Money and Finance


Recent Money and Finance 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

The New ABC

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1993

A new accounting system helps managers identify all activities involved in their production.  Read more

IRS Makes Nice

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1993

A new IRS ruling allows a way around the "transfer for value" (TFV) rule.  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

Who's in Charge?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1993

Benefits of appointing a cash-flow specialist to determine why money is or isn't coming into the company.  Read more

Rushing Your Cash Back Home

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1993

Advice for companies doing business abroad on collection and transfer of funds to the U.S.  Read more

Inside the IRS's Mind

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1993

Using private-letter rulings to determine the tax consequences of a proposed business transaction.  Read more

Seven Steps to Doing Good Business

By W. McDonough |  Nov 1, 1993

Devising a system of commerce and production in which each and every act is sustainable and restorative.  Read more

Pricing Gets Easier (Sort Of)

By Susan Greco |  Nov 1, 1993

Results of survey asking how companies determined the price of their latest product or service.  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

Know Thy Custom Costs

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1993

Accounting systems should reflect real total overhead costs and figure total costs and profits by customer.  Read more

Avoiding Other States' Snares

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1993

Ways in which your company could be responsible for out-of-state taxes and how to avoid them.  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

Penny Wise

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1993

Two common mistakes growing companies make with their accounting systems.  Read more

The Inc. Network

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1993

Reader-to-reader advice.  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