Founder Stories & Lessons

11+ hour, 50+ min ago   (762+ words) Survival and success today require owners to pay careful attention to many external and internal factors, from cashflow to exploring affordable solutions. Costs are up and revenues are down. That’s the consensus among small- and medium-size businesses around the U.S....

13+ hour, 59+ min ago   (601+ words) You can call it managing sideways. Having two CEOs could improve those decisions. It could also make them worse. Obviously, Ellison and Kreiz cannot jointly deliberate over every consequential choice. Any workable business partnership requires clear decision rights. Partners must…...

16+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1654+ words) Why does the price of a product increase when it becomes difficult to find? Why can a company sell more products when demand is strong? Why do airline tickets become expensive during busy periods? And why can the price of…...

20+ hour, 44+ min ago   (197+ words) Recovering engineer. Now I translate corporate jargon into human stories about Leadership and AI, and why your "best practices" probably aren't. Your team can run every standup, plan every sprint, hold every review, and finish every retrospective on schedule, yet…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (262+ words) As of Aug. 20, when the Small Business Administration sprung their new size standards on industry, we’ve been inundated with articles and LinkedIn posts decrying the increases. I’ve read hundreds of posts that suggest all parties should submit comments through the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (415+ words) New PACA licenses came in at 836 for the third quarter, down from 1,005 the quarter before — a 16.8 percent drop, but there's a bigger story. That drop undersells what’s actually moving underneath it. California and Texas didn’t follow the national trend at…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (107+ words) Prices Are Soaring… So How Does the Pricing Process Begin? | News 02... aljadeed The Fallout from the Flydubai Incident Continues Economic Scene | IMF: Lebanon Needs Reforms to Reach an Agreement With You in the Know | After the Specialization Scandal… This Is…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (356+ words) By Brett W. Johnson, Carrie Schaffer, and Hannah Wolf1 Notable changes to the proposed SBA size standards include: 1. Expanded Eligibility: Critically, and perhaps most notably, the proposed rule would raise the thresholds for small business status. The SBA estimates that the changes…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (295+ words) The SBA’s SOP 50 10 8.1 is a 416-page overhaul of the agency’s lending procedures, published in the fall of 2026 with an October 1 effective date. Several provisions carry direct weight for franchise acquisition and expansion financing, including the purchase of established franchise concepts....

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (951+ words) Acquiring new customers costs more than ever. But you can only raise your prices if the value you’re offering is clear. Unless the reasons were clear, you might be pretty upset. If the increase felt arbitrary enough, you might even…...