Info Gathering as Reflex
"The role of managers is to make sure there's a flood of information coming into the company,"says Bruce W. Woolpert, CEO of Granite Rock, a $100-million ... Read story
Watsonville
Graniterock Comes Out Ahead with Short Pay
Imagine that every invoice you issued carried the following message: If you are not satisfied with any item on this bill for any reason,don't p... Read story
Line-Item Veto
It's one thing to adopt a strategy calling for better customer service. It's another to devise a mechanism that forces employees to pay attention when you... Read story
Ask Inc.
Firing unionized workers; rental car liability. Read story
The Change Masters
Profile of how Granite Rock Company stays ahead of the competition. Read story
Bug Vacuum
Paragraph on BugVac, a tractor-like vacuum used as an alternative to insectides. Read story
Get to the Root
Discover the benefits of a product-service-discrepancy report in tracking your real problems. Read story
The Learning Executive
A leading management guru tells why you need to put learning objectives before performance. Read story
Index
A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the State of Small Business, 2000, issue of Inc. Read story
Obituary: Lettuce Magnate John Tanimura, 1920-2009
Remembering John Tanimura, founder of Tanimura & Antle, the nation's biggest lettuce grower Read story
The Friction-Free Economy
As the barriers to competion evaporate, the world is becoming the small businessperson's oyster. Read story
The Best Small Companies to Work for
Profile of the best small companies to work for and their secrets to building a great workplace. Read story
Pulling the Plug
A management expert explains that to make room for new projects, you must stop some old ones. Read story
Rock through the Ages
Everyone's so caught up with the transformation the Internet has wrought that it's easy to forget that we've seen change before. One century-old quarry, Gran... Read story
How're We Doing?
One company's use of an annual report card from customers to measure competitive performance. Read story
28 Steps to a Strategic Alliance
How Calyx Corolla, a mail-order flower seller, developed strategic alliances before the company was off the ground. Read story
The Entrepreneur of the Year Register
Profiles of recognition-worthy entrepreneurs from the 1993 Entrepreneur of the Year contest. Read story
Leadership: Building Companies to Last
A study of companies that shows certain traits in visionary companies suggest basic rules for success. Read story
Storm Clouds Over Silicon Valley
As blind faith in the infallibility of high-tech companies falters, the era of unrestrained growth in the Valley may be over. Read story
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