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Book Review: Final Accounting

Jun 5, 2003

Final Accounting by Barbara Ley Toffler with Jennifer Reingold Broadway Books 273 pages $24.95 E...  Read more

Best Practices: Developing Budgets

Jan 12, 2000

A budget is a systematic method of allocating financial, physical, and human resources to achieve strategic goals. Companies develop budgets in order to m...  Read more

Best Practices: Accounts Payable

Feb 21, 2000

How a company manages its accounts payable processing affects two important business matters: cash flow and supplier relationships. Companies that apply b...  Read more

Best Practices: Receivable, Credit, and Collections

Mar 15, 2000

Accounts receivable is among the largest and most liquid assets on the books of most companies. A properly managed accounts receivable portfolio can exped...  Read more

Benchmark: International on the Internet

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Oct 1, 1996

Some data suggesting how small businesses are using the Internet.  Read more

Growth Around The U.S.A.

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1990

Chart: Percentages of companies with growth in sales shown by region.  Read more

From " What? " to " So What? " to " Now What? "

Aug 25, 2000

So much information is available on consumer tastes in food that it can be a challenge to go from the "what?" of market research to the "so what?" and the...  Read more

Benchmark: The Growing Labor Challenge

By Donna Fenn |  Aug 1, 1996

Some data that show the challenges faced by small and midsize companies looking for an adequate labor force.  Read more

Cost Control: Where are you cutting costs?

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1990

Chart: Survey of 4,500 CEOs asking where they intend to shave costs in their companies.  Read more

Best Practices: Manage Cash Flow

Jul 24, 2000

Cash flow management is a process that involves collecting payments, controlling disbursements, covering shortfalls, forecasting cash needs, investing idl...  Read more

Benchmark: Time to Upgrade?

By Phaedra Hise |  Jan 1, 1996

Some data concerning how small and medium-sized companies are upgrading their computer systems.  Read more

Benchmark: No Financing? You're Not Alone

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1995

Some statistics showing the different methods companies are using for financing.  Read more

Death, Where Is Thy Sting?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  May 1, 1993

Chart of family-owned business owners' concerns about ownership succession.  Read more

States of Confusion

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1997

With 48 different state-tax codes, you could have tax liabilities you've never dreamed of.  Read more

What Improvements Companies Are Investing In

By Inc. staff |  Mar 15, 1996

Some figures showing how companies are re-investing in themselves and the improvements they are making.  Read more

Resources

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 1997

A comprehensive guide, including phone numbers, to resources for various articles featured in the July issue of Inc.  Read more

Private Lives

Jul 20, 2000

Coutts Consulting Group , a U.K.-based career management firm, is part of a growing trend among smaller publicly held ...  Read more

A Taxing Comparison

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1993

A comparison of the amount taxes an S corp. and C corp. with $500,000 in taxable income will have to pay.  Read more

New for '97

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jan 1, 1997

An Inc. senior writers looks at what small businesses can expect in 1997, regardless of economic forecasts.  Read more

The Secret World of IPOs

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jun 1, 1997

A senior Inc. writer takes you through the uncharted territory of small-company public offerings.  Read more

Could Your Kids Run Your Company?

By Donna Fenn |  Jul 1, 1998

If you hope someday to pass your company on to your kids, you should start making plans now. Here's how to prepare yourself--and your children--for the trans...  Read more

Family Values in Small Business

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Feb 1, 1993

Chart showing percentage of companies which offer employee leave or unpaid parental leave.  Read more

Inc. 500

By Inc. staff |  Sep 1, 2007

A view from the top of the entrepreneurial economy.  Read more

Riding the Economic Roller Coaster

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 2000

Turbulent world economic markets can affect your growing business -- even if you don't sell overseas. Here's how to shelter your company from adverse economi...  Read more

Accounting For Growth

By Donna Sammons |  Jan 1, 1984

Accounting firms, large and small, are battling for the business of small business. What do these firms really have to offer?  Read more

How Many Accountants Does It Take to Change an Industry?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1997

Now may be the time to find accountants with upgraded skills, lower prices, and customized services.  Read more

Could Your Kids Run Your Company?

By Donna Fenn |  Jul 1, 1998

If you dream of a family dynasty, it's time to start planning. Last April 73-year-old Herman Shooster flew from Florida to Texas f...  Read more

CEO's Notebook

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1998

CEOs give advice on allowing employees to donate vacation days, saving money on radio advertising, explaining financials to employees, and improving employee...  Read more

Business 101: Family-Business Planning

By Donna Fenn |  Jul 1, 1998

Last April 73-year-old Herman Shooster flew from Florida to Texas for surgery on a stomach aneurysm, a procedure that would keep him from running his comp...  Read more

Use of Technology in Small to Midsize Companies

By Inc. staff |  Sep 15, 1996

Some data examining technology use in midsize companies.  Read more

The Recession Is Coming! The Recession Is Coming!

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1997

The best time to prepare for the next recession is when times are good, says Inc.'s finance editor.  Read more

The Grapevine

Feb 1, 1988

Often, useful research is your for the asking.  Read more

Grist: The New Lust for Integrity

By Adam Hanft |  Feb 1, 2004

Ethical accountability now shapes the way companies are judged and valued. This isn't ethics as ornament, as the accessory of the moment. It is a lasting cha...  Read more

A Byte Of Education

By Abby Solomon |  Oct 1, 1983

Three years ago, learning to use a microcomputer was about as high a priority for a CEO as learning to type. That has changed. And if education is your goal,...  Read more

Best Practices: Provide Internal Financial Information

By Rogers, Martha, Kasanoff, Bruce |  Aug 11, 2000

Internal financial reporting traditionally means compiling and distributing generic reports that show a company's past, short-term financial performance. ...  Read more

FYI: BYOB

By George Gendron |  Aug 1, 2002

The most recent corporate scandals are likely to accelerate a trend that's been building for years: bring your own business.  Read more

IRS Agent Jones is on Line One. . .

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1997

Inc.'s finance editor asks four tax experts, How bad can an audit be?Well, maybe you don't really want to know!  Read more

E-Discovery: Are You Prepared?

By Bill Huber |  Apr 1, 2007

New federal litigation rules for producing electronic records in court applies to all businesses, no matter how small. Here's what you need to prepare.  Read more

Groupon Growing Up, Hires CFO

By Matt Quinn |  Dec 20, 2010

Everybody's favorite local coupon site Groupon finally got around to hiring a CFO after going the first two years of its existence without one. Jason Chil...  Read more

Best Cities: City Pickers

By Rifka Rosenwein |  Dec 1, 2000

Before you think about moving your company or starting a business in a new location, look at this list of the key issues in judging whether a city fits your ...  Read more