Fess-Up Time – The new round of accounting hooey
When it comes to buffing results to please Wall Street, a wildly popular move now is to stuff discounts and shipping costs below the gross profits line, says accounting analyst Jack T. Ciesielski. They belong above it. The shuffling of expenses doesn’t affect the bottom line–often negative in any event–but it does affect the ones closer to the top of the income statement, lines that … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Elizabeth MacDonald | Source: Forbes | Subject: Accounting
Savior To The Stars
Marc Pollick runs the Giving Back Fund, an umbrella nonprofit that manages foundations of athletes, entertainers and others. Pollick’s pitch is simple: quick startup, low overhead and no scandal. And he guarantees noncharitable overhead will be no higher than 5% for the minimum donation of $250,000, down to 1% for a $5 million gift.
Content: Article | Author: William P. Barrett | Source: Forbes | Subject: Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit
Web Hosting Market (U.S.)
VC Market Statistics
The Money List
Not complete, but interesting global listing of the institutions lending to entrepreneurs at the very earliest stages.
Content: Online Resource | Source: Forbes | Subject: Venture Capital
Time to Money
Guy Kawasaki (head of Garage.com) gives 10 tips on how to seek money (e.g. look for value, not valuation).
Content: Article | Author: Guy Kawasaki | Source: Forbes | Subject: Entrepreneurship
A Few Good Principles: What the Marines Can Teach Silicon Valley
The author of “Corps Business: The 30 Management Principles of the US Marines,” offers four strategies used by the Marines that can help new economy executives
Content: Article | Author: David H. Freedman | Source: Forbes | Subject: Leadership
The Radical Philanthropist
Pierre Omidyar invented Ebay and made billions of dollars. That turned out to be the easy part. Now he wants to give it away–and reinvent charity in the process.
Content: Article | Author: Quentin Hardy | Source: Forbes | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)
The Golden Spike
The Internet is most analogous to the railroad revolution more than a century ago.
Content: Article | Source: Forbes | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
Raising Equity Online
describes Offroad Capital, a pioneer in online private equity placements
Content: Article | Source: Forbes | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
Freedom’s Road
Excellent discussion of economist Friedrich Hayek’s theories of entrepreneurial capitalism vs. Keynesians
Content: Article | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Economics, Miscellaneous
Forbes ASAP
Forbes focused on technology
Content: Online Resource | Source: Forbes | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, News / Magazine