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How to Grow Without a Partner

Jun 7, 2026

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5 min read

How to Grow Without a Partner

Employees, contractors, joint ventures, and three more ways to grow on your own terms.

Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Do Your Customers Care About AI?

Jun 4, 2026

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2 min read

Do Your Customers Care About AI?

Your customers reward a fast answer and a fair price, not the AI behind it.

Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Your Mid-Year Business Review

Jun 2, 2026

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3 min read

Your Mid-Year Business Review

Five things to check that your financial statements will never tell you.

Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Get Known Without Becoming an Influencer

May 31, 2026

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4 min read

Get Known Without Becoming an Influencer

Build the reputation that brings in work, without posting three times a day.

Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Braden Fiveash: Publisher
The Quiet Cost of a Bad Email

May 28, 2026

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3 min read

The Quiet Cost of a Bad Email

First reply time is the metric most owners ignore and most customers notice.

Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Forget Job Descriptions. Try a Job Card.

May 26, 2026

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4 min read

Forget Job Descriptions. Try a Job Card.

The document that replaces your job descriptions and your org chart in one page.

Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Braden Fiveash: Publisher
The Customer You Should Have Said No To

May 24, 2026

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4 min read

The Customer You Should Have Said No To

Most bad customers tell you who they are before you sign anything.

Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Braden Fiveash: Publisher
The Real Math on the New SBA Loan Cap

May 21, 2026

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3 min read

The Real Math on the New SBA Loan Cap

Two SBA loan programs, one combined ceiling, and what the headlines are getting wrong.

Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Braden Fiveash: Publisher
The Tariff Refund Most Small Business Owners Have Not Claimed

May 19, 2026

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5 min read

The Tariff Refund Most Small Business Owners Have Not Claimed

How to know whether you are owed a refund, and what to do to claim it.

Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Braden Fiveash: Publisher
AI Impersonation and Your Business

May 17, 2026

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5 min read

AI Impersonation and Your Business

Two new impersonation threats are landing in small business inboxes, both powered by AI.

Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Your Working Reference for Running a Business

May 14, 2026

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6 min read

Your Working Reference for Running a Business

Save this and search it when a question comes up. Every article we've written, by category.

Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Death, Disability, and Three Other LLC Risks

May 12, 2026

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5 min read

Death, Disability, and Three Other LLC Risks

A practical walk through of buy-sell language for your operating agreement and funding tools that make them work.

Braden Fiveash: Publisher
Braden Fiveash: Publisher
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