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June 2005
Michael E. Porter |
More Tales of the Inner City A remarkable group of entrepreneurs deserves credit for transforming America's toughest neighborhoods. But there is still much that cities can and must do to support these crucial growth companies.   |
Inc.
May 1, 2002
Mike Hofman |
The Inner City 100 The Inner City 100, year four. The fastest-growing businesses based in some of America's poorest neighborhoods continue to fascinate us... |
Inc.
June 2006
Leigh Buchanan |
What Is an Inner City Company? The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, which compiles this annual list, defines inner cities as core urban areas - excluding central business districts - with higher unemployment and poverty rates and lower median incomes than their surrounding metropolitan statistical areas. |
Inc.
May 2004
Mike Hofman |
Q&A with Michael Porter Harvard professor and urban booster Michael Porter explains the vital role that growing companies play in the inner city. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Aaron Bernstein |
Pitting Markets vs. Poverty Harvard's Michael Porter talks about some surprising strengths in inner cities and how capitalist forces can help improve their lot |
Inc.
June 2007
Leigh Buchanan |
Raising Revenue, Building Blocks From Austin to Anchorage, America's fastest-growing inner city companies are cultivating business and goodwill in struggling neighborhoods. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Aaron Bernstein |
An Inner-City Renaissance The nation's ghettos are making surprising strides. Will the gains last? |
Inc.
June 2007
Leigh Buchanan |
What Is an Inner City Company? Here are the conditions that candidates for the 2007 Inner City 100 must meet. |
Inc.
June 2006
Leigh Buchanan |
By the Numbers The Inner City 100, class of '06, in snapshot form. |
Inc.
April 23, 2003 |
Mayoral Momentum It's no coincidence that many Inner City 100 companies come from cities that have strong support from public-sector leaders. |
Inc.
April 23, 2003 |
Inner City 100 Impact Index Inner City 100 companies impact their communities in more ways than just providing jobs to workers in America's urban areas. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Leigh Buchanan |
On the Street Where You Live Why don't more inner-city residents start companies on their home turf? Two experienced founders have some answers. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000 |
The Second Annual Inner City 100 ...we present the 100 fastest-growing businesses in America's urban cores and highlight the methods used to build them. Because of their locations, the companies honored here sometimes find life a little more challenging than many other businesses do... |
Entrepreneur
December 2001
C.J. Prince |
(W)inner City When it comes to untapped entrepreneurial potential, the city's where it's at... |
Entrepreneur
September 2006
Geoff Williams |
Future's So Bright Put on your shades to check out an inner-city entrepreneurship program and one of its stars. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Various Inc. Staff |
The Inner City 100 Almanac At a glance: The Inner City 100 CEOs and the companies they keep. Statistics on the CEO's, urban flight, and recruiting issues. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Mike Hofman |
Urban Outfitters Big-city mayors are eager to make revivified inner cities a part of their legacies... Cleveland... Denver... Chicago... Austin... |
Inc.
June 1, 2000
George Gendron |
That Magic Moment Inc.'s fete to generate support for the cutting-edge research and mentoring work being done by our partner in the project, Harvard professor Michael Porter's Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC).... |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Michael E. Porter |
The Secrets to Their Success In the Inner City 100, we found a new breed of urban business -- companies in the front lines of the new economy. |
Reason
February 2005
Town & O'Toole |
Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods How "New Urbanist" planners sacrifice safety in the name of "openness" and "accessibility." |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2005
Stan Luxenburg |
Urban Magic Earvin "Magic" Johnson has helped prove that there is money to be made by retail developers in underserved inner-city markets that have not seen private investment in decades. |
Inc.
May 1, 2003
John Case |
Vital Signs Finally, some good news about business -- from a place you might least expect it. You will discover it among this year's Inner City 100, the fastest-growing private companies in America's inner cities. |
Job Journal
April 25, 2010
Deborah Brown-Volkman |
Career Pros: What's Your Career Telling You? When the course of your career doesn't feel right, find answers within. |
Fast Company
November 21, 2011
Jason Feifer |
How To Lead A Creative Life Our complete guide to making your inner genius your greatest on-the-job asset. |
Inc.
May 1, 2002
Mike Hofman |
Emotional Branding Tying a company's identity to its leader can be a tricky proposition, both for the emotional toll it can take on the CEOs themselves and for their companies' long-term growth... |
Reason
May 2005 |
Letters Letters to the editor about the prior articles, "Live Free and Die of Boredom" and "Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods." |
Inc.
October 2003
Jess McCuan |
IPO an Inner City 100 First Molina Healthcare becomes the first Inc. Inner City 100 company to go public. |
Inc.
May 1, 2002
John Case |
Market Makers The many-faceted Inner City 100 companies seem to embrace new-business development as a way of life, branching out in boom times and bust times alike. And they don't typically exit one business when they get into another... |
Inc.
May 2004
Bobbie Gossage |
Concrete Tips for Urban Pioneers If you're thinking of moving your company to (or starting a business in) an inner city neighborhood, here are some pointers to keep in mind. |
Fast Company
September 2006 |
School Days Should for-profit companies run public schools? An entrepreneur and a principal weigh in. |
Inc.
January 2006
Sasha Issenberg |
Q&A: Joe Sitt, Thor Equities Joseph J. Sitt, the 41-year-old CEO and founder of Thor Equities, has spent 20 years trying to lure the nation's top retail chains into inner cities and yuppie downtowns. |
