Start-up

Banking: The Line Of Credit

By Inc. staff | Jan 1, 1990

Chart: Survey of companies citing the most frequent reasons given for being turned down for credit. Read more

Finance 1989: The Year of Easier Money

By Inc. staff | Dec 1, 1989

Survey: Did manufacturers find it easier or harder getting financing this year compared with last? Read more

Strapped for Expansion Cash?

By Ellyn E. Spragins | Dec 1, 1989

Some financiers combine venture capital methods with those used in LBOs to provide money for business expansion. Read more

Shelling Out

By Ellyn E. Spragins | Nov 1, 1989

A public company creates high-quality shells and merges them with other young companies. Read more

Going Public

By Inc. staff | Nov 1, 1989

Survey of 23 CEOs and 46 CFOs: What's the most challenging aspect of going public? Read more

Sign of the Times

By Inc. staff | Oct 1, 1989

A women's organization unveils its Brass Ovaries award for successful franchise operators. Read more

Back-Door IPOs

By Ellyn E. Spragins | Sep 1, 1989

How to go public by merging with a shell company. Read more

Venturespeak

By Inc. staff | Aug 1, 1989

Some humorous phrases that venture capitalists use to describe their portfolio companies. Read more

On-Line Debt

By Leslie Brokaw | Aug 1, 1989

New company plans to link institutional investors direct to bond auctions via computer modem. Read more

Rewriting The Book On Entreprenuership

By Joshua Hyatt | Aug 1, 1989

A former professor of business starts his own company and learns some new things about "real life" entrepreneurship. Read more

Look Ma--No Bankers

By Ellyn E. Spragins | Aug 1, 1989

Manufacturer of candy boxes learns why banks take a dim of limited partnerships. Read more

Money In The Bank

By Leslie Brokaw | Jul 1, 1989

Micrografix founders discovered investment bankers more than willing to buy into their software company. Read more

Under Siege

By Edward O. Welles | Jul 1, 1989

One CEO's battle to save his small public company from a hostile takeover. Read more

The Joy of Debt

By Ellyn E. Spragins | Jul 1, 1989

Everyone knows that at least some debt is desirable, but how much is too much? Read more

Something of Value

By Steve Solomon | Jul 1, 1989

Lared Group, a consulting firm, trades its expertise for a share in a client company's success. Read more

Showing the Flag

By Leslie Brokaw | Jul 1, 1989

Doublet, a producer of logo flags, plans to start selling flag store franchises. Read more

Reading The Fine Print

By Inc. staff | Jul 1, 1989

One CEO sent trade magazine subscriptions to bankers in order to increase his credibility. Read more

The New Quiet Money

By Ellyn E. Spragins | Jun 1, 1989

How one company found investors in the private capital market. Read more

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf | May 1, 1989

Hotline Information Paragraphs Read more

The Farm Team

By Elizabeth Conlin | May 1, 1989

An acquirer cultivates a "farm team" of promising young companies not yet ready for acquisition. Read more

A Match Made in...Cyberspace?

By Susan Greco | Apr 1, 1989

A look at Garage.com, an online matchmaker for company founders and both angel investors and venture capitalists. Read more

Working For The Union

By Ellyn E. Spragins | Apr 1, 1989

A pension fund invests directly in growing companies, eliminating the venture capital middleman. Read more

On The House

By Bruce G. Posner | Mar 1, 1989

Start-up offers reverse mortgage loans for an indefinite period to elderly home owners. Read more

Fatal Attraction

By Robert A. Mamis | Mar 1, 1989

Profile of a CEO, the expansion of his business, and the effect a futile acquisition had on his operation. Read more

Venture Capital: When are investments made?

By Inc. staff | Mar 1, 1989

Survey of venture capital firms which asks 'At what stage of a company's growth should investments be made?' Read more