Making Your Financials Add Up
No business plan is complete until it contains a set of financial projections that are not only inspiring but also logical and defensible. Read more
Basic Accounting
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Hands On: Deadbeat Deterrence
Mary Naylor, CEO of virtual concierge service VIPdesk Inc., has put an end to her deadbeat customers. Read more
FYI: The Million-Dollar Post-it Note
Confessions of a compulsive bootstrapper. Read more
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
Your relationship with your banker is never more important than when times get tough. Unfortunately, some business owners tend to steer clear of their ban... Read more
Fighting Back
The terrorist attacks could claim even more victims unless businesspeople take steps right now to make sure that their companies will be ... 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, stirring almost as much recent turmoil as the exploding balloon of the dotcom and ... Read more
By the Numbers: How Setpoint Stays in Control
What lies at the heart of Setpoint's management system is a particular definition of, and way of dealing with, gross profit. In standard accounting, gross... Read more
The Loan Ranger
CircleLending helps manage friends-and-family loans. Read more
Money Management Tips
Money! That' s what business is supposed to be all about. Then how come so many people in business don' t pay much attention to it? Oh, we may spend a lot... Read more
From Creation to Evolution
A rising market paints over inexperience and masks many mistakes, which today's market is starting to reveal. It's not just enough to be young and energet... 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, those "maximum profit f... 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
Measuring Returns on IT Investments: Some Tools and Techniques
Laptop computers could make a sales force more productive, but they also cost more than desktop PCs. Should a company buy laptops for its salespeople? Sof... Read more
Strategies and Processes for a Changing Economy
The sky is falling! Batten down the hatches! Cut back on everything. The economy is coming to a complete stop. HOLD IT! Do you really want to throw all of... Read more
Financial Strategies: The Best of Inc. Magazine
When it comes to questions about business finance, Jill Andresky F... Read more
Building a Business Beyond Now
The last few years have provided an interesting climate for young businesses. Those high-flying times of active investments with big capital brought about... Read more
The Earnings Management Crackdown
The SEC is cracking down hard on corporate earnings management ? but is your board? Everything from abuse of special charges to stuffing the sales pipelin... Read more
Track Your Critical Numbers
In the April 2001 issue of Inc. magazine, you can read the story of Fred LeFranc -... Read more
Global Trade, Zero Angst
International trade without the stress. Read more
