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Do-Gooder Finance

How a new crop of investors is helping social entrepreneurs.  Read more

I'll Be Back

For entrepreneurs, retirement doesn't mean forever.  Read more

Business Credit for Beginners

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read more

Small Firms Raising Prices

A recent survey finds higher costs and weaker sales are putting inflationary pressure on small businesses.  Read more

Small-Business Confidence Still Falling

Owners are not optimistic heading into 2008, a new survey shows.  Read more

The Secret Life of a Serial CEO

Bob Cramer has piloted six companies to big paydays. Now he has found a start-up that offers something else--excitement, poetry, a legacy.  Read more

How to Sell an Invoice On the Receivables Exchange

There's a new way to sell receivables: on an exchange.  Read more

Follow the Numbers

It's the best way to spot problems before they become life-threatening.  Read more

Short On Cash?

There's a new way to sell receivables: on an exchange.  Read more

Managing Inventory for Profitability

You don't have to pay an arm and a leg to gain control of stock levels, pricing and cash flow.  Read more

Short on Cash? [Audio] 

They say cash is king. But it can take customers months to pay up, leaving you in the lurch. So where can you turn? Associate editor Hannah Clark Steiman ...  Watch video

Tech Talk: Technology Advice from the Inc. 500 

From iPods to paperless publishing, some of the nation's top entrepreneurs sound off about the role technology plays in their companies.   Watch video

SOX Reprieve for Small Business

The SEC will review rules requiring external checks on financial controls at smaller companies.  Read more

Paychex to Offer Taleo Online Hiring Tool

Payroll and human resources services provider Paychex has signed an agreement with on-demand talent management company Taleo to deliver Taleo Business Editio...  Read more

Recession Fears to Curb Spending

A growing concern for job security has many workers planning to tighten their belts this holiday season, a survey finds.  Read more

Intuit Launches Latest Version of QuickBooks Retail Management Software

Intuit has released the latest version of its QuickBooks Point of Sale retail management software, designed to replace the traditional cash register.  Read more

Legal Issues for a Home Business 

Working from home sounds ideal, but there are many considerations. Inc. Expert Barbara Weltman discusses some of the key legal issues you should look out ...  Watch video

Intuit Expands Reach Into SMB Market

Intuit has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Menlo Park-based Homestead Technologies, a provider of Web site and Web store solutions for small busines...  Read more

Small-Business Confidence Down

Financial market uncertainties had owners feeling less optimistic about the economy in November.  Read more

Big-Business Printing, Small-Business Prices

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read more

What's In Your Wallet? [Audio] 

Credit-card companies continue to roll out new offers aimed at business owners. How do you choose the right card? Reporter Ryan McCarthy explains.   Watch video

Intuit Adds Canadian Dates to Quickbooks Tour

Due to popular demand, Intuit has extended its QuickBooks 2008 Discovery Conference tour of Canada, which runs through early December.  Read more

Outgrowing Your Bank

Veteran reporter Robb Mandelbaum writes about the big issues that affect entrepreneurs, especially as they relate to the 2008 presidential campaign. Read ful...  Read more

What Are You, a Bank?

You probably lend your customers more money than you realize. Have you checked lately?  Read more

Superpoking Bill Gates

Ten questions we'd like to ask Microsoft's founder about his company's play for Facebook.  Read more

More Sales Leads, Please

Or, what happened when Frontline Selling started practicing what it preaches.  Read more

Ask Bill Rasmussen

Bill Rasmussen, co-founder of ESPN, on the best time to cash out.  Read more

Why 80 Is the New 30

Forget shuffleboard and croquet. With Americans living longer, a growing number of people are embarking on entrepreneurial second careers -- well into their ...  Read more

King Ink

Tattoos are everywhere. But the tattoo business has yet to outgrow its outlaw roots. Mario Barth aims to change that. His goal: to build the Starbucks of tat...  Read more

The Retirement Myth

Americans are living longer, healthier, and more productive lives. For many entrepreneurs, the real fun now begins after 65.  Read more

ADP Launches New Online Payroll Solution

ADP Small Business Services has unveiled its new online payroll solution, RUN, which allows accountants to view their entire small-business client base with ...  Read more

Point and Click Your Way to an Organized Balance Sheet

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read more

Passing It On [Audio] 

Death and taxes -- the only two sure things in life. And for business owners, the estate tax combines the worst of both worlds. Could a permanent life i...  Watch video

Beyond YouTube [Audio] 

Online video is transforming the way companies communicate with customers and employees. How can your company take advantage of the trend? Associate edito...  Watch video