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Running a small business is thrilling, but navigating sales tax means crunching numbers and understanding regulations. You must calculate and…
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Running a small business is thrilling, but navigating sales tax means crunching numbers and understanding regulations. You must calculate and…
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You’re the finance leader at a scaling company with 50-500 employees, and your CFO wants a number that justifies the accounts payable…
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For e-commerce brands, peak season is no longer a single, isolated surge centered around Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the weeks leading up…
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American manufacturing is growing, but the labor needed to keep that growth running is getting harder to find. New facilities, more complex…
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Excel was released in 1985. Forty-one years later, here you are, still using it to run your shop. Spreadsheets are wonderful. Your schedule is…
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Access to cash and credit is a small business’s lifeline. Your business’s credit rating shows lenders, suppliers, and other vendors how…
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As a controller at a growing company, you spend a disproportionate share of your close week on invoice coding. You assign general ledger (GL)…
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Running a business cost more than planned for most founders this year. A recent survey of 1,500 early-stage founders and builders from…
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If you lead finance in a growing company, your current card may have been picked when travel was your biggest expense. Today, most of the…
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Managing spending can feel like a breeze when you run a small business with only a handful of monthly transactions. But as your business…
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Today’s founders have learned to build without waiting for perfect conditions. Rather than sweating ever-present uncertainty, they’ve…
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For controllers at mid-market companies, accounts payable goals usually become urgent when the chief financial officer (CFO) asks for…
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Every shipment has one job: get to the customer. It doesn’t matter how it gets there—whatever mode gets the job done is the right one.…
Continue ReadingFourteen of the 25 fastest-growing software vendors on the Brex Benchmark report this summer — more than half the list — sell…
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Reputable legal practices don’t just offer legal protection, guidance and support to their clients. They also offer a place to store…
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Nearly 9 out of 10 (87%) human resources professionals agree that organizations have a responsibility to support the workforce’s mental…
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Many sales and marketing teams sign up for customer relationship management (CRM) software with the intention of using it, but barely do. A…
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The global cosmetics market alone is expected to reach nearly $140 billion by 2030. Whether a business is able to capitalize on this growth…
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Coming from multiple layers of government and diverse agencies, startup compliance costs vary so much with industry and location that…
Continue ReadingOne in 3 U.S. adults (33%) plan to start a new business or side hustle in 2026—a 94% jump from last year—as more people view…
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Ask financial advisors whether their clients have noticed the AI assistant sitting in on their planning meetings, and the honest answer is no…
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Customers are drowning in advertising—on phones, social media, streets, storefronts—everywhere. Standard campaigns blur together, and…
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Switching from an LLC to S corporation status marks an important milestone in the life cycle of a business. Most comparisons focus on one…
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Manufacturers aren’t the only business entity that could get sued over a defective product. If you sell products in a store, shop or online,…
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While long-term planning is important year-round, August is National Make a Will Month, a vital reminder for small business owners to reflect…
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Choosing the right loader for your construction operation isn’t just about horsepower or bucket capacity. It’s about matching the machine…
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Michael Burry launched a paid newsletter, Cassandra Unchained, in late 2025. Within months, it was the No. 8 most-subscribed publication…
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For years, accessibility has been filed under the wrong heading. It shows up in budget meetings as a compliance cost, a legal checkbox, a line…
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Opening a business bank account is one of the first real steps in building a legitimate company. It’s also one of the easiest to delay if…
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New data from the Intuit QuickBooks 2026 Business Owner Report shows Black entrepreneurs defining success in a way that reaches beyond their…
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