Startup Money Made Easy: The Inc. Guide to Every Financial Question About Starting, Running, and Growing Your Business

Let the experts at Inc.guide you through every critical step and potential pitfall as their on-the-ground reporting shows how to locate funding, manage your money, and smart hack your way to a comfortable retirement.

Startup Money Made Easy gathers the best advice from the magazine’s pages, spotlighting celebrated entrepreneurs and inspiring stories. You’ll hear from:

* FUBU founder Daymond John, who mortgaged his family home for start-up capital—and built a $6 billion empire
* Makeup artist Bobbi Brown, who turned a modest lipstick line into a profitable 30-store enterprise
* Alexa von Tobel, who dropped out of Harvard Business School to launch the equity-magnate LearnVest.com
* Mark Cuban, Sallie Krawcheck, Max Levchin, and other founders who overcame financial obstacles on their way to the top

Additionally, these stories include on-target tips that explain how to:

* Raise your first $10,000 in capital
* Power through the lean years
* Get friends and family to back you up
* Round up outside investors
* Go public or sell, while still staying in charge
* Reward people with great salaries and benefits
* Eliminate tax season surprises
* Grow without growing pains

Cash flow problems are the number-one business killer. Whether you’re dreaming up a startup idea or knee deep in the craziness, learn to shore up your finances and safeguard the business.