Financing a Small Business


Recent Financing a Small Business Articles

Betting on the Bridge

By Bruce G. Posner |  Dec 1, 1993

Using 'bridge' financing to fund growth.  Read more

New 'Rights' for Old Investors

By Bruce G. Posner |  Dec 1, 1993

A cash-starved company designs a special stock offering for those who funded their early operations.  Read more

On-line Checks on Customers

By Bruce G. Posner |  Dec 1, 1993

Online service lets businesses search public records in 35 states to assess the creditworthiness of customers.  Read more

Tire Kicking for Beginners

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1993

How not to evaluate the possible purchase of a business.  Read more

A Booster for Budgeting

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1993

Brief review of a new budgeting resource, 'Powerful Budgeting for Better Planning Management,' by Robert G. Finney.  Read more

A Taxing Comparison

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1993

A comparison of the amount taxes an S corp. and C corp. with $500,000 in taxable income will have to pay.  Read more

Do S Corporations Still Make Sense?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1993

S corporations provide some important advantages, but new tax rates cause some problems.  Read more

Capital Punishment

By Anne Murphy |  Nov 1, 1993

A look at the problems caused by having too much capital and the benefits of bootstrapping.  Read more

Boot Me Up: 11 Great Companies Launched for Less

By Susan Greco |  Nov 1, 1993

A look at eleven companies and how they were started with very little capital investment.  Read more

Paradise Lost

By Michael P. Cronin |  Nov 1, 1993

How one thriving bootstrapped company is trying to maintain its original identity in a time of rapid growth.  Read more

The 'Soft' Money Route

By Bruce G. Posner |  Nov 1, 1993

How a start-up company found corporate partners to provide expertise and support.  Read more

When You Can't Afford a CFO

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1993

CEO hired a consultant to upgrade the company's financial software and her skills, instead of hiring a CFO.  Read more

Staying in Control

By Bruce G. Posner |  Oct 1, 1993

Founders started another company to produce their second product instead of diluting their equity in the first.  Read more

Finding Harmony - in Battle

By Bruce G. Posner |  Oct 1, 1993

One approach to ending business partnerships: a signed agreement giving partners buyout rights at any time.  Read more

The Survivalists

By Anne Murphy |  Oct 1, 1993

How one company made the Inc. 500 list without outside financing.  Read more

Getting Sponsors Who Prepay

By Bruce G. Posner |  Sep 1, 1993

Publication raised start-up capital by lining up sponsors who paid in advance for advertising and marketing services.  Read more

For Women Only

By Bruce G. Posner |  Sep 1, 1993

Descriptions of four groups dedicated to investing in woman-owned companies.  Read more

Coast-to-Coast Angels

By Bruce G. Posner |  Sep 1, 1993

Matching service links investors and companies from all over the country.  Read more

Customers Who Give Tax Tips

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1993

Company considers its customers a valuable source of information on international taxes.  Read more

Local-Tax Nightmares

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1993

Chart showing 10 cities in which small businesses had to pay the most taxes nationwide in 1990.  Read more

A Bounce in Venture Funding

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1993

Chart showing amounts of venture capital commitments from 1986-1992.  Read more

What the VC Crowd Wants Now

By Bruce G. Posner |  Aug 1, 1993

The venture capital industry is healthy, but VCs are more choosy than ever. Here's what they're looking for.  Read more

Proof of Bonding, Please

By Bruce G. Posner |  Aug 1, 1993

How to prepare for setting up a bonding line.  Read more

Plans That Ask, What If?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1993

Women's Business Development Center encourages entrepreneurs to write and use exhaustive business plans.  Read more

Controlling Global Taxes

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1993

One company's approach to international tax planning.  Read more

Retirement Plans on Tape

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1993

Ordering information for 'Solving the Retirement Puzzle,' an audiocassette from Retirement Planning Associates.  Read more

Retirement Blues

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1993

Chart showing reasons why companies terminated employee retirement plans.  Read more

How to Read Warning Signs

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1993

Ordering information for Financial Troubleshooting by David Bangs.  Read more

Transferring an S Corp. to Your Kids

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1993

Grantor-retained annuity trusts let children of S corp owners pay less in estate or gift taxes on stock transfers.  Read more

Talking to the Money Club

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jun 1, 1993

Group distributes information on socially responsible businesses to investors.  Read more

Accent on Due Diligence

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jun 1, 1993

Outline of a three-part due diligence investigation that should be conducted before making an overseas acquisition.  Read more

Tapping Your Product's Fans

By Bruce G. Posner |  May 1, 1993

A start-up received needed capital from an enthusiastic customer.  Read more

Spending Gets a Boost

By Bruce G. Posner |  May 1, 1993

Chart comparing the 1991 and 1992 investment plans of growth companies.  Read more

Financial-Reporting Video

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  May 1, 1993

Ordering information for 'Traps and Treasures in the Financial Statements', a video from Ernst Young.  Read more

Taking Stock(s)

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1993

Three professional small-cap stock pickers pan for gold on the Inc. 100.  Read more