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Recent Start-up Articles

Public Offerings: On the Cheap

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1995

The difference between a "Form 10" offering and an IPO are discussed by an investment banker.  Read more

Hot Tip: Start Selling Now

By Jay Finegan |  Aug 1, 1995

As a student at Hobart College, in upstate New York, Ian Leopold envisioned an unofficial student guide to the Hobart experience, loaded with practical in...  Read more

The American Dream: Business For Sale--U.S. Virgin Islands Newsletter

By Robina A. Gangemi |  Aug 1, 1995

A complete overview of a business being offered for sale including a price rationale and pros and cons of its purchase.  Read more

How to Succeed in Business in 4 Easy Steps

By Bo Burlingham |  Jul 1, 1995

A detailed look at how a successful entrepreneur guided a couple through various start-up pitfalls.  Read more

Resource: The Right Corporate Structure

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1995

An overview of Cooper Lybrand's publication 'Choosing a Business Entity in the 1990s,' and how to get it.  Read more

Look Before You Leap

By Timothy Bates |  Jul 1, 1995

A professor of economics looks at recent research concerning franchising, and offers tips about franchising.  Read more

Business for Sale--Utah Natural- And Gourmet-Foods Market And Cafe

By Robina A. Gangemi |  Jul 1, 1995

An overview of a business offered for sale includes price rationale, outlook, and pros and cons.  Read more

The Knockout Lesson

By Amy Miller |  Jun 1, 1995

A CEO discusses the lessons she learned in her boxing career and how she applies them to her business.  Read more

Benchmark: Venture-Capital Trends

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jun 1, 1995

A graph displaying what percent of venture capital was spent on various industries in 1994.  Read more

Business for Sale: Oklahoma Fitness Center

By Robina A. Gangemi |  Jun 1, 1995

An overview of a business offering including price, price rationale, outlook, and pros and cons.  Read more

Do Due Diligence, Too

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  May 1, 1995

A CEO brings in an outside investor whose ideas about running a business clash with his.  Read more

When a Billion-Dollar Company Ain't Enough

By Edward O. Welles |  May 1, 1995

Profile of a CEO's struggle to build lasting value in his growing company.  Read more

Face to Face

By Michael Treacy |  Apr 1, 1995

Advice on how small companies can compete against big-company competitors.  Read more

Enemies, a Love Story

By Anne Murphy |  Apr 1, 1995

Why the rivalry between two test-prep services makes them both more competitive.  Read more

Problem-Free Shareholder Loans

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1995

Advice on how to borrow money from your own company.  Read more

Midwest Youth Summer Camp

By Robina A. Gangemi |  Apr 1, 1995

Financial summary and brief description of a summer camp for sale.  Read more

Tool on the Hill

By Scott Eriksson |  Mar 15, 1995

A software developer discusses what equipment he uses to stay connected to his office while he works in a log cabin.  Read more

New Warrants Please Investors

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Mar 1, 1995

Explanation of why warrants are attractive to a company's investors.  Read more

Where Cash Actually Comes From

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Mar 1, 1995

Chart illustrating where small businesses get their financing.  Read more

Idaho Vodka Distillery

By Robina A. Gangemi |  Mar 1, 1995

Financial summary brief description of a vodka distillery for sale.  Read more

Company Profile: Crash Course

By Robert A. Mamis |  Feb 1, 1995

A close-up look at how an entrepreneur took over a company developing automobile collision-avoidance technology.  Read more

Anatomy of a Financing: The Benefits of Convertible Debt

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1995

A CEO explains how using convertible debentures was a good deal for his company and his investors.  Read more

Going Public: It Pays to Be Flexible

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1995

A comic-book publisher explains how he brought his cash-strapped company through an IPO.  Read more

Learning from Public Companies

Jan 1, 1995

Companies that have gone public and opened themselves to scrutiny by the world can be great sources of free information. Timothy DeMello, CEO of SkyRock, ...  Read more

Plot Out Cash Flow

Jan 1, 1995

The biggest challenge for any young company is "making sure that you have enough capital to begin with and that it will last long enough to determine whet...  Read more

Keeping Tabs on the Joneses

Jan 1, 1995

Finding out what your rivals are up to is one of the trickiest tasks of running a business. Most companies gather intelligence bytalking to their salespeo...  Read more

The Spoils of War

Jan 1, 1995

If you have a fierce rival in your industry, consider yourself lucky. You can capitalize on rivalries, and aggressivecompanies that target equally combati...  Read more

Mimic the Superstores

Jan 1, 1995

If you run a small retail operation competing against a superstore like Wal-Mart or Kmart, is it better to cultivate a homey feelingat your shop or a "dis...  Read more

On-Line: What's in an Internet Name

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Jan 1, 1995

Several executives explain the importance of registering your business name as an Internet domain name.  Read more

Forgo the Logo

Jan 1, 1995

Forget bulls and doughboys--if you're a young company and don't have a corporate logo, you may be better off. That'saccording to a man who makes his livin...  Read more

Anatomy of a Deal: Finance Growth with Debt

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1995

The chairman of a factor firm explains how his company uses the private-placement financing market to raise capital.  Read more

Three Steps to Borrowing from Family or Friends

Jan 1, 1995

Keeping the relationship professional is the key to successful borrowing from close acquaintances.  Read more

Don't Misread Potential Investors

Jan 1, 1995

Sometimes the people you think are shoe-ins as investors don't come through,and sometimes the people you think would never invest sign on with little effo...  Read more

Reacquiring Your Equity

Jan 1, 1995

One of the worst mistakes Bart Breighner believes he's made since founding Artistic Impressions, an artretailer, in Lombard, Ill., was undervaluing the st...  Read more

Selling Temporary Equity

Jan 1, 1995

Patrick Lammert and Mark Weber were 25 years old when they decided to start a business in an industrythey both knew--color separation. They had scraped to...  Read more