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You Hit 15 Employees and Your Software Bill Doubled. Here's Why - and What to Do About It.

A thread on r/smallbusiness about a Salesforce bill that 'went from ouch to are you kidding me' struck a nerve this week. It's not just Salesforce. It's every SaaS tool that sells you a startup deal and then reprices you when you start to grow.

May 3, 2026 · By PRIYA KAPOOR

Tax Day Is Over. Now Comes the Part Nobody Told You About.

Thousands of small business owners just got hit with surprise tax bills they weren't fully ready for. The real problem isn't this year - it's that most of them still don't have a plan for next year. Here is the plain-English version of what to do starting today.

April 16, 2026 · By TERRY BLAKE

Tax Day Is Over. Now Comes the Part Nobody Told You About.

You're Paying Too Much for AI. Your Mac Might Be Part of the Solution.

A new platform called Darkbloom lets you run AI API calls through a decentralized network of idle Apple Silicon machines - at up to 70% less than what you pay OpenAI or Anthropic. For any small business spending real money on AI tools each month, this is worth understanding.

April 16, 2026 · By PRIYA KAPOOR

You're Paying Too Much for AI. Your Mac Might Be Part of the Solution.

It's Tax Day. Intuit Just Launched an AI That Does Your Small Business Taxes in Two Hours.

QuickBooks and TurboTax's new 'done-for-you' AI tax platform connects directly to your books, matches you with a live expert, and files in under two hours. For the 33 million small business owners facing a deadline today, here's what it actually does - and what AI still gets wrong.

April 15, 2026 · By PRIYA KAPOOR

It's Tax Day. Intuit Just Launched an AI That Does Your Small Business Taxes in Two Hours.

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The SBA Is Offering a 90% Loan Guarantee to Food Businesses. Here's What Opens on May 1.

The SBA's new 'Grocery Guarantee' program opens May 1, 2026, and it's aimed at small food businesses - grocers, meat processors, food distributors, and producers - with loans up to $5 million and a 90% federal guarantee that makes it significantly easier to qualify.

April 14, 2026 · By JORDAN PARK

The SBA Is Offering a 90% Loan Guarantee to Food Businesses. Here's What Opens on May 1.

The 20% Small Business Tax Deduction Is Now Permanent. Here's What That Means for Your Taxes.

The SBA is reminding small business owners this week: the 20% pass-through deduction made permanent last year means millions of sole proprietors, S-corps, and LLCs owe less tax than they did before. If you haven't talked to your accountant about this yet, you're leaving money on the table.

April 12, 2026 · By SAM TORRES

The 20% Small Business Tax Deduction Is Now Permanent. Here's What That Means for Your Taxes.

The Fed Just Released Its Biggest Small Business Report of the Year. The Numbers Are Sobering.

The Federal Reserve's 2025 Small Business Credit Survey - covering 6,525 businesses - shows hiring expectations at their lowest since 2020, revenue expectations at their lowest since 2020, and 77% of firms absorbing tariff-related cost pressure. Here's what the data says.

April 11, 2026 · By PRIYA KAPOOR

The Fed Just Released Its Biggest Small Business Report of the Year. The Numbers Are Sobering.

Small Businesses Are Switching AI Vendors. The New Spending Data Shows Who's Winning.

The Ramp AI Index tracks how 50,000+ businesses actually spend money on AI - not surveys, real corporate card data. The March 2026 update shows the biggest vendor shift since tracking began. Anthropic is winning. OpenAI just had its worst month ever.

April 7, 2026 · By PRIYA KAPOOR

Small Businesses Are Switching AI Vendors. The New Spending Data Shows Who's Winning.

Online Lenders Are Getting More Popular. 60% of Borrowers Say the Cost Was Higher Than They Expected.

The Federal Reserve's 2025 Small Business Credit Survey - just released as chartbooks this month - shows that small businesses are turning to online lenders at record rates. The satisfaction data tells a different story than the growth numbers.

April 7, 2026 · By PRIYA KAPOOR

Online Lenders Are Getting More Popular. 60% of Borrowers Say the Cost Was Higher Than They Expected.