IRS guidance lets owners choose any recordkeeping system that clearly shows income and expenses, while the SBA points to the balance sheet, a cash or accrual method, and a calendar of estimated tax deadlines.
Isabel Duarte · October 18, 2026A McKinsey figure and five quarterly scorecards show where pricing power survives when consumers get choosy.
Priya Vaithilingam · October 13, 2026
The print business desk has shrunk, but it still decides what gets covered first — and who gets called.
Priya Vaithilingam · October 12, 2026
Fewer owners are hiring, yet plans for new jobs and pay raises moved the other way. The gap between those readings deserves a closer look.
Isabel Duarte · October 9, 2026
Accounts receivable factoring trades slow invoices for fast cash, but the price hides in three layers: the discount fee, the holdback and the contract extras.
Priya Vaithilingam · October 4, 2026
How to tell a show that teaches business fundamentals from one that sells a lifestyle.
Isabel Duarte · September 30, 2026The mindset behind starting a business can be taught with lemonade stands, chores and honest talk about failure.
Isabel Duarte · September 24, 2026What four years of classroom study buys you, what it does not, and how to decide before you pay.
Priya Vaithilingam · September 23, 2026
The four-year vesting schedule with a one-year cliff exists for the departure every founding team hopes never happens — and every team should plan for.
Isabel Duarte · February 21, 2026
An Indianapolis mayoral candidate's argument doubles as a durable playbook for how cities and owners grow local economies.
Tanya Brooks · September 27, 2026
Profit is an opinion settled at year-end; cash is a fact settled every Friday — here is how the gap kills otherwise sound businesses.
Tanya Brooks · August 28, 2026
Beyond the interest rate, the SBA's most popular loan program comes with an upfront guaranty fee and a separate annual service fee, and the agency — not the bank — sets the ceiling on both.
Tanya Brooks · August 18, 2026
An orderly shutdown settles taxes, creditors, employees, and registrations in a legal sequence — and protects the owner from the liabilities that outlive the company.
Tanya Brooks · July 16, 2026
Electricians, welders and plumbers are in demand for structural reasons that will not fade next quarter.
Lena Fischer · October 2, 2026
Nuclear operators, elevator installers and ship engineers top the pay scale — but the training path matters as much as the number.
Priya Vaithilingam · October 1, 2026Exchange rates are set by supply, demand and a spread you pay without seeing. Here is how the machinery works, and who it quietly taxes.
Lena Fischer · September 26, 2026A CBP rule that took effect June 24, 2026 ends duty-free entry for most low-value shipments, forcing small importers into formal customs procedures.
Priya Vaithilingam · August 22, 2026
The federal program caps loans at $50,000 and routes every dollar through nonprofit lenders. Here is what it covers, what it costs, and what disqualifies an application.
Isabel Duarte · August 20, 2026
Startups raised $65 billion in July — the most billion-dollar rounds ever in one month, led by Blue Origin's first external $10 billion raise — after a record $515 billion first half.
Isabel Duarte · August 5, 2026AI chipmaker SambaNova's $1 billion Series F at $11 billion and Keyfactor's $1 billion private-equity round topped a week that also set a $300 million quantum Series A.
Isabel Duarte · July 25, 2026
A 2024 expansion of overtime eligibility was vacated nationwide in late 2024 — here is what the rollback changes for owners now.
Priya Vaithilingam · August 24, 2026Federal rules cap the spread a lender may add — 6.5 points on the smallest loans, 3.0 above $350,000 — but leave the rate, the fee notice and the maturity for owners to check themselves.
Priya Vaithilingam · August 10, 2026