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Recent Basic Accounting Articles

Start with Nothing

Greg Gianforte, founder of $30-million RightNow Technologies Inc., learned that bootstrapping is not simply about pinching pennies and cutting costs. Smart b...  Read more

Inc Query: What Do Your Customers See?

Determining what numbers you should be tracking, and other pressing business matters.  Read more

Best of the Net: The Factoring Factor

Slow-paying customers got you in a cash-flow crisis? These sites can help you bring in the moola.  Read more

The Unkindest Cut of All

How one company's founders have gone about cutting their own pay to help their business stay afloat.  Read more

Archive: If at First You Don't Succeed ...

Before his 57 Varieties propelled him to entrepreneurial glory, H.J. Heinz was in a financial pickle.  Read more

Bridging the Capital Gap

How the federal government can bridge the capital gap for growth businesses and earn $1 billion.  Read more

Mr. Morningstar Stocks Up

What Morningstar founder Joe Mansueto thinks about money and investing after 17 years of the company-building life.  Read more

Cloudy, With a Chance of Monsoons

Recession, downturn - whatever you call it, the recent economic slowdown may be one of the most confusing in recent memory. Results of a recent Inc 500 surve...  Read more

Risk Factors

A checklist of potential trouble spots that seasoned CEOs are watching as they head into the new year.  Read more

No More 'Etch A Sketch' Planning

How one of the smartest strategic planners in America is preparing for 2002.  Read more

A Time for Leadership

The economic toll from the terrorist attacks could worsen -- unless businesspeople take steps right now to ensure that their companies can weather the crisis.  Read more

A Time for Leadership

The economic toll from the terrorist attacks could worsen -- unless businesspeople take steps right now to ensure that their companies can weather the crisis.  Read more

The Talking Cure

Your business is failing. What better time to share your financials with your employees? No, seriously.  Read more

Many Happy Returns

The elusive art of calculating a site's return on investment.  Read more

3 Steps to a Better Relationship with Your Banker

In hard times, it's more important than ever to maintain a good relationship with your banker -- here's how.  Read more

Fighting Back

Norm Brodsky offers advice for companies struggling with the aftermath of the attacks.  Read more

Money Guru

Want to hire a money guru? Maybe you should answer some questions first.  Read more

Predictions for the Future Boardroom

Corporate governance is one of the fastest-changing fields in business. What can we expect for the future?  Read more

By the Numbers: How Setpoint Stays in Control

Through detailed monitoring of projects' progress, Setpoint sees what projects are more profitable and discovers where money and time could be better spent.  Read more

The Loan Ranger

CircleLending helps manage friends-and-family loans.  Read more

Money Management Tips

Managing your money doesn't have to take a great deal of time, especially if you get in the habit of taking care of a few money matters on a regular basis.  Read more

From Creation to Evolution

Durability requires planning, says a seasoned entrepreneur who has founded his own companies and is helping others start theirs. Market conditions, managemen...  Read more

How Can Your Group Shine (Especially During Tough Times) ?

There's a certain type of small-business owner or small-enterprise leader who stands out among the grow-at-any-cost organizations.  Read more

The Pita Principle

Just how low can you go when bootstrapping your start-up? The founders of Stacy's Pita Chip Co. can tell you.  Read more

Cost-Control Diet

Trim financial fat from your business's expenses.  Read more