Elevator Pitch: Green Sherpa
Green Sherpa wants to help organize your finances. But first, it's looking for $5 million of its own. Will investors go for the deal? Read story
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Access to Executive Contact Data
Nov. 13, 2006 -- A new software application by San Bruno, Calif.-based sales information services firm InsideView offers expanded executi... Read story
Riskless Business
When you own a small, growing company, the secret to overcoming sales resistance--or, better yet, making sure potential objections never come up--is to ad... Read story
Higher Power
New business sells electric powered cars. Read story
Accounting On the Go
A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business. Read story
The Inc. Network: Reader Responses
Reader-to-reader advice. Read story
Marketing;
We receive hundreds of prospectuses and annual reports at INC. every year, and 99.8% of them are your standard black-and-white look-alikes. Every so ofte... Read story
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$For more than 20 years, Black & Webster, a machine tool manufacturer in Waltham, Mass., updated its sales literature for their electropunch. Over the... Read story
Banking: The One-Page Credit Form
A short article about a bank's attempt to streamline its loan application process in order to reach small business. Read story
Inc. 500 CEO to Speak at Tech Confab
Nov 14, 2006 -- Michael Duffy, president and CEO of OpenPages, will join financial industry leaders as a featured speaker at the Massachu... Read story
Higher Patent Fees Irk Small Inventors
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
Retailers Boost Valentine's Day Promos
After a slow holiday season, many small-business owners are hoping romance is in the air this February. Read story
E-mail Marketing Workshops
Feb. 23, 2007 -- Constant Contact, an e-mail marketing firm for small businesses based in Waltham, Mass., will lead workshops on e-mail m... Read story
Taming the Mail
A CEO is creating a direct-mailing system so companies can accurately target customers while saving money. Read story
Inc. 500 Payroll-Data Firm Soars on IPO
Feb. 16, 2007 -- Salary.com, a Waltham, Mass.-based company payroll-data firm, raised nearly $60 million selling 5.7 million shares in it... Read story
Advanced Company-Data Search Tool
April 2, 2007 -- ZoomInfo, a Waltham, Mass.-based business-information search engine, has unveiled a new application that provides busine... Read story
The Future of the Human Body
Ten innovations that will improve quality of life—and bring down health care costs Read story
Know The Tricks Of The Trades
Smaller businesses can gain clout by joining forces and forming a small business trade association. Such a group can put together legislative task forces,... Read story
Tap The Power Of Employee Ideas
Many employees have more to contribute than the specific work for which they are paid. Store 24, a 47-outlet retail chain with headquarters in Waltham, M... Read story
Letters
Readers react to articles from the June 1999 issue of Inc., including "Hire the Best" by Susan Greco, "Put Skin in the Game" by Edward O. Welles, and "Redesi... Read story
Crowdsourcing for Small Businesses
Using open innovation to solve targeted problems can help small companies compete with their larger competitors. Read story
Elevator Pitch: Owl Power Turns Restaurants Into Mini Power Plants
Can $500,000 energize the company? Read story
Mother’s Day Means Big Business for Small Companies
The average shopper is spending more than $122 on Mom this year. Read story
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Are You Looking for an Environmentally Friendly Dry Cleaner?
Greenopia can help you out. Read story
Signals For An Upturn?
The Small Business High Technology Institute stands ready to mobilize the private sector and to stimulate the federal governemnt toward maximizing innovation. Read story
Want to Know What Your Customers Are Thinking? Just Ask
A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business. Read story
Network: January 1991
Network resources. Read story
Cashing In, Speaking Volumes, Netting News
Three business people each review a different business software package that they might use. Read story
View to a Thrill
A salesperson reviews a piece of hardware used for viewing faxes. Read story
When Justice Is Blind -- And Computer Literate
Following in the footsteps of Delaware's business courts, several states are creating so-called technology courts. 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
Small-Business CEOs Earning Less
A new survey finds top-level salaries at large corporations eclipse those at smaller firms. Read story
Prime Time
If interest rates were the number one thing on your mind last year, you weren't alone. The Small Business Foundation's award-winning cartoonists felt the sam... Read story
Companies Brace for Big Holiday Sales
More than 60 percent of small-business owners expect a boost in December. Read story
An Investors Guide to This Year's Inc. 500
Which companies on the 2007 list are poised to hit it big? The money guys weigh in. Read story
Raising Capital Online
From angel directories to person-to-person lending, entrepreneurs' options are growing for finding and research financing options on the Web. Read story
The End Of The Line
It is hard to believe that, just a decade ago, American Telephone & Telegraph Co. was the only phone company in town. Back then, Ma Bell owned all the... Read story
Benefits;
While flexible benefits, or cafeteria plans, have been around since the early 1970s, they have been available almost exclusively at companies with thousan... Read story
Divided We Stand
Smart firms expand in pieces, spinning fast-growth units into standalone entities. Read story
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