Intel-Led Alliance to Invest $3.5 Billion in Tech Start-Ups
The chip company and 24 venture capital firms hope to spark innovation and prime the research and development pump. Read more
Financing a Small Business
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What You Need to Know About Making a Personal Guarantee
When the bank asks you for a personal guarantee on your small business loan (and it will), here's what you need to know. Read more
How to Create a Personal Financial Statement
If you own a small business or are self-employed, this guide will help you track income and expenses on a regular basis. Read more
Obama Outlines $30 Billion Small Business Loan Proposal
How does President Obama's plan to increase hiring break down? Read more
How to Prepare a Company for an Initial Public Offering
An initial public offering of stock can be viewed as the definitive sign of a company's success. Here is a look at the steps a company can take to prepare fo... Read more
How Should Goldman Sachs Spend Its $500 Million?
The experts weigh in on Goldman Sachs' $500 million small-business initiative. Read more
Elevator Pitch: Prime Time Boxing
Prime Time Boxing helps people channel their inner Rocky Balboa. Can $500,000 take it another round? Read more
How to Write the Financial Section of a Business Plan
An outline of your company's growth strategy is essential to a business plan, but it just isn't complete without the numbers to back it up. Here's some advic... Read more
Case Study: Lining Up Investors for a Turnaround
Dogswell's ambitious plans had flopped. Would its new investors give the company another chance? Read more
Structuring Funding From Your Family
How to get start-up funding from relatives that won't turn off potential venture capital investors. Read more
The Days of Cheap Capital Are Gone for Good
The deal you put together in 2007 is no longer feasible today. Here's why. Read more
A Non-Profit Links Small Businesses with Investors
Fifty small business owners from inner-city neighborhoods pitch their companies to potential investors. Read more
Inc. 500 Company Canopy Financial Subject of FBI Probe
The health care company's founder, Vikram Kashyap, has stepped down as CEO. Read more
Goldman, Buffett to Aid Small Business
Two icons of bull-market Corporate America team up to finance and support 10,000 small businesses. Read more
Global Entrepreneurship Week Kicks Off
Thom Ruhe from the Kauffman Foundation talks about Global Entrepreneurship Week, which will be marked by more than 25,000 events worldwide. Read more
Is a Barter Exchange Right for Your Company?
Careful: Some barter trades can be costly Read more
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Thanksgiving dinner or meeting of the board? When your family members are investors in your business, the lines get blurry. Read more
How to Secure a Microloan
Advice for small businesses on what to expect when applying for a microloan, including finding a microlender, document preparation, and loan repayment. Read more
Obama To Increase Loans, Credit To Small Businesses
The president says this initiative shifts the focus from Wall Street to stimulate small business growth. Read more
Fellowship Encourages Science Start-ups
Kauffman Foundation offers internships and investor connections to help commercialize science and technology ideas. Read more
Investors Pick the Best 2009 Inc. 500 Companies
Venture capital is hard to come by; investors explain what makes a company a good investment. Read more
The Rule of Three
Anticipating the torpedoes that can sink a deal Read more
Should Your Company Switch to Online Banking?
Many small businesses are still using paper checks sent through the mail to settle their accounts. But online banking can save time and effort, and improve c... Read more
Clamoring for Foreign Capital
Start-ups stymied by traditional means of raising capital are turning to foreign investors seeking citizenship. Read more
Editor's Letter: Dream a Little
We write often about start-ups in Inc., because the decision, or impulse, to launch a company rather than work for someone else is at the heart of the entrep... Read more
How to Start a T-shirt Company
Great designs are not enough, according to Johnny Earle of Johnny Cupcakes. You also need lots of buzz and exclusivity Read more
Using an Innovative Communications Strategy to Fight the Taliban
Wexley School for Girls, an innovative ad agency that specializes in guerrilla marketing, is helping the Army's mission in Afghanistan Read more
Case Study: When Your Bank Stops Lending
When Able Planet's bank pulled his $2.5 million line of credit, founder Kevin Semcken had to think fast. Read more
Will Your Business Plan Attract VCs?
A recent study finds that business plans have little to do with venture capitalists' investment decisions. Read more
Will SBA Be Kinder to VC Industry?
New SBA chief counsel for advocacy may open up grants to companies with VC investors, if confirmed. Read more
The Start-up Guru
Paul Graham's business school and investment fund, Y Combinator, has launched 145 companies -- for a lot less money than you would think Read more
Angels Are Still Interested
Private investors may be giving less but they don't plan to stop investing. Read more
Famous Amos on Raising Capital
Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos and Chip & Cookie, on raising capital and choosing investors Read more
Factoring Receivables: A Bright Spot in the Credit Crunch?
Find extra funds by factoring receivables during the recession Read more
My First Year
When my start-up found itself face to face with catastrophe because of conditions beyond my control, I learned how to cope Read more
