Albany

Pet Owners a Drain on Workplace Productivity

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

Small-Business Owners Gather in Albany

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 more

The Ideal Collection Letter

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

Velvet Glove, Iron Fist

How to make easy credit work  Read more

Bad Debt Can Be Good For Business

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

In Search Of A Better Business Plan

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 more

The Heady Market Ln Mlcrobreweries

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 more

Edged Out

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 more

Microsoft Quietly Launches Web-based Office in Beta

The headline says it all, but I'll say more of course. After many months of rumor and speculation, Micrsoft is now offering an "all-in-one" subscr...  Read more

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 more

Spitzer Sues Spyware Maker

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

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

Managing Credit;

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 more

Thief Took His Jewels, But Gave Him An Idea

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 more

Tying Loan Costs to Performance

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

The Best Big Cities for Starting and Growing a Business

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

Love Stinks: Valentine's Blizzard Spells Chaos for Florists

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

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

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 more

A Google for Small Retailers in Search of New Merchandise

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

New York Anti-Traffic Plan Fails

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 more

Drive-in Movies

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

Look to Low-Cost and Niche Airlines for Low Fares

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 more

What Bill Said

To be exact, at his keynote address at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Los Angeles, Read more

Are Bigger Banks Bad For Small Business?

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

Specialty Delivery

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

Does Character Count?

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

The Inner City 100

100 street-smart companies.  Read more

Minimum Wage Hikes Eyed Nationwide

The latest on minimum wage hikes.  Read more

What Do Voters Want?

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

Small Company Initial Public Offerings: August 1985

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

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

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 more

Perfecting the RFP

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

How to Impress a Banker

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

Shocked By Future Shop

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 more

Diving Into The Media

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

New Software Helps Make Your Printers and Copiers Fuel Efficient

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

Big Business's Yard Sale

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

Bryce Goggin's Church

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

Small Company Initial Public Offerings: February March 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 more

Boomtowns '06: Hottest Large Cities

Employment Base of 450,000 or more.  Read more