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Table of contents: VOL. 14, NO. 4 - May 1, 2004

COVER STORY

Affordable Health Care* *No, that's not a typo. How smart small businesses are keeping their insurance bills down and their employees smiling.

by Michelle Andrews

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Features

Hot Knots Kim and Scott Holstein/FOUNDERS >> KIM & SCOTT'S GOURMET PRETZELS

by Maggie Overfelt

Mavericks on Main Street Two financiers are rewriting the rules of Wall Street by recruiting entrepreneurs to invest their money and expertise in other entrepreneurs.

by Ellyn Spragins

Cellars Market For collectors who want to keep track of their thousands of bottles of fine wine, Jeff Smith is the organization man.

by Eilene Zimmerman

Heal Thyself More small businesses have been embracing a do-it-yourself approach to providing health insurance.

by Lisa Kalis

Home Remedies Promising innovations can be found at the local level.

by Erika Rasmusson Janes

Working Without A Net More small businesses are crossing their fingers and dropping their medical benefits altogether.

by Lisa Kalis

Here Come the Brides Same-sex marriage ices the cake for some small businesses in the wedding industry.

by Daisy Chan

The Persuaders Worried that your employees will join a union? PERHAPS THESE GENTLEMEN CAN HELP.

by Richard McGill Murphy

Following the Leader Mark Pincus has made a career of lurking behind the leaders in hot high-tech sectors. He tells FSB how being a copycat can be a virtue and whether his latest company has legs.

by Maggie Overfelt; Mark Pincus

Bug Bytes They thought their tiny pest-control firm couldn't afford a website. Now they say they can't afford not to have one.

by Josh Taylor

So You're Marvelous. What's Next? Marvelous Markets wants to grow faster. We asked three experts to tell it how.

by Brian O'Reilly

Spy vs. Spy New forms of malicious software are slowing down computers at some small businesses--and creating market opportunities for others.

by Richard Martin

by Dan Goodgame

Off Hours

Best New Gifts For Dads and Grads From Small Craftsmen

by Daisy Chan

by Julia Boorstin

No More Foreign Oil

by Erin Strout

The Hotel Inspector Want to know if a small inn is truly upscale? Try spending 24 hours with the toughest guest in the business.

by Julia Boorstin

Get Me Wardrobe! How much could a bunch of old TV costumes be worth? One collector finds it's more than you'd think.

by Julie Sloane

The Kids Are All Right An entrepreneur returns to his inner-city elementary school--35 years later.

by Lester A. Picker

The Quality That Counts How to decipher what all those automotive ratings really mean.

by Alex Taylor III

Part One

by Nina Sovich

by Nina Sovich

Dinner and a Movie

Inventing a Portable Nuke Detector

by Nina Sovich

Lords of the Bling

by Nina Sovich

Small Firms Find That Outsourcing Cuts Both Ways Many small U.S. companies are losing business to low-wage foreign competitors, but others are nimbly turning global trends to their advantage.

by Jeremy Kahn

Liberal Media Mark Walsh thinks talk-radio listeners are ready to turn their dial to the left. Is he right?

by David Whitford

Listening to My Business Why I decided to kiss off pessimism and embrace the recovery.

by Kevin Kelly

Going Native How I learned to pay heed to local business customs.

by Pat Croce

by Nina Sovich

by Sheree R. Curry

Global Entrepreneurs Need Not Apply

by Tony Raimondo; Sheree R. Curry

by P.B. Gray

The Edge

Collar that Deadbeat Can a simple device make delinquent debtors obsolete?

by Joshua Hyatt

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