Financing and Controlling Your Small Business Book

Front Matter; Foreword; Section I: Be Prepared to Be Prepared: Before Seeking Financing; Section II: The Financial Statements: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows; Section III: Reading and Analyzing Financial Statements: Ratios, Comparisons, Common-sizing and More; Section IV: Using the Financials to Manage Your Business: Forecasts, Budgets, Pro Formas and More; Section V: Using the Financials to Finance Your Business: How to secure the right financing at the right time for your business; Section VI: Resources: What Bankers and Other Investors Look For in a Financing Proposal; Glossary

David H. Bangs, Jr., has served as as commercial loan officer for the Bank of America, manager of the Exeter Business Information Center, and professor at the University of New Hampshire. He founded Upstart Publishing Company, Inc., which provided management tools to small business owners and people that work with them. Bangs is the author of Business Planning Guide, Startup Guide and nine other small business management books. He also wrote more than 40 issues of Common Sense, a monthly newsletter focusing on small business management.