Accountants: Economy in Recession
A survey of CPAs finds most have a grim outlook on the economy. Read story
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It's Official: MBAs Are a Bunch of Clowns
B-schools send in the clowns. Read story
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INC.'s second report on the climate for small business in the tes begins on page 95. Of all the stories we publish each year, there is no doubt that this ... 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
Upstarts: Virtual Campuses
Here's how start-up University Access partnered with universities and PBS to sell long-distance learning programs. Plus: why corporations are likely customer... Read story
The Best 4 Small-Business Neighborhoods in America
Here's what entrepreneurs are looking for when selecting a community for start-ups, and what they're finding. Read story
UNTITLED
In 2000, Procter & Gamble developed a new technology called Smoothies-Protein Particle Stabilization that created a mixture of milk and j... Read story
Pay Now, Learn Later
You can protect yourself against college tuition hikes. But the scheme backfires if your kid goes to the state university By now you probably kno... Read story
Thriving On Adversity
Sometimes entrepreneurship does best when the local economy appears to have taken a turn for the worse Read story
Many Employers Found to Violate Child Labor Laws
Half of the nation's teenage employees are operating dangerous equipment, serving alcohol, or simply working too late on a school night, according to a new s... Read story
Resources
A guide to more information on subjects covered in the Inc. magazine special issue: The State of Small Business 1997. Read story
CEO Passions: Collecting War Stories
Tom Beaty's hobby is creating an oral history of U.S. veterans. Read story
Are Two Heads Better Than One?
James M. Bowie thinks you should throw out your old toothbrush -- andbuy one of his newfangled ones. Bowie's company is the U.S. licensee for Action... Read story
The Next Generation
Profile of the 30 Inc. 500 CEOs who are 30 or younger. Read story
Harnessing Student Power
With only $125 and unpaid help from college students, Ron Vos was able to grow his youth-oriented marketing service into a $1 million venture. Read story
Best Cities: The Lists
Here's Inc. magazine's 2000 list of the best metro areas, big and small, in which to start and grow your business. Read story
Upstarts: Dry Cleaning
An all-starch cast hopes to bring new-economy practices to the grubby business of cleaning people's clothes. Read story
Hot Spots
INC.'s list of the 50 fastest-growing U.S. cities Read story
How to Conduct Market Research
A guide to using market research to understand who your customers are and what they want Read story
Where Are the Best Cities to Do Business?
Our comprehensive annual guide to which places are thriving -- even in an economy many consider in recession. Read story
Obama's Health Plan: Coverage, but at What Price?
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE OBAMA PLAN: While the Tax Policy Center calls the President-elect's plans for insurance reform "highly progressiv... Read story
Case Study: Turning a Product Fad into a Business
The Problem: Dwain Gullion hit a chord with his magnetic yellow ribbons. But can he turn a patriotic fad into a real business? Read story
How I Did It: Phil Hanes
The long and happy career of a southern rag tycoon. Read story
Any Given Start-Up
In years past, only a Super Bowl ring could light up the eyes of a burly football player. Now he's just as likely to perk up over a new dot-com. Pro athletes... Read story
Serial Entrepreneurs: They Just Can't Stop Themselves
Once exotic, serial entrepreneurs are everywhere these days. From their tolerance for failure to their creative use of resources to their sense of when to le... Read story
The Education of an Educated CEO
When Jeff Koeze took over his father's company, he knew almost nothing about it or any other business. But he knew how to learn, and 12 years later, he runs ... Read story
Life In The Silicon Rain Forest
Oregon has always been a great place to fish or raise a family. Lately it has become one of the hottest places around to start a company. Read story
How To Hire A Cfo
Sooner or later every company needs one. Then it needs a replacement. Read story
City Of The Future
Its factories have moved to exurbia. As a financial center, it has fallen behind. But a burgeoning class of 'white-collar artisans' may soon make this the ri... Read story
Entrepreneur of the Year: Ping Fu
She came to this country by way of a Chinese prison, but that's the past, and the future holds a tantalizing promise of smarter, cheaper manufacturing and be... Read story
Payton's Place
The most brilliant restaurateur in London slathers a bit of American on every dish. The English eat it up. Read story
Start Up. Cash Out. Repeat.
Sunil Paul and Mark Pincus, founders of FreeLoader, sold their company shortly after its inception. Can a new breed of entrepreneur use selling out as a star... 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
Motherhood, Apple Pie
Although stock options are widely used to attract quality employees, they can have negative effects on your company if employees misunderstand them of if the... 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
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