by Stuart Rock - Friday, 31st August 2007

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The 50 to watch for 2000, as published in December 1999.
Carluccio’s, Trinny and Susannah, Tim Weller (before City Financial became Incisive Media). Even our web columnist Philip Jenks. They’re all here.

We loved this story: Mark Dixon, the founder of Regus, reflected on the day he met GE’s legendary CEO Jack Welch.

We talked to successful acquirers about bringing a new company into the fold. Timeless management truths, first published in November 1999.

We identified 30 of the most promising dot-com start-ups in October 1999.
Recognise them?

Nigel Playford created Ionica, in order to rival BT. But it failed.
He gave a long and detailed insight into the company’s failure in October 1999.

The outfit was called The Attik. It was based in Huddersfield. From September 1999.

The recruitment sector is a boom-time industry.
Here are some lessons from the late nineties. Published July 1999.

Could you run a business with your wife, husband or partner?
Here’s a great article about how to make a success of living together and working together. From July 1999.

Not everybody can make the jump from energetic entrepreneur to professional manager.
So why try? From July 1999.

Seminal article about Brent Hoberman, Martha Lane-Fox and the rise and rise of lastminute.com. From June 1999.

Gary Ashworth set up Abacus Recruitment when he was 21.
His words of encouragement still ring true for anybody thinking about starting their own business. From June 1999.

Ian Page’s breakthrough – Handel-C – was set to revolutionise computing and telecoms in May 1999.

The Cambridge phenomenon, as explored in April 1999.

For the thousands of fans of John Timpson’s contributions to Real Business, this is the story that started it all. Published in April 1999.

The Hot 100, 1999. Our analysis that year included some fascinating contributions from mail order guru Johnnie Boden.

Classic tale of a founder-led company hitting tough times as a quoted company. This was the story of Business Post, as told in February 1999.

From soup restaurants to theoretical physics, we picked out 50 companies to watch in 1999. Classic “where are they now?” from December 1998.

A profile of Steve Wynn, one of the ultimate Las Vegas entrepreneurs and creator of the Bellagio (among others). From November 1998.

Estate agency, contract cleaning, second-hand cars, burglar alarms and textiles. Here were five firms trying to transform unfashionable sectors in October 1998.

Which of Britain’s cities attracted entrepreneurs? This was our survey in
September 1998.

Fred Turok’s epic journey to success with LA Fitness, as told in September 1998.

Steve Smith’s Poundland was one of the great retail innovations of the nineties. We gave him star billing in May 1998.

Steve Bennett’s Software Warehouse was one of the big success stories of the late nineties. And we spent a long time with him. From April 1998.

It has always been tough being an innovator. Some perennial truths culled from a creative quartet in April 1998.

We asked entrepreneurs how they could tell when the business wasn’t quite right. Here is what they had to say. From March 1998.

If you think that industrial tribunals are problematic now, here’s a reminder that it was ever thus. From February 1998.

Absolutely essential reading: are you the one who is holding your own business back? Some painful truths exposed in October 1997.

No matter what mood the markets are in, these insights from Keith Pordum about an entrepreneur’s experience of flotation are timeless. From October 1997.

Dr Mike Lynch’s Autonomy was a hot start-up when we profiled him in September 1997. But what has happened to some of the others that we featured alongside him?

How to start up an airline, featuring a young Stelios.
This was before we all travelled by low-cost airline and nobody worried about carbon footprints.

Bizarre but true story about R&B legend Joe Cocker.
It just made us laugh at the time. Still does, actually.

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