Metering Cash
A financial consultant quickly details an effective accounts-payable system that achieves good cash-flow control. Read story
Jill Andresky Fraser
Benchmark: Farewell to Fast Payment?
A chart displaying D B data that suggests larger companies are not necessarily the quickest customers to make payments. Read story
Equity: Lessons from a Lame Offering
A quick look at how the failure of a private-placement offering forced a CEO to turn to a credit line for capital. Read story
Accounts Receivable: A Bounty on Late Bills
A company's owner briefly explains the benefits and pitfalls of a bonus system for collecting old receivables. Read story
Working Capital: Three Smart Tips for Borrowing from Customers
The president of an advertising-specialty company offers tips to a source of creative financing--customers. Read story
Private Placements: Finding the Best Advisers
The editor of a weekly newletter offers advice to those interested in a private-placement offering. Read story
Taxes: Know the Rules for Storing Computer Records
An accounting firm partner briefly discusses the IRS's guidelines for retaining electronic records. Read story
International: Deciding When a Joint Venture Makes Sense
The president of a manufacturing concern explains one key facet he analyzed when expanding into international markets. Read story
Resources: Quiz Your CPA
A quick review of the American Institute of CPA's brochure '101 Question to Ask Your CPA,' and how to order it. Read story
Equipment Leasing: Keeping Short-Term Funds Free
A quick look at an office equipment leasing deal that explains why leasing can be a better strategy than buying. Read story
Pricing: No Fee, But Give Me a Cut
This brief article explains how a CEO turned to profit-sharing with some customers instead of service fees. Read story
Resource: Accounting 101
A short review of J. Tabet and J. Slater's book 'Financial Essentials for Small Business Success,' with purchasing info. Read story
Cost Control: They Outsource T
A quick look at a sales-rep firm that found advantages in outsourcing travel-and-entertainment reimbursement tasks. Read story
Benchmark: Money from Where?
A graph that shows various sources of capital and the percentage of growth companies that use these sources. Read story
Banking: The One-Page Credit Form
A short article about a bank's attempt to streamline its loan application process in order to reach small business. Read story
Tax Tip: Tax Free So Far? We Hate to Tell You, But...
An accountant offers a quick warning to companies that have yet to experience their first tax-positive year. Read story
Hybrid Financing: Trying Out More Exotic Techniques
A CEO explains how he found offering short-term taxable bonds through his bank an attractive alternative to loans. Read story
Barter: Credit Lines with a Twist
An overview by a barter-credit organization's CEO of how bartering offers an alternative to traditional loans. Read story
Investor Demands: One Message for All Ears
A CEO explains some of the ways she had to change communicating with her private-equity owners after an IPO. Read story
Taxes: Goodwill Thrill
An accountant briefly explains how the IRS has changed the rules regarding taxing "goodwill." Read story
Advisers: You May Need the C in CPA
A CEO explains why he needed a CPA instead of a public accountant, and a CPA explains the difference. Read story
Resource: Banking Basics
A review of a free, 26-page brochure, "The Credit Process: A Guide for Small-Business Owners," and how to get it. Read story
Valuations: Pricing the Business
A CEO and a financial consultant offer tips and advice about third-party valuation and avoiding IRS trouble. Read story
Resource: No-Tears Estate Planning
A quick review of R.H. Runde J.B. Zischang book 'The Commonsense Guide to Estate Planning,' and how to buy it. Read story
Benchmark: So You're Ready to Go Public?
The results of a survey of companies hoping to go public and different vital steps they overlooked. Read story
Cost Control: Cut Property Tax
A property-tax expert explains that almost every company is overassessed for its personal property and how to lower it. Read story
Grilling Potential Buyers
Techniques one CEO used to get the best deal when he sold his company. Read story
Litigator=Mitigator
Using a trial litigator can control the time and cost of defending your company in a court battle. Read story
A Mix-and-Match Money Menu
Pros and cons of differenty types of private placements. Read story
A Private Placement to Die For
How one company successfully pursued a private placement. Read story
What Pension Funds Want
What institutional investors look for when they are considering investments in growing companies. Read story
Credit Loosens (for Now)
Chart showing what types of companies were able to increase their credit availability in 1993. Read story
Get the Cash, Keep the Client
Tips for writing collection letters that will preserve your customer relationships. Read story
Running on Empty
Ways to manage cash flow. Read story
Fear of Factoring
One company's struggles with factors. Read story
Cheaper Loan Closings
Four techniques for controlling legal expenses incurred by loan closings. Read story
When Friends Are Deadbeats
One CEO's strategy for collecting money from friends. Read story
Stepping on Light Fingers
Four tactics to use when someone is skimming money from your company. Read story
Controlling Travel Costs
A new book gives tips on controlling corporate travel costs. Read story
They'll Up Your Credit If...
One CEO's strategy for successfully raising his lending line. Read story
