Albany


In Search Of A Better Business Plan

By Bruce G. Posner |  Sep 1, 1983

With more money to invest than ever before, venture capitalists are going on the regional conference circuit to find new deals, providing entrepreneurs with ...  Read story

Velvet Glove, Iron Fist

Mar 1, 1988

How to make easy credit work  Read story

Bad Debt Can Be Good For Business

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Mar 1, 1988

Fast-growing Albany Ladder Co. has turned its credit department into a sales team  Read story

The Ideal Collection Letter

By Inc Staff |  Feb 1, 1991

Sample and explanation of a successful letter from a company's collection program.  Read story

Pet Owners a Drain on Workplace Productivity

Mar 23, 2007

March 23, 2007 -- Employees fretting over their pets can be a drain on workplace productivity, according Canine Kingdom, an Albany, N.Y -...  Read story

Small-Business Owners Gather in Albany

Mar 27, 2007

March 27, 2007 -- The Business Council of New York State on Tuesday presented its annual Small Business Day at Empire State Plaza in Alba...  Read story

The Heady Market Ln Mlcrobreweries

Jan 1, 1983

It is hardly a movement -- yet. But inspired by Fritz Maytag's example of Anchor beer and convinced that there is a market for a specialty product, a scor...  Read story

Edged Out

By Russ Baker |  Aug 1, 1998

When Jim Heard and Gregg Trueman, founding partners of the Buoyant Co., began to battle over key company decisions, their staff decided to oust them both.  Read story

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Aug 1, 1982

National Innovation Workshops, Aug. 20-21 in New Orleans; Oct. 8-9 in Albany, N.Y.; and other cities in future months. Organized by the Office of Energy-R...  Read story

Spitzer Sues Spyware Maker

By Allen P. Roberts Jr. |  May 2, 2005

May 2, 2005 --New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed a lawsuit against a California-based software company Thursday, charging that ...  Read story

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Feb 1, 1986

SMALL COMPANY INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS: NOVEMBER 1985 Offering Size First O-T-C ($ ...  Read story

Managing Credit;

By Reported by Patricia Amend |  Oct 1, 1986

What do you do when your best customers start giving you collection problems? You're reluctant to threaten them, but you can't ignore them. Albany (N.Y.)...  Read story

Thief Took His Jewels, But Gave Him An Idea

Sep 1, 1981

There years ago, Barry Long's home was burglarized of $3,500 in jewelry, but the insurance adjuster told him he could recover only half the loss because o...  Read story

Tying Loan Costs to Performance

By Bruce G. Posner |  Mar 1, 1992

Linking borrowing costs to your company's financial performance.  Read story

The Best Big Cities for Starting and Growing a Business

By George Gendron |  Nov 1, 1993

Report examines the concentration of new businesses in states, regions, metro, and rural areas.  Read story

Do I Need to Plan Differently for a Dot-Com Business?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 2000

Is drawing up a business plan different for a dot-com? The real challenge today is adapting the intellectual rigors of traditional business planning to the r...  Read story

Love Stinks: Valentine's Blizzard Spells Chaos for Florists

By Ryan Michael Derousseau |  Feb 14, 2007

Mother Nature sent many small retailers scrambling on one of the biggest sales days of the year.  Read story

A Google for Small Retailers in Search of New Merchandise

By Tamara Schweitzer |  May 16, 2007

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

Drive-in Movies

By Tom Richman |  Feb 1, 1988

The launch of a hits-only, drive-through video chain.  Read story

New York Anti-Traffic Plan Fails

Jul 17, 2007

A plan by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg to institute congestion pricing in Manhattan failed to move forward in the State Senate Monday, ending the city...  Read story

Look to Low-Cost and Niche Airlines for Low Fares

By Tom Parsons |  Apr 28, 2000

One of the best ways to get the lowest fares is to know where low-cost and niche airlines fly. These carriers allow you to create your own system of airfa...  Read story

Are Bigger Banks Bad For Small Business?

By JAY FINEGAN |  Dec 1, 1987

Our man tests the waters in a place where mergers and consolidations are already a fact of life  Read story

Specialty Delivery

By Susan Greco |  Oct 1, 1991

Information on various regional next-day delivery services.  Read story

Does Character Count?

By Bruce G. Posner |  Aug 1, 1993

Bankers' reactions to proposals giving lenders more leeway to make small-business loans based on character.  Read story

The Inner City 100

By Inc Staff |  Jun 1, 2005

100 street-smart companies.  Read story

What Do Voters Want?

By Jay Gallagher |  Apr 1, 1995

Analysis of whether or not CEOs would make successful politicians.  Read story

Minimum Wage Hikes Eyed Nationwide

By Jess McCuan |  Oct 1, 2004

The latest on minimum wage hikes.  Read story

Small Company Initial Public Offerings: August 1985

Nov 1, 1985

Offering First O-T-C Size Price aftermarket sym. Company Business/ ($ ...  Read story

Perfecting the RFP

By Mike Brewster |  Mar 1, 2005

Mastering the fine art of preparing a request for proposal.  Read story

Shocked By Future Shop

By Felice Coplin |  Mar 1, 1983

I have just finished reading your cover story about Cohoes Manufacturing and Sandy Zimmerman ("Future Shop," November 1982). We lived in Albany, N.Y...  Read story

How to Impress a Banker

By Bruce G. Posner |  Nov 1, 1993

Credit insurance is gaining ground in the U.S., as a way to preserve capital from the danger of uncollectible accounts.  Read story

Diving Into The Media

Mar 1, 2004

How valuable is press coverage, anyway? Plus, when investors say no.  Read story

Big Business's Yard Sale

By Karen E. Carney |  Jul 1, 1994

Recycled-furniture dealers offer high-quality furniture at cut rates.  Read story

New Software Helps Make Your Printers and Copiers Fuel Efficient

By Angus Loten |  Apr 18, 2007

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

Small Company Initial Public Offerings: February March 1982

Jun 1, 1982

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. INC. MARKET INDEX vs. POPULAR...  Read story

Bryce Goggin's Church

By Leslie Brokaw |  Dec 1, 2001

Bryce Goggin has taken a de-sanctified church and turned it into his dream recording studio.  Read story

A Star Is Born

By L.M.S. |  Oct 1, 1984

If Michael Jackson's name can pack a stadium, and Norman Mailer's can sell books, then surely Jon Freeman's can produce a few hit video games. Software pu...  Read story

When Mom Pop Go Public

By Stephanie L Gruner |  Dec 1, 1996

Despite the extra effort, many companies are raising capital by selling their own stock.  Read story

Boomtowns '06: Hottest Large Cities

By Joel Kotkin and Michael A. Shires |  May 1, 2006

Employment Base of 450,000 or more.  Read story

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Dec 1, 1987

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS: SEPTEMBER 1987 Offering First Size after- O-T-C ($ ...  Read story