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Higher Patent Fees Irk Small Inventors

Aug 1, 1982

The Reagan Administration's continuing effort to trim the federal budget has struck a raw nerve with American inventors. To pay for its overhead costs, t...  Read story

Hot Zones

By Emily Barker |  Dec 1, 1999

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

Bagging Waste

Jan 1, 1997

For years, retailers have used bags or boxes to make it "convenient" for customers to carry their purchases home. To increasing numbers of environmentally...  Read story

They Recycle Whole Trees

By Phaedra Hise |  Jun 1, 1993

Kinko's Copy Centers plants trees to replace those destroyed to produce the paper used by the company.  Read story

Lost in Patagonia

By Edward O. Welles |  Aug 1, 1992

Profile of a socially responsible company, its founder, and the problems of focusing on ideology rather than profit.  Read story

Fast Trading with Computers

By Bruce G. Posner |  Mar 1, 1993

Company computerizes barter technology to allow tens of thousands of small companies to barter goods and services.  Read story

Office Services

By Rory Evans |  Jan 1, 2004

Time-management tip: Have your barber, manicurist, masseuse, or detailer come to your shop, not you to their's.  Read story

Friend of the Family

By Tom Ehrenfeld |  Dec 1, 1994

The Socially Responsible EOY winner and runners-up for 1994.  Read story

California Wildfires Send Business Owners Scrambling

By Angus Loten |  Oct 25, 2007

The economic toll from the fires, which have scorched more than 400,000 acres, is still not known.  Read story

Hot Spots

By Joel Kotkin |  Mar 1, 1989

Summary of metropolitan economies for 1989; the most growth was seen in the 'edge cities', where cattle once grazed.  Read story

How to Conduct Annual Employee Reviews

By Inc Staff |  Dec 1, 2008

Many entrepreneurs struggle when it comes to providing workers with concrete feedback on how they can improve their performance. Here are tips and techniques...  Read story

Gift Guide: Care Package

By Inc Staff |  Dec 1, 2006

Send a client a well-chosen gift and kick off a new year of goodwill. We've got a wide range of shopping ideas that will help you say, "We value your busines...  Read story

Private Lives;

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Dec 1, 1984

Demon dialers, Dungeons Dragons, and the great $5 disposable suit.  Read story

Letters

By Inc Staff |  Nov 1, 1998

Inc. readers react to articles from the August 1998 issue of Inc., including "Diary of a Soloist," by Harriet Rubin, "Caveat Emptor," by Norm Brodsky, and "P...  Read story

Videoconferencing for the Rest of Us

By Jennifer deJong |  Dec 15, 1995

A close-up look at some new technology making the face-to-face phone call affordable.  Read story

If At First You Don't Succeed

By Hillary Johnson |  Jul 1, 2003

How my father tried to reconcile his big ideas with a small-minded world.  Read story

What Business Is Amazon.com Really In?

By Ron MacLean |  Feb 1, 2000

With more than $550 million in losses over the past five years, how can Amazon.com seriously expect to become a viable retail business? Inc. offers ...  Read story

The Anti-marketers

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Mar 1, 1988

The best mail-order catalog in America is put out by people who hate to sell, never use the word 'new,' and make customers pay for the privilege of ordering  Read story

The Ecology of Commerce

By Paul Hawken |  Apr 1, 1992

Essay on the responsibility of business to society and the environment. (Letters to the Editor in the July '92 issue.)  Read story

'i'm Sorry, Yvon's Out Surfing'

Mar 1, 1988

How to run a company when you're gone six months of the year  Read story

Down in the Dump

By JAY FINEGAN |  Sep 1, 1990

Profile of a start-up company that has created a foam to spread over landfill garbage.  Read story

Locking Up Good Value

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Nov 1, 1989

Valuation specialists may be the best way to assess a service company's total worth.  Read story

Once Is Not Enough

By Mark K. Metzger |  Feb 1, 1985

At Servamatic Systems, two sales pitches are better than one.  Read story

Almanac

By Inc Staff |  May 15, 1998

A statistical guide to the metro areas and states that are home to the most start-ups per capita, the top 20 types of new ventures, and the most popular home...  Read story

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Dec 1, 1986

#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

The Most Entrepreneurial Cities in America

By John Case |  Mar 1, 1990

Inc.'s 1990 ranking of metropolitan regions by job growth, business starts, and proportion of high-growth companies.  Read story

The Inc. 500

Dec 1, 1985

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales growth 1980-84 ...  Read story

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