Building a Business
How One Business Bounced Back from Bankruptcy
Four factors that led to Fatburger's financial comeback.
By Gwen Moran
Bankruptcy | Page 4
Buying a Franchise
How Ground Round, Sizzler and Bennigan’s Bounced Back from Bankruptcy
By Jason Daley
Buying a Franchise
What Small-Business Owners Can Learn from the Dodgers’ Financial Woes
A bankruptcy attorney offers his top three lessons from the ball club's Chapter 11 filing.
By Jason Fell
Building a Business
Is Small Business on the Rebound in Your Town?
A look at small-business bankruptcy filings reveals that economic conditions are looking up in some places.
By Carol Tice
Business Accounting
Do These Four Changes Foretell a Better 2011 For Small Businesses?
finding customers finding loans higher unemployment numbers 1. Small business hiring is up. turnaround in small-business hiring 2. Small-business bankruptcies are down. still to come 3. Marketing budgets are growing. study from Zoomerang 4. Sales of businesses are increasing. businesses are trading hands What do you think — are these changes harbingers of an economic […]
By Carol Tice
Business Accounting
The Downturn Brings Out the Dark Side of Being a Franchisor
went bankrupt earlier this year sold off for a paltry $3.5 million became a franchisor
By Carol Tice
Business Accounting
Bankruptcy Hot Spots Linger — Are You Living in One?
In any downturn, bankruptcies are a trailing indicator. That’s because companies hang on as long as they can, take their licks, and then finally throw in the towel when they exhaust their resources. Though the economy has perked up a bit over the past nine months, bankruptcy rates in many cities continue to climb, raising […]
By Carol Tice
Business Accounting
5 Reasons Why Soaring Small-Business Bankruptcy Rates Are Good
Every new story that comes out about climbing small-business bankruptcy rates seems to send small business owners I know into a new downward cycle of negativity. Which I always think is a little odd. More on why in a minute. First, our latest news flash: Equifax reports U.S. small business bankruptcy rates soared 81 percent […]
By Carol Tice