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How I Did It: Richard Burke, Chairman, Trek Bicycle

Jul 1, 2006

Pulling away from the pack.  Read story

Repurchasing Employee Stock

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1991

Understanding the potential risks of ESOPs available repurchase liability software.  Read story

Capital Profiles

By Various Inc Staff |  Oct 28, 2002

Contrarian thinking -- and a little shrewd planning -- helped these 2002 Inc 500 CEOs raise funds.  Read story

Charter is Cheaper

By Robert A. Mamis |  Oct 1, 1993

Company saves clients money by chartering planes for them.  Read story

Trek Bike Founder Dies

By Laura Palotie |  Mar 18, 2008

Richard Burke turned a small bike shop into a $600 million company.  Read story

In Search Of The Perfect Training Program

Sep 1, 1983

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 story

Communications: Open, Sesame

By Robert A. Mamis |  Oct 1, 1994

A quick review of two software packages that offer easy access to the Internet, and how to purchase these packages.  Read story

Shopping for a Collection Agency

By Phaedra Hise |  Mar 1, 1993

Comparison of costs, techniques, procedures, and special features of nine collection agencies.  Read story

Need Help? Don't Call Us

By Etelka Lehoczky |  Aug 1, 2005

Online peer forums boost customer satisfaction while cutting costs.  Read story

The Talk Of The Pentagon

Jan 1, 1984

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 story

Run Your Company -- and Have a Life

By Michael S. Hopkins |  Oct 24, 2000

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 story

The Numbers on Open-book Management

By George Gendron |  Jun 1, 1998

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 story

Cell Phone Madness

By Michael Fitzgerald |  Sep 1, 2004

Why cell phones are replacing the laptop.  Read story

The Steve Jobs of Bicycles

By Chris Dannen |  Apr 1, 2008

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 story

A Business Model of One's Own

By Leigh Buchanan |  Nov 1, 1998

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 story

Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year

By Inc Staff |  Dec 1, 1992

A list of 1992's Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year.  Read story

Sharer Beware

By Thea Singer |  Mar 1, 1999

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 story

The Ultimate Employee Buy-in

By John Case |  Dec 1, 2005

Sell the company to your employees? It's a great idea--both for you and for the business you're leaving behind.  Read story

Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology

By Sarah Schafer |  Dec 15, 1995

Two of America's best-known authors express their different opinions on the role technology plays in our society.  Read story

Employee Ownership: A Capital Idea

By Doran Howitt |  Apr 1, 1982

Employee Stock Ownership Plans offer you access to a new group of investors -- your workers.  Read story

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Dec 1, 1982

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 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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