Money and Finance


Recent Money and Finance Articles

Stamp out debt

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1991

Employing humor in accounts receivable notices.  Read more

Hidden Cash

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1991

Employing strong inventory controls to free up cash and to prepare for growth.  Read more

A Cheaper Ship in the Shipping Business

By Leslie Brokaw |  Feb 1, 1991

New package express carrier competes with UPS for business while using their local delivery service.  Read more

Helpmate

By Leslie Brokaw |  Jan 1, 1991

Apple Computer funds start-up and gives itself nonexclusive license to manufacture the new company's technology.  Read more

Notebook

By Leslie Brokaw |  Jan 1, 1991

Statistics on fraudulent environmental claims, sources of capital and companies started with family members.  Read more

Grown in Montana

By Jay Finegan |  Jan 1, 1991

Profile of a bootstrapped start-up nursery.  Read more

Capital

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Chart depicting start-up capital requirements.  Read more

Collections by Coupon

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Encouraging rapid payment and repeat business by stuffing a discount coupon in with invoices.  Read more

Network: December 1990

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1990

Current trends and government programs affecting small business.  Read more

Red alert

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Discontinuing work on projects for late-paying customers.  Read more

Beware Of The Tax Man

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Chart depicting a telephone poll asking whether companies have been audited in the last ten years.  Read more

Devil Or Angel?

By Elizabeth Conlin |  Nov 1, 1990

Digital-camera start-up is offered capital from Panamanian investors with rumored ties to the deposed regime.  Read more

Venture Capital Express

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Nov 1, 1990

How to write a business plan that will get you in the door.  Read more

Holdup or Holdout

By Elizabeth Conlin |  Oct 1, 1990

Louisiana State penitentiary inmates produce an award-winning publication.  Read more

Try Harder, Part II: FilmStar Inc.'s Surprise Ending

By Leslie Brokaw |  Oct 1, 1990

Filmstar Inc. set out to change the market for independent-film financing and distribution. All didn't go as planned.  Read more

The Gang's All Here

By Inc. staff |  Oct 1, 1990

Company president meets yearly with advisers to plan for the future.  Read more

Who Needs Wall Street?

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Oct 1, 1990

The ingredients of a do-it-yourself IPO.  Read more

Muscling In

By Robert A. Mamis |  Oct 1, 1990

Profile of a start-up reconditioner of classic American muscle cars.  Read more

Creators of the New Japan

By Joel Kotkin |  Oct 1, 1990

Why Japan's future will depend more and more on small, innovative research- and development-oriented companies.  Read more

Going for Broke

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1990

Interview with five bootstrappers on the trials of having had too little money to start their businesses.  Read more

What Is Your Greatest Financial Obstacle?

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 1990

Chart depicting financial obstacles.  Read more

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Sep 1, 1990

Current trends affecting small business.  Read more

Tuning Up for Growth

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1990

Evaluating and up-grading financial systems in preparation for intensive growth.  Read more

Full Circle

By Elizabeth Conlin |  Sep 1, 1990

Businessman returns to Poland determined to transform a Communist monument into a center of capitalism.  Read more

Money Supply

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1990

Chart showing where small companies expect cash to come from in the 90s.  Read more

No pay, no work

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1990

Discontinuing work on projects when payments are not made on time.  Read more

Consumer Finance

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Jul 1, 1990

Using loyal customers as a source of funding for product development.  Read more

Honey, I Shrunk the Company

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jun 1, 1990

What to do when your company has overexpanded.  Read more

Getting Paid

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jun 1, 1990

How to make collecting bills as much a part of daily business as making sales.  Read more

The Dark Side

By Joshua Hyatt |  May 1, 1990

Some common fears of private companies who go public.  Read more

How To: Use Technology to Manage People

By Steve Solomon |  May 1, 1990

CEO tells how to keep in close contact with your employees by using technology.  Read more

Less Filling, Sells Great

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

To avoid budget and cash flow problems a software company talks its customers into buying less for the short term.  Read more

Watch Over Me

By Leslie Brokaw |  May 1, 1990

Company keeps watch over the quality of manufacturing done overseas for client companies here in the U.S.  Read more

Money-Back Service

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

A travel agency discounts airfare prices, charging a flat fee.  Read more