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Starting a company is a giant gamble, undertaken only by men and women who are prepared to work hard and risk a lot. As the handbook of the American entrepreneur, Inc. magazine's editorial mission is to provide the information, inspiration, and encouragement that will help these creative mavericks start, run, and grow their businesses. To this end, Inc. offers readers indispensable articles on sales and marketing, technology, finance, leadership and managing, human resources and global business, and it introduces them to cutting-edge business practices.

Inc. also covers the journey of entrepreneurship–the problems and pit falls, the successes and failures–knowing that the road from start-up to the fully-managed stage can be as rocky as it is fulfilling. Since its first issue in 1979, Inc. has been dedicated to serving the interests of the dynamos of the U.S. economy: founders and owners of privately-held businesses.

Bernie Goldhirsh,
Inc. Founder

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Starting Up in a Down Economy
Nobody loves a recession*. But many successful entrepreneurs say that, in retrospect, they were lucky to have launched their businesses in tough times.

INC. DIVISIONS

The Inc. 500 is an annual ranking of the fastest-growing, privately-held companies in the U.S. Each year, thousands apply in the hopes that they'll land a coveted spot on this list. Making it is a public acknowledgement that the leadership of these companies are among the entrepreneurial elite, following in the footsteps of Inc. 500 alumni like Larry Ellison and Bill Gates.

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The Inc. 5,000 companies are the true elite–a mere sliver of the 7 million or so companies in the U.S. that have employees. In 2007, the 5,000 companies accounted for $194 billion in annual revenue, about 1.5 percent of the national GDP, and they employed more than 900,000 people, about 0.6 percent of the jobs in the U.S.

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