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Chasing a late invoice is one of the more awkward parts of running a small business. The work has been done and the invoice has been sent, yet the money still hasn’t landed. According to Xero Small Business Insights, U.S. small businesses were paid an average of 8.5 days late and waited about 29.3 days

Small business ownership means sacrificing time, predictable income, and sometimes even your own paycheck to build a business. Those sacrifices can become permanent if you’re not careful. Becoming your own boss often comes with a trade-off or two. Starting a business can mean leaving behind a steady paycheck and paid time off, only to find

Price indices work off a basket: Pick a fixed list of goods, then track what that list costs over time. The Consumer Price Index does this for a whole economy. To create a similar index for the first 90 days of a company’s life, Brex examined internal data to determine what startups purchase using their

Among primary-residence buyers who applied to multiple lenders and ultimately closed, 21.4% of respondents reporting self-employment said an earlier application had been turned down, compared with 14.5% of wage-employed respondents, according to a new analysis from Griffin Funding. Separately, Polygon Research estimates non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) origination volume rose 31.6% in 2025 to $239.3 billion. Self-employed

Beauty is one of the most resilient industries in the U.S. Even while going through some difficult economic years, Americans still spend around $280 a year on cosmetics. Globally, the beauty and personal care market is a more-than-half-a-trillion-dollar industry. But behind all this strength and resilience stand social media and content creators. With 71% of

A California law written in 1967 to stop wiretapping on telephone lines has become the basis for thousands of lawsuits arguing that everyday website tools, chat widgets, tracking pixels and analytics scripts amount to illegal interception of a visitor’s communications. The suits aren’t limited to major technology companies. They’ve been filed against retailers, insurers, hospitals,

The economic contribution of Latinos living in the U.S. is estimated at $4.4 trillion, equivalent to having the fourth-largest gross domestic product in the world, according to a joint report from California Lutheran University and the UCLA Health Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture. For the fourth year in a row, the GDP

Setting up a payroll system can feel like a steep climb if accounting isn’t your strong suit, but it’s the backbone of your business’s health. In fact, when asked what one job they would trust AI to do perfectly, 17% of small business owners ranked bookkeeping and taxes as the top tasks they would outsource,

For years, payroll had one primary job: Pay employees accurately and on time. That expectation hasn’t changed. But employees increasingly expect something more. They want to understand how they’re paid, why deductions changed, how overtime was calculated, where benefits are reflected, and how compensation decisions connect to the bigger picture. In other words, payroll is

Accessibility landed on your desk. Maybe it came from a customer complaint, or maybe your legal team forwarded a demand letter. Or your manager just said, “Can you own this?” and moved on with their day. Every guide you found assumed a dedicated accessibility team, a governance committee, and an engineering queue that exists to