Woodland Hills

You Scratch My Back

Start-up offers free tests for cholesterol and blood pressure readings in malls.  Read more

Piggybacking to Market

They started in a two-bedroom apartment in Woodland Hills, Calif., making phone calls, writing computer code, and working hard to convince their neighbors...  Read more

Fed Contractor Sought for Back Wages

A small trucking firm awarded multimillion contracts with the U.S. Postal Service owes its drivers nearly $1.4 million in back wages, the Labor De...  Read more

Games Businesspeople Play

Some talk about it; some don't. But without question, there are more than a few who are doing something other than VisiCalc down at the shop.  Read more

Can Your Bank Do This?

A number of entrepreneurs define for Inc. what makes an exceptional small-business commercial bank.  Read more

Power Brokers

Inc.'s editor-at-large offers a cautionary tale about running out of laptop juice on the road.  Read more

Network: June 1991

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Using Earn-out Agreements

Earn-outs can be structure any number of ways. Here are some options.  Read more

Mail

The Future of Marketing I'm amazed that search advertising, the most pervasive new marketing tool, was not included in your Read more

Still Sharing After All These Years

Time-sharing is almost as old as the computer itself. But new offerings and continued efficiency make it a still-useful option for small companies.  Read more

Trick Of The Trade

How to screen prospective advisers when looking to buy or sell a company.  Read more

Exotic Auto Venture Is $24-Million Nonstarter

Harold and Ben Rosen, founders of Rosen Motors, failed to redefine the automobile with their hybrid electric car when major manufacturers rejected their new ...  Read more

Riding the Export Wave

How to find a good distributor overseas.  Read more

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Making It

The changing American economy; a manufacturing company adopts Japanese quality control methods.  Read more

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on: great interview questions; getting customer feedback; modifying an open-door policy; finding salary-surveys; resolving customer complain...  Read more

Our Companies, Ourselves

Can you separate yourself from your business?  Read more

The Apartment

The founders of GoldMine Software recount their humble beginnings running the company out of their apartment.  Read more

Plan of Attack

A look at how company builders are working hard to acquire some foresight into the economy.  Read more

How to Finance Anything

A comprehensive guide to financing a start-up or rapidly growing small business in the '90s.  Read more

Taking The Fear Out of Factoring

With more and more reputable companies entering the factoring business, services have greatly improved. But factors' bottom line use remains the same: provid...  Read more

To Catch a Thief

"Pimps, gangbangers, drug dealers, and prostitutes," says Bill Higginson, CEO of $15-million IMC Property Management, when asked about his biggest busines...  Read more

To Catch a Thief

"Pimps, gangbangers, drug dealers, and prostitutes," says Bill Higginson, CEO of $15-million IMC Property Management, when asked about his biggest busines...  Read more

Only Connect

If Lief Morin had his way, nobody in his company would telecommute. Now he's fighting back with technology.  Read more

Only Connect

If Lief Morin had his way, nobody in his company would telecommute. Now he's fighting back with technology.  Read more

Bringing Up Baby

Summary of the myths, realities and benefits of daycare in the workplace.  Read more

Making Good

Ways in which small companies are creatively leveraging their resources to attack various social problems.  Read more

Recession or Opportunity?

For young entrepreneurs who launched businesses in the booming markets of the past few years, the Wall Street meltdown presents their first real economic cri...  Read more

The 500

#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 more