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How I Did It: Richard Burke, Chairman, Trek Bicycle
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Six BlackBerry Shortcuts for Business
You can send e-mail on your BlackBerry by hitting the comma key, or reply by tapping the exclamation point. These days, typing shortcuts can shave precious s... Read more
Repurchasing Employee Stock
Understanding the potential risks of ESOPs available repurchase liability software. Read more
Capital Profiles
Contrarian thinking -- and a little shrewd planning -- helped these 2002 Inc 500 CEOs raise funds. Read more
BlackBerry Applications for Business
By adding new applications, such as GPS and location-based services, businesses can now distribute BlackBerrys to staff and locate and dispatch workers, mana... Read more
The Four-Day Work Week
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. ... Read more
What’s Behind BlackBerry Addiction
It’s that thrilling jolt you experience every time your precious handheld device vibrates to life, delivering a fresh message. Read more
Ready To Call It Quits?
Ryan Madison is thinking about closing his vending machine business in Waterloo, Iowa. "I've got a family to support," Madison told the Waterloo-Cedar Fal... Read more
Charter is Cheaper
Company saves clients money by chartering planes for them. Read more
Trek Bike Founder Dies
Richard Burke turned a small bike shop into a $600 million company. Read more
Communications: Open, Sesame
A quick review of two software packages that offer easy access to the Internet, and how to purchase these packages. Read more
In Search Of The Perfect Training Program
What do you do when your training program doesn't train? It happened to Control-o-fax Corp. a Waterloo, Iowa, company that develops and distributes accoun... Read more
Shopping for a Collection Agency
Comparison of costs, techniques, procedures, and special features of nine collection agencies. Read more
Need Help? Don't Call Us
Online peer forums boost customer satisfaction while cutting costs. Read more
The Talk Of The Pentagon
With a stroke of his pen, Richard D. De Lauer has created a booming new software industry. DeLauer is the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engin... Read more
7 Tips for Lobbying Politicians
Many small business owners fear lobbying because they think it takes too much time or politicians won't listen. But right after elections is the best opportu... Read more
Cell Phone Madness
Why cell phones are replacing the laptop. Read more
Cell Phone Madness
Why cell phones are replacing the laptop. Read more
Run Your Company -- and Have a Life
Most company presidents don't fill out time cards. Then again, Pete and Laura Wakeman are no ordinary business executives. In the November 2000 iss... Read more
The Numbers on Open-book Management
Inc.'s editor looks at the effects open-book management can have on a company's bottom line; the mutual benefits of mentoring; and a photo lab that offers bu... Read more
The Steve Jobs of Bicycles
Thirty-two years ago, the late Dick Burke co-founded a company he hoped would revolutionize its industry. Ten years later, Trek Bicycles was churning out low... Read more
A Business Model of One's Own
A recent decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has allowed an Internet-based company to patent its own business model. Will this be a barrier to n... Read more
Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year
A list of 1992's Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year. Read more
The Ultimate Employee Buy-in
Sell the company to your employees? It's a great idea--both for you and for the business you're leaving behind. Read more
Sharer Beware
Here's how Mike Dreese, CEO of music retailer Newbury Comics, came to realize that the sales information he shared with his industry was putting his company ... Read more
Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology
Two of America's best-known authors express their different opinions on the role technology plays in our society. Read more
Employee Ownership: A Capital Idea
Employee Stock Ownership Plans offer you access to a new group of investors -- your workers. Read more
The Private 500 represent 44 states. Geographically, the West wins again on the strength of California's 84 companies -- more than twice as many as any ot... Read more
The Inc. 500
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 more
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