Expanding Horizons
It's no secret that educating prospective customers on how to make the most of a product increases both sales and satisfaction after the sale. Mickey Robe... Read story
It's no secret that educating prospective customers on how to make the most of a product increases both sales and satisfaction after the sale. Mickey Robe... Read story
Wouldn't you like your retail customers to say, "I love that store, I wish I could spend all my time there"? Sandy Hollow Herb Company knows that customer... Read story
Meat business creates and sells boneless spareribs made of restructured meat. Read story
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An elementary teacher has developed a curriculum to teach entrepreneurship. Read story
While giant corporations often rely on 10-year plans to chart their growth, small companies tend to fly more by the seat of their pants. To most of them ... Read story
For Ken Shader, turning a hobby into a business was more than a fantasy. Read story
If your supplier's sales rep is being unusually cooperative these days, it could be that he's just a terrific guy. Then again, it could mean that you're ... Read story
Getting taxpayers to foot the bill for your new IT system. Read story
Employment Base of 150,000-450,000. Read story
Readers react to recent Inc articles, including Anne Stuart's "The Pita Principal," D.M. Osborne's "Dear John," Norm Brodsky's "Groundhog's Day," an... Read story
Summary of metropolitan economies for 1989; the most growth was seen in the 'edge cities', where cattle once grazed. Read story
A Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is a designation the U.S. government uses to refer to a region that, broadly speaking, consists of a city and its su... Read story
#13 APPLIED SYSTEMS INC. UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. You saw it in the stock market. You've seen it in the merger-and-acquisition activity. ... Read story
Whatever you're selling, you could have trouble getting customers to buy it if your company comes across as the fledgling enterprise it may well be. That... Read story
Technology for Everyone I am blind, and I just finished reading the February issue of Inc. , not with the hand-held scanner that Ray Kurz... Read story
Small companies often have to draw financing from several different backers. Here are several questions to answer before entering a layered financing arrange... Read story
The cover story of the December 2000 issue of Inc. magazine, " Best Cities to Start and ... Read story
Corporate espionage is a fact of life. Here's how to protect yourself. Read story
Follow the Leaders It's an oddity of Rochester, N.Y., that the names of its two premier corporations, Kodak and Xerox, are strange... Read story
Financial experts discuss LouVan Products' attempt to sell $2.5 million in common stock for working capital and the development of new products. Read story
Accurately forecasting a company's finances to enhance growth and to remain focused on goals. Read story
Acclimating a steady influx of new faces to the company culture can be tricky for high-growth companies. Here's how several Inc. 500 companies are introducin... Read story
Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales growth (1979-83) R... Read story
How to decide if you need word processing, where to find the right equipment, and what to ask before you buy. Read story
Where do America's fastest growing private companies get all those great ideas? A look at some of the unlikely ways Inc. 500 CEOs came up with the names for ... Read story
Did the 83-year-old tycoon cross the line by firing Tom Cruise with so much fanfare? Or did he demonstrate strong leadership? Read story
Wendy's Drive-Through, Oxon Hill, Maryland, 11.11.07, 5:14 p.m. Read story
#8 TEMPS & CO. WASHINGTON, D.C. Many INC. 500 companies are wife-and-husband teams, but so far as we can tell, this is the only sister-brother c... Read story
A few innovative teachers are teaching entreprenuership to their students, sometimes as early as the elementary level. Read story
How to make collecting bills as much a part of daily business as making sales. Read story
Inc.'s 1990 ranking of metropolitan regions by job growth, business starts, and proportion of high-growth companies. Read story
Readers react to articles from recent issues of Inc magazine. Plus, an update on Tom Danner, savior of software maker Haven Corp. Read story
VisiCalc and other electronic spreadsheets became more popular because they quickly answered 'what if' questions. Now many users find that these programs can... Read story
INC.'s list of the 50 fastest-growing U.S. cities Read story
Introduction and list of judges and winners for Inc.'s 1993 Entrepreneur of Year Award. Read story
HOW THE CITIES WERE RANKED Like our annual states report, this ranking of metropolitan areas is based on three factors: job generation, rate of significan... Read story
With an unprecedented amount of capital flowing through the equity and debt markets, you'd think anyone can raise money for just about anything. But unless y... Read story
WOULD YOU BELIEVE A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES? Read story
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