Budgets


Recent Budgets Articles

How Business Travelers Can Avoid Swine Flu

By Josh Spiro |  Oct 5, 2009

Experts say businesses and their employees must take precautions against the seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus on the road.  Read more


One Company's Budget: Trading Trade Shows for Dealer Marketing

By J.J. McCorvey |  Oct 1, 2009

Handheld x-ray company Aribex trims its trade show budget and learns the value of outsourcing.  Read more


One Company's Budget: The 'Great Game' of Open-Book Management

By Lauren Folino |  Oct 1, 2009

An IT company's commitment to open-book management helps calm anxious employees while boosting revenue.  Read more


One Company's Budget: Increasing Capital Investments in a Recession

By Josh Spiro |  Oct 1, 2009

Fusion Systems makes manufacturing equipment with a twist: they innovate new ways to make obsolete machines.  Read more


How to Manage Travel Expenses

Sep 28, 2009

From videoconferencing, to shopping for airfare bargains, to booking far in advance - here are some helpful tips to reduce all your travel-related expenses.  Read more


9 Ways to Cut Energy Costs

Jul 23, 2009

Energy costs have been rising in recent years and new taxes are on the horizon, so every business has a reason to become more efficient. Here's how.  View slideshow


Two Entrepreneurs Plan for Higher Energy Costs

By Alexandra Cheney |  Jul 2, 2009

Manufacturers Bill Latham and Arthur Pascuzzi, both hit hard by previous spikes in energy costs, have permanently incorporated energy-saving strategies into ...  Read more


How to Lower Your Company's Energy Bills

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 2009

How to use less energy and lower your business's utility bills  Read more


Why a CEO Needs to Have a Plan B

By Bo Burlingham |  May 1, 2009

For nearly three decades, in good times and bad, Jack Stack has run his company, SRC, as though disaster could strike at any moment. Now, with the economy cr...  Read more


How to Get a Good Deal on a Lease

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 2009

What it takes to negotiate a commercial lease in a renter's market  Read more


Business Forecasting in a Crazy, Mixed-up World

By Kasey Wehrum |  Apr 1, 2009

Three entrepreneurs share their challenges, frustrations, and strategies for business forecasting in a recession.  Read more


One Company's Budget: Getting Back Into Shape

By Michael Fitzgerald |  Mar 1, 2009

An exercise equipment retailer overhauls the IT department budget, swapping old programs for hosted applications.  Read more


7 Smart Ways to Trim Your Company’s Budget

By Inc. staff |  Feb 6, 2009

Smart advice on how to squeeze a lot out of a tight budget.  Read more


One Company's Budget: A Nice Consistency

By Jason Del Rey |  Jan 1, 2009

Organic ice cream maker PJ Madison's looks to bring discipline to its marketing  Read more


Got Receipt Overload?

By Shivani Vora |  Jan 1, 2009

There are better things to do on work travel than hoard and sort receipts.  Read more


Small Business Benefits Threatened

By Kelly Faircloth |  Dec 17, 2008

Employers are expected to shift costs onto workers, health plan execs say.  Read more


Thanksgiving Travel Plans Unscathed

By Laura Palotie |  Nov 17, 2008

The souring economy won't keep Americans from visiting family over the holidays, a survey finds.  Read more


Businesses Cutting Back on Travel

By Andrew Leigh |  Nov 11, 2008

With costs rising, companies are clamping down on unnecessary trips, a report finds.  Read more


Cost-Cutting More Strategic

By Venuri Siriwardane |  Nov 7, 2008

Having learned from past downturns, employers are taking a focused approach to staff reductions, a survey finds.  Read more


Raises Smaller than Expected

By Michael Gadd |  Oct 23, 2008

Hit hard by the sluggish economy, employers are cutting back on pay hikes and bonuses, a survey finds.  Read more


Blogger Logic: A Swag Antagonist

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 2008

Responding to another blogger's list of 18 ways a start-up can save money, Mark Cuban, the co-founder of Broadcast.com and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, pos...  Read more


Curb Costs of Mobile Device Management

By Michelle V. Rafter |  Oct 1, 2008

It can cost more than $2,500 a year for a company to take care of a single iPhone. Multiply that by the number of smart phones, laptops, and other mobile dev...  Read more


Business Groups Mixed on Bailout

By Michael Gadd |  Sep 25, 2008

The $700 billion plan to rescue Wall Street has smaller firms worried about footing the bill.  Read more


Paycheck Gains Smaller Than Expected

By Michael Gadd |  Aug 27, 2008

Budgets for salary increases have fallen below four percent, the Conference Board reports.  Read more


Businesses Cutting Costs

By Laura Palotie |  Apr 30, 2008

Most employers are hoping to avoid layoffs by improving efficiency.  Read more