The Boston Globe


Quote Of The Month;

"Quality is a matter of faith. You set your standards, and you have to stick by them no matter what. That's easy when you've got plenty of product on han...  Read story

And They Call This 'Speculation'?

Chicago Board of Trade offers world's first health insurance futures contract.  Read story

In this Issue

Reflecting on the current business climate and an unstoppable force.  Read story

Coming Attraction

Announcement of Inc. writer John Case's nationally syndicated column "The Inc. Report."  Read story

Good Vibrations

An online psychic explains how he is using technology to predict the future, talk with the dead, and track customers.  Read story

Nice Try

At the time, it seemed like a stroke of genius. Ztel Inc., a telecommunications company in Andover, Mass., needed to hire about 15 engineers, fast, ...  Read story

Buyers Beware

An introduction to 'The Insiders Guide' (p.26), an article about buying a business.  Read story

Letter From The Editor: Rescuing the Economy

Tax policies should favor, not hurt, entrepreneurs.  Read story

Extra! Extra! U.S. Wins Semiconductor Wars

News of the United States' victory in the semiconductor wars goes unreported.  Read story

SpotScout Wants to Be the eBay of Parking Spaces

First it needs $5 million.  Read story

Local Portals Mean Big Business

Whether you recently launched your site or you have been in the biz for years, establishing a customer base within your local community is a must for any ...  Read story

EMC founder Richard Egan Dies

The cofounder of data-storage giant EMC was 73  Read story

Letter from the Editor

Limited access to capital can actually make business owners smarter and their companies stronger. If you doubt this, read our cover story on Inc. 's ...  Read story

Harvard Business School's 'Woman Problem'

News of sexual harassment of female students by male classmates surfaced recently at Harvard Business School. Is the HBS administration to blame for not disc...  Read story

Things We Love

An overview of a product that helps baseball fans stay on top of game scores.  Read story

The Right Stuff

Excerpt from a newspaper column written by David Warsh in 1982 criticizing Robert Reich.  Read story

Hiring: Open-House Recruiting

An HR manager offers some tips on how to plan for a successful open house to find the right new hire.  Read story

Another One Bites the Dust

Boston bank start-up shuts down.  Read story

Naming Rights at Center of Entrepreneurs' Dispute

July 5, 2004 -- For every entrepreneur, there is no bigger nightmare than finding out that, halfway through the evolution of an idea into...  Read story

Conflict is Key

A PR person explains why in a letter to her clients.  Read story

Letter from the Editor: The King of Confidence

It's about more than just winning.  Read story

Edifice Complex

Why is it that people who build companies become obsessed so often with building buildings, too? And why do they do it like this ?  Read story

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There is a special and mysterious excitement about the birth of anything new. Whether it's a person, an idea, an invention, a work of art, or a business, ...  Read story

Pay as You Go PR

Using results-only PR agencies and one firm's approach.  Read story

It's Jay Chiat's World. The Rest of Us Just Want to Live in It

Here's how an adman created a whole new image of business with his 1983 commercial for Apple Computer.  Read story

Cheap Ways to Make a Big Impact

Marketing your business doesn't need to break the bank. Here are some low-cost marketing strategies that have proven successful for the business owners using...  Read story

Small Business -- And The Nation -- Win A Very Big One

What is the most important piece of small business legislation yet enacted in our life-time? My vote goes to the Small Business Innovation Development Ac...  Read story

In This Issue

Inc. isn't just about about business but also about values.  Read story

Making Moves, Doing Deals, Screening the News

Three CEOs each review a new software package.  Read story

Sexual Harassment

Related Terms: Gender Discrimination ; Read story

Public Policy: What Does Business Really Want from Government?

This article explains how government must reinvent economic and regulatory policies to match today's marketplace.  Read story

Recruiting Secrets of the Smartest Companies Around

An ever-tightening job market calls for rigorous, creative recruiting techniques. Here are some of the good-old-fashioned ways to find workers, plus some new...  Read story

The Personals Touch

The winner and runners-up of the award for the company that promises continued rapid growth, Emerging EOY.  Read story

Local Hero or Tax Cheat?

In the past few weeks, I've been called both.  Read story

Putting Your Pitch In Writing

Written sales presentations show a client that you have done your homework and can pinpoint his needs.  Read story

The Joys and Perils of Attack Marketing

What's a small coffee company doing impugning the business ethics of the world's most handsome popcorn and salad-dressing pitchman?  Read story

Matters Of Fact

In 1979, David Birch shattered the prevailing wisdom about job creation. Now he's at it again.  Read story

The Money Game

Profile of an interstate bank that looks for a solid reputation in the community.  Read story

$ex Sells

Entrepreneurs selling erotica goods on the Internet are learning tricks most cyber-merchants should know.  Read story

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