How can I create a reliable cash flow budget?
Cash flow forecasting is critical to the success of your business, according to Finance Capital mentor Stephen King. Here are the steps you need ... Read more
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Great Bootstrapping Secrets: 45 Ideas that Can Save Your Business Money
Here are 45 money-saving ideas that can help your company do more with less. Read more
Web Expertise in Novel Locales
Searching for Web developers in unconventional places may save you big bucks. Read more
How Do I Calculate My Overhead Rate?
A company can use performance ratios, such as an overhead rate, to effectively manage its operations Read more
The Case for Higher Prices
Thanks mainly to Alan Greenspan, it's harder than ever to get customers to accept price hikes. But, argues entrepreneur Norm Brodsky, you're making a big mis... Read more
Making the Most of Your (Limited) Marketing Dollars
How can you get more bang for your marketing buck? A look at four inexpensive ways to put your message in front of potential clients. Read more
A Simple Approach to Sales Forecasting
How do you forecast sales accurately? The trick is to break the sales down into manageable parts. Read more
A Suite Deal
Log Rhythms realized that the best way to find office space and keep costs down may be to share it with a confederacy of soloists. Read more
Hot Tip: Budget Branding Campaign
Alexandra Volkmann, CEO of Heavy Duty skin products, had to show a little leg to get the art for her branding campaign. Read more
Best Practices: Developing Budgets
Improve your budgeting process by linking it to strategic business goals. Read more
Action Plan: Using Economic Forecasts
Track the economy so you can prepare for your business's future. Read more
Hot Tip: Focus On Variable Expenses
Cut costs and improve your bottom line by focusing on variable expenses. Read more
Change Leaders
In an excerpt from his new book, "Management Challenges for the 21st Century," Peter F. Drucker suggests that to thrive in the new millennium, managers must ... Read more
IT Outsourcing Can Be Profitable - or a Headache
Here's how to strike a mutually beneficial partnership. Read more
Building a Realistic Sales Forecast
Combine the values of all of your prospects in order to create a total sales forecast. Read more
What's the Key to Great Forecasting?
It helps to start with good, accurate data. Here are 6 pieces of information to gather. Read more
Everyone's a Cost Cutter
Two entrepreneurs give advice on cutting costs through open-book management. Read more
Teaching Employees to Understand Costs
Sony Display Tube teaches employees to understand costs -- actual and opportunity -- which allows them to make better, big-picture, decisions every day. Read more
Franchisees Thrive with Open-Book Management
Two Chick-fil-A owner-operators share tips for opening the books in a franchise. Read more
Stay the Course
A noted small-business CEO explains why you should never, (ever!) change your annual plan in the middle of the year. Read more
Budgets: The 10% Solution
A look at what happens when managers are forced to keep budgets down. Read more
The Employee-Run-Budget Work Sheet
An up-close look at one company's budget work sheet used to support open-book management techniques. Read more
Libation Liability
Lawyers advise companies to set clear policies about drinking on site. Read more
How Sales Goals Are Set
A survey asked companies how they set sales goals for sales executives and sales reps Read more
