How to Budget for Business Insurance
Having business insurance is vital, but how much coverage do you really need? This guide will help you decide and plan for the cost. Read more
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How to Set an Annual Budget
It seems to be the least sexy part of running a business, but maintaining a realistic budget - and paying attention to it - can make or break your company. Read more
How to Manage Seasonal Fluctuations in Sales
This year, more businesses are tech-savvy and leveraging new ways to drive sales and manage fluctuations during the holiday season. Here are their tips. Read more
How to Set up a Managed Travel Program
Managing travel for an entire company -- such as specifying preferred hotels to stay in, requiring everyone to fly coach, and setting a per diem for meals an... Read more
7 Easy Steps to Bootstrapping Success
A guide on how to launch a start-up on the cheap. Read more
How to Handle Budget Disputes
The way you divvy up your resources can cause tension between departments. Here are tips to help you keep your entire team on the same page. Read more
How to Build Your Marketing Budget
With so many channels to promote your products and services, where to start? Here are some tips on how best to allocate your marketing dollars and efforts. Read more
12 Best Tools for Budgeting
Tools you can use to build your annual budget. Read more
Fighting the Sales Slump
Fresh data shows small businesses have managed to stretch their net profit margins this year. But that's not necessarily good news. Read more
Avoid These Cash Draining Start-up Mistakes
Because stretching your start-up dollars is so important, it’s critical that you avoid cash-draining mistakes. Read more
How to Switch to a Paperless Office
There are plenty of reasons to reduce your use of paper, including cost, efficiency, and environmental responsibility. Here's how to do it. Read more
The Price of a Healthy Staff
Three companies share their employee wellness budgets. Read more
10 Tips for Bootstrapping Your Technology
When you're starting a business on your own dime, the rule for tech is keep it simple. Read more
How to Finance a Business With Your 401(k)
A bad lending environment and provisions in the tax code make tapping retirement funds a tempting start-up financing option. Here's what you need to know. Read more
9 Questions to Ask a Small Business Lender
If you are looking to borrow money to finance your business, here are some smart questions to ask potential lenders. Read more
One Company’s Budget: Cold Calling Saved My Company
SoftNice provides business intelligence and other IT support that helps large corporations cut costs, but when the recession came knocking, CEO Zafar Shaikh ... Read more
How to Write Off Travel and Entertainment Expenses
Are you perplexed by the 13-page IRS guidelines for deducting travel and entertainment expenses? Inc.com's shorter (less complicated) guide will help you fin... Read more
How to Hire a Marketing Director
Looking for a manager to develop and execute effective marketing solutions to cultivate growth? Here are some tips for incorporating the best hiring practice... Read more
How to Track Your Company's Critical Numbers
Working with a great accountant is an asset; leaning too hard on one can be a flaw. Here are key steps to boosting financial literacy and keeping a simple gu... Read more
How to Cut Costs With Green IT
A look at how virtualization, power management, and other green technologies can help you save money Read more
How to Maximize Holiday Sales and Profits
Advice for small businesses on how to prepare for the holiday season by generating customer loyalty, implementing timely marketing, and determining inventory... Read more
How to Price Business Services
Advice for small businesses on how to manage pricing strategies by calculating costs, considering different pricing models, and evaluating customer and compe... Read more
Start-Up Trends: Food Trucks 
Upscale food trucks are one of the hottest businesses these days. Here, three entrepreneurs share what it takes to run a restaurant on wheels. Watch video
How Business Travelers Can Avoid Swine Flu
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
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
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
Fusion Systems makes manufacturing equipment with a twist: they innovate new ways to make obsolete machines. Read more
How to Manage Travel Expenses
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
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
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
How to use less energy and lower your business's utility bills Read more
Why a CEO Needs to Have a Plan B
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
What it takes to negotiate a commercial lease in a renter's market Read more
Business Forecasting in a Crazy, Mixed-up World
Three entrepreneurs share their challenges, frustrations, and strategies for business forecasting in a recession. Read more
One Company's Budget: Getting Back Into Shape
An exercise equipment retailer overhauls the IT department budget, swapping old programs for hosted applications. Read more
