Cash Flow: Your Company's Fuel Gauge
Use your cash-flow statement as a management tool.
Cheap Imports Got You Down? Fed May Help
Digital Library > Acquiring and Managing Finances > Alternative-funding sources “Cheap Imports Got You Down? Fed May Help” If you’re a manufacturer suffering adverse effects from increased imports, financial assistance may be available through the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program at the U.S. Department of Commerce. The TAA program concentrates on functional area(s) that will have the most impact on…
When Trade Discounts are a Bad Idea
Digital Library > Acquiring and Managing Finances > Cash management “When Trade Discounts are a Bad Idea” Before you accept a trade discount, take a moment to consider that discounts are, essentially, loans. The trick is determining whether it’s beneficial to you. Rule of thumb: Trade discounts of 1% or more are worth taking advantage of when suppliers’ full payment…
‘Angelic’ Directory of Business Investors
The International Directory of Venture Capital Networks and Business Angel Networks 1999
Banks Say They Are Lending! Where’s the Money?
Much has happened in the commercial credit markets as a result of the Great Recession, but it comes as no surprise given the conditions that existed before the credit crunch.
Battling the Cash-flow Blues
Palo Alto Software, based in Eugene, Ore., opened in 1983 as a business-planning consultancy that was slowly nurturing a software product. A year later Tim Berry, president and founder of Palo Alto, launched Business Plan Pro, now the best-selling business-planning software.
7 Ways to Work with Your Banker in Good Times and Bad
How can you use the current credit crunch to strengthen your company? How can you increase the odds that your business will be a preferred borrower in good times and bad?
Angel Investors: A Primer
Where can angels be found, and how should they be approached?
Beating the Borrowing Blues
Today credit history plays a greater role in whether you’ll get a thumbs-up from lenders