You Scratch My Back
Start-up offers free tests for cholesterol and blood pressure readings in malls. Read story
Woodland Hills
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 story
Get the Scoop on Salaries
LifeCare Assurance, a 150-employee insurance plan administrator in Woodland Hills, Calif., used to make compensationdecisions using a method long favored ... Read story
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 story
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... Read story
Can Your Bank Do This?
A number of entrepreneurs define for Inc. what makes an exceptional small-business commercial bank. Read story
Power Brokers
Inc.'s editor-at-large offers a cautionary tale about running out of laptop juice on the road. Read story
Network: June 1991
Network reader-to-reader advice. Read story
Using Earn-out Agreements
Earn-outs can be structure any number of ways. Here are some options. Read story
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 story
Trick Of The Trade
How to screen prospective advisers when looking to buy or sell a company. Read story
The Future of Marketing I'm amazed that search advertising, the most pervasive new marketing tool, was not included in your Read story
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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 story
Riding the Export Wave
How to find a good distributor overseas. Read story
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Making It
The changing American economy; a manufacturing company adopts Japanese quality control methods. Read story
Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 - Julia Alkire and Stephanie Goldman, Family Creations
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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 story
Plan of Attack
A look at how company builders are working hard to acquire some foresight into the economy. Read story
The Apartment
The founders of GoldMine Software recount their humble beginnings running the company out of their apartment. Read story
Our Companies, Ourselves
Can you separate yourself from your business? Read story
How to Finance Anything
A comprehensive guide to financing a start-up or rapidly growing small business in the '90s. Read story
Nolan Bushnell is Back in the Game
Nolan Bushnell founded Atari, employed Steve Jobs, built a bunch of robots, and pretty much invented the whole cocky-young-entrepreneurial-genius pose. He's ... Read story
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 story
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 story
Only Connect
If Lief Morin had his way, nobody in his company would telecommute. Now he's fighting back with technology. Read story
Bringing Up Baby
Summary of the myths, realities and benefits of daycare in the workplace. Read story
Making Good
Ways in which small companies are creatively leveraging their resources to attack various social problems. Read story
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 story
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 story
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