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Energizing Teams of Hourly Workers

Problem-solving approach. W.L. Gore & Associates, in Newark, Del., puts employees through a rigorous hiring process to be sure t...  Read story

Film Buffs

Eliminating paper in favor of space-saving digital storage isn't a new concept. The idea began in the 1930s with the advent of microfilm.  Read story

The Dot-Com Bust? Not as Bad as You Think

New research shows that nearly half of late-1990s Internet start-ups survived -- similar to success rates in other emerging industries.  Read story

Will Your Business Plan Attract VCs?

A recent study finds that business plans have little to do with venture capitalists' investment decisions.  Read story

How the West Was Wired

A look at how Great Plains farmers used barbed-wire fences to transmit telephone calls.  Read story

Kauffman Donates $25.5 Million to Universities

The grants, part of a $200 million initiative, will help foster entrepreneurship programs at nine schools nationwide.  Read story

Cash Flow

Long before Western Union and the Web, money was being sent over wires--literally. In the 1800s, department store clerks sent cash to back-room bookkeepers v...  Read story

How I Did It: Michael Sitrick, Chairman and CEO, Sitrick and Co.

You're getting buried in the press? You can't get your side of the story out? For business leaders and celebrities alike, Michael Sitrick is the PR man who m...  Read story

Recession Feeds Increase of Home-based Businesses

More than half of all businesses in the United States are now home based.   Read story

Push 'Em Back

A look at the early history of pushtechnology that started with stock market ticker tape machines.  Read story

Six Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business

Do you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur? Here are six things to consider  Read story

Best Friends In D.C.: Legal Minds

Lawyers and judges who make the bar friendly.  Read story

Just Doing It

A new feature shares the lessons of success.  Read story

Sing to Me, Baby

Story of a start-up that has invented a market for itself.  Read story

Tick...tick...

Inc. Technology's editor gives readers her thoughts on the CEO's greatest enemy--time.  Read story

How To Give Your Money Away

Here are some tips for finding a satisfying way to give back.  Read story

The Dos and Don’ts of Dorm Room Enterprise , inc5000 Article - Inc. Article

The college dropout turned billionaire is a tale that's becoming stale. Sergey Brin and Larry Page famously dropped out of Stanford's Ph.D. program...  Read story

The Next Priority

While small businesses continue to create jobs, the national standard of living has not risen since 1973.  Read story

Under Armour Inks Deal with NFL

The former Inc. 500 sportswear company will become an authorized footwear supplier.  Read story

Sell Your Culture

Touting culture and work-life balance can help small businesses lure top talent.  Read story

Attracting Top Talent

Selling culture and touting work-life balance can help a small business recruit and retain top talent.  Read story

Business Is Up, And They're Flying High

Joe DelVecchio's balloons are popping up all over the country, from Washington, where they were seen at the White House and Central Intelligence Agency he...  Read story

The State of Small Business 1995

Inc.'s editor-in-chief profiles the writers appearing in this special annual report, The State of Small Business.  Read story

How I Did It: Kevin Plank

For the founder of apparel-maker Under Armour, entrepreneurship is 99% perspiration and 1% polyester.  Read story

The Mother of Reinvention

Some of the most successful products in history, from the Ford Model T to the iPod, were not inventions. Why being best to market, rather than first, is the ...  Read story

The Bulletproof Business Plan

How to bulletproof your business plan during a slumping economy.  Read story

Letting Employees Battle It Out

College Hunks Hauling Junk uses sales contests to encourage rivalries and boost employee motivation  Read story

Know Your Place

When it comes to entrepreneurial vitality, is geography destiny? Are some places really better than others for starting and growing a business? And if you li...  Read story

In Spanish, It's Un Equipo

In English, it's a team. Either way, it's tough to build.  Read story

Profiles of Angel Investors and Groups

As a complement to Inc. magazine's July 2005 feature "Angels With Angles,"* Inc.com shares sixteen more profiles of angel investors, groups and firms,...  Read story

Registry: Who's Who in Small-Business Research

Sixteen thumbnail sketchs of the country's leading small-business economists, complete with e-mail addresses.  Read story

Too Cool For School?

After years of loathing M.B.A. programs, here's why today's savvy entrepreneurs are now seeking these degrees.  Read story

Barbarians at the Watergate

It may have taken awhile, but Washington society is finally adjusting to a new breed: the fast-moving, different-thinking, so very dot-com riche.   Read story

Super Bowl Fumble?

How does $302 million sound? That’s what the City of Detroit expects Super Bowl XL will bring to town, through hotel and restaurant spending, increa...  Read story

Cool, Determined & Under 30

They are collaborative, creative, and -- above all -- confident. And all of them were born after October 31, 1978.  Read story

Universities: Your New Best Friend

For resource-hungry entrepreneurs, the explosion of university-based business-development programs comes as sweet relief in tight economic times. From Ann Ar...  Read story

Unconventional Wisdom

Third, the ownership package attracts veteran managers. "We've been fortunate enough for the past six years to have good people knocking at the door," say...  Read story

On-Line Debate: Small Is Beautiful! Big Is Best!

Inc's editor-in-chief moderates a round-table debate among four economists over job creation.  Read story

Business Groups Rally Against Bush Administration

November 28, 2005 --In the wake of President Bush’s recent trip to Asia, a coalition of U.S. business groups is assailing the admini...  Read story

Business Groups Rally Against Bush Administration

November 28, 2005 --In the wake of President Bush?s recent trip to Asia, a coalition of U.S. business groups is assailing the administrati...  Read story

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