Hot Tip: Customer Service
Gene Balliett's financial-planning firm provides free service for any client's parent who is age 80 or older. Balliettand his wife, Dee, ... Read story
Winter Park
Virtual You
Virtual universities have become increasingly popular with business owners who want more education, but who need a flexible study schedule. A look at these "... Read story
Illuminating News
A short article that explains how some lighting fixtures may cause computer problems. Read story
Preemptive Strike
They don't have any sales -- or anything to sell, for that matter. But that hasn't stopped the five souls who make up Red Eye Arms Inc. from shaking up C... Read story
Give And You Shall Receive
Community involvement and public service promotions can make good business sense, many small companies discover. Read story
Cause-Related Marketing: An Eye for Free Publicity
A quick look at the benefits of one company's involvement with a community-outreach program. Read story
Managing Diversity
One company owner's management techniques help to make immigrant workers feel welcome. Read story
Gender Issues
Sex-discrimination lawsuits are on the rise. Is your company at risk? Read story
Easy Money
When Philip Crosby was pulled out of the conference room, the news was disturbing: it seemed $250,000 was missing from the company's account. But by the time... Read story
How to Design a Brochure
"We need a brochure." With these four little words from the boss, you'resent off on an odyssey that can commandeer your Day Timer for weeks, evenmonths. B... Read story
Quality Begins At Home
Zero defects? Acceptable quality levels? If only the gurus of quality control knew what it really takes to turn around a manufacturing operation. Read story
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 197781 Perc... Read story
Bootstrapping 101: Get Your Suppliers to Finance You
Why not offer your key suppliers some upside? Read story
Home Grown
Once seen as quaint, home businesses are now run by sophisticated and ambitious company builders. Here's what you need to know to start growing a home busine... Read story
Political Animals
Whether they raise cash in battleground states or bring a manager's touch to a campaign, these company builders have breached the inner circle of U.S. politics. Read story
A Company of Businesspeople
How and why managers are breaking down the traditional us-versus-them mentality of the workplace. Read story
Can Your Bank Do This?
A number of entrepreneurs define for Inc. what makes an exceptional small-business commercial bank. Read story
Behind the Scenes
An inside look at the companies creating jobs and wealth in a recessionary economy. Read story
Sole Survivors
Servus Rubber nearly got squashed trying to beat foreign boot makers at their own game. So it changed the game Read story
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 story
- 1
ADVERTISEMENT
FROM OUR PARTNERS
SPONSORED SECTION
Try a RISK-FREE Issue of Inc. Today!
