Exit Planning: Three Ways to Plan Ahead
A lawyer offers three essential safeguards for both your family's and your company's future should your life end. Read more
Money and Finance
Recent Money and Finance Articles
Benchmark: Putting Off for Tomorrow
Some data examining how many business owners have up-to-date, appropriate estate plans. Read more
Borrowing: Avoiding Problems with Family and Friends
A quick look at the pitfalls of borrowing from friends or family and how to avoid them. Read more
Ledger-demain
Accounting software has the potential to do everything from improving bids to simplifying purchasing decisions. Read more
No Accounting for Success
A veteran entrepreneur presents a cautionary tale of what happens if you use your accountant as a business adviser. Read more
Business-To-Business: Cutting Catalog Costs
Cost-cutting tips for catalog production are offered from wholesalers of recycled fashion accessories. Read more
Benchmark: Where Does Venture Capital Go?
Some results of a recent Coopers and Lybrand survey of 600 venture-capital firms. Read more
Borrowing: A Different Twist on Family Loans
A CEO explains how he was able to use some of his family members' assets for loans fairly risk-free. Read more
Resources: Financial Management 101
Two quick reviews of guides that explain some of the intricacies of financial management. Read more
Taxes: IRS Targets 401(k) Plans
A lawyer explains the problems that face small businesses because the IRS is launching a 401(k) audit program. Read more
The Seller
The story of how and why a publisher sold his magazine company successfully and who bought it. Read more
Small Talk
Various entrepreneurs share their thoughts on the changing role of small businesses in the U.S. Read more
Why Every Company Needs a Story
Every company needs a story to help management and employees remember what matters most for their business. Read more
Raising Capital: Choosing the Right Financial Partner
A look at how important it is to find the right investors to raise growth capital. Read more
Finance: Networking for Angels
An angel expert shares some insight with readers about networking to find private investors. Read more
The 100-Day Makeover
A close-up look at the changes a company had to make before it could go public. Read more
Cost Control: Know Thy Overhead
A CFO explains some of the benefits of tracking a company's overhead closely. Read more
No Tech, No Takers
Various Inc. writers examine eight myths about going public that the 1996 market shatters. Read more
Resources: Personal-Finance Aid
A quick look at three books devoted to helping business people with their long-term financial planning. Read more
Estate Planning: IRS Eases Trust Rules
A lawyer explains how recent IRS policy changes makes it easier for business owners to transfer assets to heirs. Read more
Benchmark: Revving Up Receivables
The results of a survey that asked companies what steps they had taken to speed up collection times. Read more
Accounting: Incorporation Pros and Cons
An accountant suggests several considerations for entrepreneurs who are interested in incorporation. Read more
Taxes: Coping with State Tax Audits
A tax expert explains how your company can avoid state audits, and which states are most likely to audit. Read more
International: Joint-Venturing Tips
A quick look at an unusual plan used by a company when it found it needed an overseas partner. Read more
Power Brokers
Inc.'s editor-at-large offers a cautionary tale about running out of laptop juice on the road. Read more
A Brew Apart
A look at a start-up brewery that is banking on an affinity-group marketing plan. Read more
Investors: Angel-Hunting Tips
A venture capital expert offers some guidelines to business owners looking for an "angel." Read more
Accounts Payable: Timing Strategies
An auditing expert offers a couple tips on using your accounts-payable system as a source of financing. Read more
Benchmark: What Taxes You Most?
A look at what financial matters are most troubling to entrepreneurs. Read more
Accounts Payable: Creating a System of Safeguards
An architectural firm's vice-president explains his four-step system to manage accounts payable. Read more
Cash Flow: When a Cash Crisis Strikes
An investment banker explains how to break bad cash-flow news to your bankers, vendors and other creditors. Read more
Seed Capital: From Patent to Product
A business owner explains how he found more than capital when he received seed money. Read more
The Cobbler's Shoes
An experienced accountant explains how she lost sight of the bottom line when she started her own company and why. Read more
Advisers: Rent a CFO
A company president explains how his business brought in a short-term CFO. Read more
Tax Tip: New Year's Resolutions
A tax accountant offers tips to lower your tax bill. Read more