Waltham (Massachusetts)

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 more

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 more

Accounting On the Go

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read more

Higher Power

New business sells electric powered cars.  Read more

The Inc. Network: Reader Responses

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

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 more

$For more than 20 years, Black & Webster, a machine tool manufacturer in Waltham, Mass., updated its sales literature for their electropunch. Over the...  Read more

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 more

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 more

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 more

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 more

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 more

Taming the Mail

A CEO is creating a direct-mailing system so companies can accurately target customers while saving money.  Read more

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 more

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 more

Crowdsourcing for Small Businesses

Using open innovation to solve targeted problems can help small companies compete with their larger competitors.  Read more

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 more

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 more

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 more

Mother’s Day Means Big Business for Small Companies

The average shopper is spending more than $122 on Mom this year.  Read more

Are You Looking for an Environmentally Friendly Dry Cleaner?

Greenopia can help you out.  Read more

Lessons on Pricing from Menu Engineers

The behavioral economics behind pricing. Consumers rely on price cues to determine what they're willing to pay for a product. Enter the menu engine...  Read more

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 more

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 more

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 more

Cashing In, Speaking Volumes, Netting News

Three business people each review a different business software package that they might use.  Read more

View to a Thrill

A salesperson reviews a piece of hardware used for viewing faxes.  Read more

Network: January 1991

Network resources.  Read more

Small-Business CEOs Earning Less

A new survey finds top-level salaries at large corporations eclipse those at smaller firms.  Read more

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 more