roundup

Manufacturing and service sectors report slower growth; housing market shows signs of stabilizing.  Read story

Ask Inc.

Promoting employees; when two companies have the same name.  Read story

Fun at Work: Enliven Your Culture

Water wars. Consider this way to help a group adhere to ground rules it has previously agreed to: Give group members toy sq...  Read story

This Week's Economic Roundup

Super Bowl snacks send retail sales higher; service sector continues to expand.  Read story

Flexible Fliers

A profile of the 1995 Master Entrepreneur of the Year winners and the runner-up.  Read story

Translation, please

One cost efficient way of translating your internationally distributed product.  Read story

How to Stage a Coup

Asking the boss to step down. Plus: Sharing the wealth  Read story

Best of the Small Business Web: Standard Bearer

At Quality Transmission Service, owner Bob Jones's expert advice has made him a local hero and raised his industry's reputation.  Read story

Retailers Rethinking Data Security

The biggest data breach in history has small-business owners scrambling to safeguard customer credit-card info.  Read story

Arizona Lawmakers Curb Nonprofit Competition

In a precedent-setting more this May, Arizona lawmakers slapped controls on state agencies and state-supported institutions to prevent them from offering ...  Read story

Capital Customer

Starting a company? Consider using your first customer as an ersatz incubator. That's what Scott Mitchell did to get his business, Learning Productions, i...  Read story

Barter: A Potential Cost Saver for Small Businesses

Small companies are turning to barter when they want to conserve cash or jump-start sales. More than 440,000 businesses in North America traded through an...  Read story

CEO's Notebook

CEOs discuss lowering insurance costs; using employee committees to review potential clients; getting capital from clients; and mastering your supply chain. ...  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Todd McFarlane

What to get for the boy with lots of toys? Ask Todd McFarlane  Read story

Wi-Fi for the Masses

Tropos Networks aims to bring the high-speed internet to everyone. Here's how the company is doing it--one city at a time.  Read story

Time-sharing;

TO HEAR BRAD HOWE TALK, you might think he can't hold a job. "In May 1983, I walked into five companies on five successive days and said, "I'm your new C...  Read story

Long-term Commitment

A company distinguishes itself from its competitors by offering an extendable one-year warranty.  Read story

Undergraduate Entrepreneurship College Opens in Phoenix

Grand Canyon University features classes taught by full-time business owners, not academics.  Read story

Long-Term Commitment

As much as Dan McNulty, president and CEO of Acoustic Imaging Technologies, in Tempe, Ariz., tried to convince prospects about his diagnostic ultrasound e...  Read story

Sign of the Times

Inc. 500 companies are pioneering alternatives to the traditonal suppliers of health-care services.  Read story

This Week's Economic Roundup

New demand boosts manufacturing sector; construction drops on weaker housing demand.  Read story

Location Isn't Everything

It turns out, that old truism about location can only take your business so far. What you really need are: Product, Concept, and People.  Read story

World piece

Granting international distributors exclusive rights.  Read story

The Snack Food That's Packing America

A profile of a start-up that is producing an all-natural packaging material.  Read story

This Week's Economic Roundup

Small businesses responsible for majority of new jobs; service and manufacturing sectors post gains.  Read story

Human Resource Spotlight: Sourcing Candidates

The majority of hiring managers (93.3%) start the screening process on potential candidates within amonth? s time of sourcing them, according to the secon...  Read story

How Start-up Franchisors Fail

More companies than ever are going the franchise route -- and learning the hard way that it is not always paved with gold.  Read story

When Good Deals Go Bad

How to renegotiate a contract.  Read story

Innovation: The Outer Limits

The hottest, most mind-boggling high-tech products are coming not only from corporate behemoths but also from start-ups you've never heard of.  Read story

Resources

A guide to finding more information on various topics featured in the Oct. 1996 issue of Inc. magazine.  Read story

Trading Places: Inside the Barter Economy

Once a dusty corner of the economy, barter is emerging as a hot entrepreneurial niche and a valuable tool for cash-crunched companies.  Read story

Finance: How to Get Chummy with Your Banker

Worried about your credit line? You may need a better relationship with your banker.  Read story

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