Updated Time-Billing Software
March 15, 2007 -- BQE Software, a Torrance, Calif.-based software company, has released an updated version of its time-billing and projec... Read story
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Exit Planning: Three Ways to Plan Ahead
A lawyer offers three essential safeguards for both your family's and your company's future should your life end. Read story
A Simple Little System
By going back to basics, one company created a blueprint for saving boatloads of cash Three years ago the management of Hi-Shear T... Read story
1987 The Inc. 100;
WE'RE AWAITING CONFIRMATION FROM THE observatory at Mount Palomar that all the planets and moons did indeed orbit around Wall Street last year. Certainly... Read story
Introducing The 1986 Inc. 100
Like a bunch of adolescents, the companies on the INC. 100 are an unsettled lot. They have grown so fast that their knees ache. They have consumed capit... Read story
Green 2.0
Think the green movement was just a fad? From tire recycling to biodegradable packing peanuts, these entrepreneurs have turned sustainability into sustainabl... Read story
Mergers;
When two companies merge, there's often a temptation to gloss over tough questions about which company's culture will be dominant after the merger. But t... Read story
The Next Big Thing
Animation may just add what's been missing from your Web site. Read story
Skype Conference Phone
Jan. 18, 2007 – TRENDnet, a Torrance, Calif.-based manufacturer of wired and wireless networking products, announced Thursday the r... Read story
CEO's Notebook
CEOs give advice on: cost cutting; encouraging employees to be entrepreneurs; speeding up collections; and overseas recruiting. Plus: Steppenwolf founder Joh... Read story
The Global X-ray Village
New business scans X-rays onto a computer screen. Read story
Why Distributors Sue Manufacturers
The wrong move when selecting or terminating a dealer can lead to litigation. Read story
The Inc. Second 100
The runners-up to the 1981 INC. 100 are more profitable, more productive, and more stable. Read story
How Health-Insurance Costs Compare
Chart showing how a company's location affects its insurance rates. Read story
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#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
Married with Companies
Profiles of couples who both run their own businesses. Read story
Upstarts: Tapping Generation Y
A new wave of start-ups is courting an unprecedented swell of cash-rich teens. But even if these teen-obsessed ventures strike the adolescent mother lode, ca... Read story
All That Glitters
RARE COINS ARE TOUTED AS A GREAT HOBBY AND A SUREFIRE INVESTMENT. THEY MAY BE A GREAT HOBBY. Read story
When You Can't Afford a CFO
CEO hired a consultant to upgrade the company's financial software and her skills, instead of hiring a CFO. Read story
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The 500
#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
Origins of the 500: Partners
Where do America's fastest growing private companies get all those great ideas? A look at some of the strange ways Inc. 500 company cofounders came together. Read story
The Lure and Danger of Big-Client Projects
It's every small-business owner's dream to land a big contract with a big corporation -- or is it? Three years ago, Leslie Saunders, president of L... Read story
CEO's Notebook
CEOs give advice on: great interview questions; getting customer feedback; modifying an open-door policy; finding salary-surveys; resolving customer complain... Read story
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The Private 500 represent 44 states. Geographically, the West wins again on the strength of California's 84 companies -- more than twice as many as any ot... Read story
Supercharged Sell
Sales-force automation is a powerful tool but succeeding with it is no easy matter. Read story
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Office
Companies that have gone electronic discover a host of environmental problems. You may be sitting on one, reading under another, and have your feet up on a t... Read story
Comdex/fall '82: More Byte For The Buck
The year's largest microcomputer show demonstrates that small businesspeople can get more capability in systems that are easier to use. Read story
Whatever Happened To The Class Of '83?
Fifteen companies were acquired. Fourteen companies went public. Two companies went under. Read story
Hail to the Chiefs
A CIO can help a small company use technology to fully realize competitive opportunities. Here's how to know when you need a CIO. Also: three companies that ... Read story
Of Mice And Apples
When Apple Computer Inc. finally decided to drop the wraps from Lisa, its new computer, after several guarded years, vice-president John Couch proclaimed ... Read story
The Direct Approach
New personal computer software programs can transform notoriously inefficient direct-mail efforts into a finely tuned sales strategy. Read story
When Something Clicks
A look at how digital cameras helped streamline operations at two businesses and the process the CEOs went through to select the best cameras for their speci... Read story
Beauty and the Best
Marla Malcolm, a "clicks and bricks" CEO, outfits her fast-growing online and offline business. Her experience has generated useful lessons for start-ups of ... Read story
CEO's Notebook
CEOs give advice on: replacing your human-resources department with an employee committee; mixing up energy shakes; and battling the loneliness of a home off... Read story
Dear John
What happens when the venture capitalists find profit in your company -- but don't see profit in you? Read story
Hoyle Schweitzer's Decade Of Discontent
When Windsurfing's president discovered that his product had already been invented, he applied for a new patent. But 20 competitors are betting it can't be e... Read story
Unlocking Management Creativity
In the old days -- five years ago, to be exact -- a financial spreadsheet was manufactured out of actual paper and ink. It often measured two feet across ... Read story
The Mystery of The Blood Red Ledger
CEO Fred LeFranc quickly realized that something was poisoning the profits at Louise's Trattoria, and he didn't have long to find out what. Read story
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