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Accountants: Economy in Recession

A survey of CPAs finds most have a grim outlook on the economy.  Read more

It's Official: MBAs Are a Bunch of Clowns

B-schools send in the clowns.  Read more

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 more

The Rise of Martin Guitar

The University of North Carolina Press recently published a new book documenting the life and success of Read more

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 more

Biz Tips from the Boston Celtics; When to Dump a Client

Filing for customer divorce. Some small business owners are finding it difficult (and expensive) to maintain relationships with delinquent or disco...  Read more

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 more

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 more

UNTITLED

In 2000, Procter & Gamble developed a new technology called Smoothies-Protein Particle Stabilization that created a mixture of milk and j...  Read more

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 more

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 more

Thriving On Adversity

Sometimes entrepreneurship does best when the local economy appears to have taken a turn for the worse  Read more

Resources

A guide to more information on subjects covered in the Inc. magazine special issue: The State of Small Business 1997.  Read more

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 more

The Next Generation

Profile of the 30 Inc. 500 CEOs who are 30 or younger.  Read more

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 more

Upstarts: Dry Cleaning

An all-starch cast hopes to bring new-economy practices to the grubby business of cleaning people's clothes.  Read more

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 more

Hot Spots

INC.'s list of the 50 fastest-growing U.S. cities  Read more

Put Your Business on the (Google) Map

The last time people were this obsessed with maps, explorers were still charting the New World. But while most small businesses are savvy enough to make sure...  Read more

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 more

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 more

How I Did It: Phil Hanes

The long and happy career of a southern rag tycoon.  Read more

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 more

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 more

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 more

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 more

How To Hire A Cfo

Sooner or later every company needs one. Then it needs a replacement.  Read more

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 more

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 more

Payton's Place

The most brilliant restaurateur in London slathers a bit of American on every dish. The English eat it up.  Read more

Motherhood, Apple Pie Stock Options

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 more