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Angel Investors Heading to Kansas
Entrepreneurs, angel investors, and technology leaders will head to Wichita, Kan., for a capital conference in September, organizers said. The Grea... Read more
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Recent Articles about Wichita
The Inc. 100 Portfolio;
Due to "a combination of engineering design defects, construction defects, and poor operational control of the ethanol plant facilities, the ethanol plant... Read more
The Inner City 100
The fourth annual Inner City 100. Read more
Take Flight To Boost The Bottom Line
Many small companies are discovering the benefits of flying their own aircraft. Read more
What Bankers Like to Know
Insight from bankers about what they want to know from their clients. Read more
Wichita State to Open Market-Based Management Center
The new MBA program will draw lessons from Koch Industries, the nation's second-largest private company. Read more
From The Ground Up
If the proponents of remanufacturing need a defender, a protector, a champion, if they need a case-in-point that is unassailable, invincible, they need lo... Read more
Many airplane accidents occur on takeoff. To improve safety in private and commercial aircraft, AeroQuest Corp., of Wichita, makes an electronic system t... Read more
How to Monitor Customers' Payments
Various sources for verifying customer credit histories. Read more
The Business of Leo Aguilar Memorial Stadium
Here’s a look at the companies that provide the lights, field paint, 10-yard chains, and band uniforms used during Friday-night football games at Los Fresn... Read more
Making the Switch to VoIP
In the March 2003 Inc article, "Good Call," Hamon Corp.'s move to voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP) helped the company more effectively -- and ... Read more
Making the Switch to VoIP
In the March 2003 Inc article, "Good Call," Hamon Corp.'s move to voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP) helped the company more effectively -- and ... Read more
Fax Scam Targets Business Owners
Jan. 6, 2006 --Business owners beware. If you recently received an unsolicited fax asking if you want to sell your company, you might want... Read more
What's It Going To Cost?
Figuring the cost of an airplane is both a science and an art. The scientific part involves estimating fixed and operating expenses, then subtracting mon... Read more
Tap the Untapped Billion-Dollar Co-Op Fund
Co-op advertising is a cost-sharing arrangement between a manufacturer and a retailer for customers' advertising programs. Collectively, manufacturers ear... Read more
Getting an M.B.A. Via Tivo
What you can learn from Paris Hilton. Read more
The Q Factor
These days, a city's growth has less to do with lower costs than with the quality of its people and lifestyle Read more
Behind The Scenes: Companies At the Heart of Everyday Life
Miami, Dade County Fair, 4.5.08, 5:19 p.m. Read more
Do Bankers Do Their Job Well?
Small business isn't just like big business except smaller. It's fundamentally different. For one thing, small business uses more debt. According to Fed... Read more
Exceptions To The Rule
Why some INC. 500 companies are growing in industries that aren't. Read more
How to Use Virtual Sales Clerks
Are you giving customers personal service online? Here's how to use live chat to increase sales, learn about your customers, and maybe even make a friend or ... Read more
A New Electric Ride and Raising Money Now
Tesla unveils new car. Elon Musk's electric car startup will show off it's latest model--a $50,000 sedan that the company hopes will take electric ... Read more
Dialing for Dollars
Magazine subscriptions at $12 a year can sell over the telephone, but what about the services of a software programmer costing $100,000? Ashok Trivedi fig... Read more
Directory of Organizations Promoting Independent Businesses
1000 FRIENDS OF IOWA , Fights sprawl malls and sponsors "buy local" campaigns. 3524 Sixth Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50313; 515-288-5364; fax,... Read more
Ordinary Business
What would happen, my colleague John Case wondered aloud, if you took the INC. 100 list and stripped off all the obvious hyper-growth companies? Say you clea... Read more
Washington, D.C. Office Space Most Expensive in U.S.
Rents in the nation's capital rose 3.9 percent compared to a year ago, pushing its office space past New York City as the priciest in the country. Read more
Best Friends In D.C.: Thinkers
The people who devise and analyze policies. Read more
Pricing: No Fee, But Give Me a Cut
This brief article explains how a CEO turned to profit-sharing with some customers instead of service fees. Read more
Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth '77-'81 ... Read more
Sources of Innovation
Although small firms are more innovative, it can be advantageous for them to team up with larger companies. Read more
Introducing The 1986 Inc. 100
Like a bunch of adolescents, the companies on the INC. 100 are an unsettled lot. They have grown so fast that their knees ache. They have consumed capit... Read more
Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth 1976-80 Per... Read more
Big Bucks From Little Franchises Grow
A successful franchisor enriches himself, but a good one, someone like Harold Katz, enriches others as well. The Nutri/System formula perfected by Katz h... Read more
The Entrepreneur of the Year: Our fifth annual company-building awards
Introduction and list of judges and winners for Inc.'s 1993 Entrepreneur of Year Award. Read more
How to Launch an Inc. 500 Company
Various strategic ideas used to launch successful Inc. 500 companies. Read more
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