Money and Finance


Recent Money and Finance Articles

Life in the 'Fishbowl'

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jan 1, 1994

Author of a book on public offerings discusses the type of information that must be disclosed during a public offering.  Read more

Battlefield Perspectives

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1994

Three executives discuss how entrepreneurial companies view cash management.  Read more

Five Signs of a Snafu

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1994

Five warning signs of poor cash-management systems.  Read more

Beyond Bookkeeper

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1994

Guidelines for determining how and when to upgrade a company's internal financial staff.  Read more

Growing by Numbers

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1994

CEO of a growing chain of health clubs monitors performance using a key financial ratio.  Read more

What You Do (and Don't) Need

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1994

Guidelines for determining the proper financial report for your company.  Read more

Stopwatch on Tax Prep

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1994

An IRS chart showing the average time it took a person to prepare and complete various 1992 tax forms.  Read more

When Sellers Can Help

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jan 1, 1994

Buyers of a business arrange the financing with the sellers.  Read more

Mind of the Manager: Computer Illiterate

By Kenneth H. Olsen |  Dec 1, 1993

How a simple business plan can be more advantageous than a complex model.  Read more

Seed Capital, Part I: Better Venture Deals

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1993

New data indicates that the valuations venture capitalists are giving new companies are increasing.  Read more

Seed Capital, Part II: More Microlending

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Dec 1, 1993

Nonprofits organizations are providing microloans through a SBA program geared to qualified entrepreneurs.  Read more

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