David Bangs


Five Severe Warning Signs of Cash-Flow Problems

Keep an eye on your cash flow, and look out for these warning signs that could signify problems: Decreased liquidity: running out of working c...  Read story

Planning Tools

Resources for helping write successful business plans.  Read story

How to Read Warning Signs

Ordering information for Financial Troubleshooting by David Bangs.  Read story

Action Plan: Forecasting and Cash-Flow Budgeting

Your cash flow budget is the most important financial statement that you have. Done correctly, it provides your business with the necessary checks, balanc...  Read story

Turning Assets into Cash

Your largest current assets, against which you might borrow, are probably receivables and inventory. Ideally, both of these assets turn into cash as soon ...  Read story

Action Plan: Using Economic Forecasts

Track the economy so you can prepare for your business's future.  Read story

Action Plan: Debt Management and Banking

Debt management and cash flow management are inseparable. A poorly managed cash flow will eventually surface as a depletion of working capital. If working...  Read story

Establishing Credit Limits

There is no precise method of allocating credit. However, a simple policy that works well is to allocate customers to one of the four categories of credit...  Read story

Collection Techniques to Avoid

Past-due accounts present a number of problems, one of which is how to collect them. When faced with this uncomfortable issue, avoid using these collectio...  Read story

Help with Business Plans

Brief review of two guides to writing business plans.  Read story

Debt Management and Banking: Establish a Contingency Plan

Show your creditors that you can handle a cash crunch with a plan for managing crises.  Read story

Key Questions to Ask a Prospective CPA

The worst way to find a CPA is to "call one up and hire him" sight unseen, believes Irving L. Blackman, a frequently published CPA and senior partner in B...  Read story

Choosing Accounting Software

Here's what you need to consider when choosing accounting software: Auditing features. These might include a map mode, an...  Read story

Defining Key Financial Ratios

Corresponding to figures from your financial statements, ratios make relationships in your business more understandable. A ratio is only a shorthand note:...  Read story

The Inc. Network

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read story

The Insider's Guide

15 steps to owning the company that's right for you available resource guides.  Read story

Network: October 1992

Network questions and answers.  Read story

Resources

A guide to more information on subjects covered in the June 1997 issue, including business coaches and IPOs.  Read story

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Capital Resources

A listing of books and Web sites that can help you find financing. Topics include private investors, bank loans, debt, economic-development programs, factori...  Read story

Stealth Capital

Hedge funds are investing in growth companies with great success. The trick is finding one.  Read story

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