What Does Sarbanes-Oxley Mean for Companies That Want to Go Public?
Added costs may keep smaller businesses away. Read more
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Surviving Sarbanes-Oxley
A law intended to clean up big public companies has taken its toll on small private ones--both financially and emotionally. Read more
Gross Margin -- The Overlooked Metric
Not too long ago, I was making a presentation to a prospective client, when he asked me which single metric he should stay most focused on. I thou... Read more
New Deadlines for Accounting Changes
August 17, 2005 --The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a new procedure this week that waives the 90-day period for submitting acc... Read more
SEC Seeks Public Input on Sarbanes-Oxley
Some small businesses claim compliance too burdensome and discourages them from public offerings. Read more
Can't Find an Accountant?
You're not alone. Sarbanes-Oxley has so overwhelmed accountants that companies are having trouble getting their books audited. Read more
Fast-Growing Firms Feel Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley
June 28, 2005 --The PricewaterhouseCoopers' Trendsetter Barometer released last week reported that 17% of the fastest growing private comp... Read more
HP Expanding Into Service Industry
April 26,2005 --In an interview with Inc . this morning, Hewlett-Packard said it will expand into services for the small-business ... Read more
Five Ideas to Watch
...including artificial muscle and online aromatherapy. Read more
Taking Stock
A new rule is forcing business owners to think twice about stock options. Read more
Inc.com | Plug Those Cash Flow Leaks
With the new year underway, now is a good time to re-commit yourself to making money this year. It's the perfect time to get serious about creating finan... Read more
Taking the Pain Out of Payday
Still cutting old-fashioned paychecks? Payroll debit cards offer a cheaper, more convenient alternative Read more
Don't Sign Anything Yet
Beware of commitments that can doom your business from the outset. Read more
Closing the Books
It's time to settle accounts for 2004 -- and prepare for a fruitful 2005. Here are three ways to get the most out of the annual end-of-the-year bookkeeping s... Read more
The Secret to Formatting Cash Flow Projections
Here are the keys to creating a powerful tool to take control of your cash flow. Read more
The Importance of Gross Margin
One vital aspect that I often see entrepreneurs overlook in starting and managing a business is that of gross margin. Gross margin (sales minus direct co... Read more
How to Spot Trouble in Your Financials
Diagnose what's wrong with your company by zeroing in on your financials. Read more
Cash Flow Projections Made Easy
Here is a 4-step process you can use to create cash flow projections you can trust. Read more
Cranking Up the Earnings
Forget revenue growth. For VCs these days, it's the EBITDA, stupid . Read more
Cash Balance: Avoid the Wimpy Syndrome
Don't put off for tomorrow what you should be doing today. Read more
Can We Talk?
A growing company is supposed to be one happy family, but your computers don't always get the message. Incompatible apps. Proprietary data formats. Feudin... Read more
Hassle-Free Expensing
Automated expense systems eliminate paper receipts and let employees create and submit reports anytime, anyplace. Read more
Taking The Fear Out of Factoring
With more and more reputable companies entering the factoring business, services have greatly improved. But factors' bottom line use remains the same: provid... Read more
Mission Control
What every entrepreneur needs: a high-tech instrument panel designed just for your company. Read more
Breaking Free from Budgets
Exasperated by budgets that hamstring creativity, a growing number of companies are tossing off financial constraints--and still holding the line on spending. Read more
The Zentrepreneur
Restaurateur Phil Suarez has built his successful business intuitively---perhaps proving that you can't succeed if you're bored. Read more
A Simple Formula
Greg Wittstock's simple breakeven analysis formula helps keep his pond-building business -- and the landscape businesses his company teaches it to -- in t... Read more
Book Excerpt: Beyond Budgeting
Introduction: Toward a New General Management Model The budget is a tool of repression rather than innovation. ¹ Bob Lutz, ex... Read more
No More Budgets
In the October 2003 Inc. feature, "Breaking Free from Budgets," on page 72, writer Suzanne McGee profiles businesses that have abandoned the budg... Read more
Q&A: Seeing Beyond the Annual Budget
Jeremy Hope believes that the annual budgeting process and the fixed contracts it produces are of little value in today's quick changing business environm... Read more
The Magic Number
Every business has a magic number. By employing his, our columnist didn't overstaff this year. Read more
New Relief for Road Warriors
Web-based expense-reporting systems let you log on from the road and record expenses as you go. Read more
Inner City 100 EKG: Beyond Growth
We know the Inner City 100 (IC 100) companies are growing rapidly, but does rapid growth translate into strong financial performance? Can these companies ... Read more
Current vs. Capitalized Expenses
From the Nolo Small Business Center Tax rules cover not only what ex... Read more
