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Inc. June 2006 Leigh Buchanan |
The 2006 Inner City 100 Good businesses, good neighbors, good stories: the fastest-growing urban companies in America. |
Inc. 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. |
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. 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. |
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. 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? |
Entrepreneur December 2001 C.J. Prince |
(W)inner City When it comes to untapped entrepreneurial potential, the city's where it's at... |
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. |
Reason May 2005 |
Letters Letters to the editor about the prior articles, "Live Free and Die of Boredom" and "Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods." |
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. |
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 Mike Hofman |
Urban Outfitters Big-city mayors are eager to make revivified inner cities a part of their legacies... Cleveland... Denver... Chicago... Austin... |
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. 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. |
InsideFlyer July 2005 |
Kansas Town Subsidizing AirTran Frequent Flyer Program In Wichita, area businesses have pledged nearly $500,000 to fund an initiative to enhance AirTran Airways frequent flyer program. |
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... |
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. |
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. |
Reason February 2005 Town & O'Toole |
Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods How "New Urbanist" planners sacrifice safety in the name of "openness" and "accessibility." |
Inc. June 2006 Leigh Buchanan |
By the Numbers The Inner City 100, class of '06, in snapshot form. |
Fast Company May 2009 Zachary Wilson |
Fast Cities: Denver The Mile-High City's Five by Five program opens the doors of Denver's cultural institutions to some of its youngest and poorest residents. |
IDB America January 2005 Charo Quesada |
Rediscovering Their Home Town Underprivileged children in Bucaramanga, Colombia, learn about their city's cultural riches. |
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. |
BusinessWeek October 28, 2010 Carol Wolf |
Big Retail Chains Market Groceries to Inner Cities Wal-Mart, CVS, and others are getting more fresh foods into inner cities, where consumers are underserved. |
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. |