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Small business
My Business Partner Is Leaving: What to Do in the First Two Weeks
When a business partner is leaving, the first two weeks decide how messy it gets. Before anything is…
17 min readOct 17Read
Small business
Paying for Software You Do Not Use: How to Audit Your Subscriptions
Paying for software you do not use rarely feels like a decision, because you never made one. A…
16 min readOct 16Read
Invoicing basics
Best invoicing software that supports digital signatures: who lets clients sign
The client said go ahead on the phone, you did the work, and now they remember a lower…
12 min readOct 15Read
Small business
My Accountant Sorts It Out at Year End: Do I Need to Keep My Own Books?
My accountant sorts it out at year end. Then the accounts come back, months after the year closed,…
15 min readOct 13Read
Small business
Freelance Work Drying Up and Clients Ask if AI Can Do It: What to Do
The referrals that used to arrive without asking stopped some time last year. The projects that do come…
18 min readOct 12Read
Small business
What Decides Whether a Sign Shop Gets Paid
A sign shop's cash flow is mostly settled before the job starts, by the terms on the invoice,…
11 min readOct 11Read
Invoicing basics
Invoice software with a client portal: what your clients actually get
A client asks you to resend the invoice. Another asks how to pay it. None of them is…
12 min readOct 9Read
Small business
People Like Me but Do Not Buy: How to Ask for the Decision
People like you, and they do not buy. They tell you so at the end of a good…
18 min readOct 8Read
Small business
I Hate Selling: How to Win Work Without Feeling Pushy
You are good at the work. Then a conversation turns towards money, and you hear yourself start to…
17 min readOct 7Read

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