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A 2019 study by Intuit QuickBooks revealed that nearly 70% of small business owners struggle with cash-flow challenges. Business Insider rounded up 11 company founders and small business owners to recommend their favorite podcasts for learning to manage their company's finances. Their suggestions include "Secrets of Wealthy Women" by The Wall Street Journal, "CFO Thought Leader" by Jack Sweeney, "Inside the Strategy Room" by...

Payment processors and ecommerce platforms such as PayPal, Square, Stripe, and Shopify, offer business loans and financing that can range from $200 to more than $500,000.  These loans are typically based on the sales a business makes through the platform, so they're often easier to get than traditional bank loans that require a credit check.  Cupcake shop owner Kelly Kandah started her bakery with...

Growing beyond the $5 million revenue plateau is a challenge for any business, and a significant marker of success. Women business owners who have achieved that feat still face unfair skepticism from (typically male) funders, according to a recent report from Bank of America and Babson College. The report identified 3 key challenges that successful women business owners continue to face, and laid out...

Night Shift Brewing co-founders Rob Burns, Mike O'Mara, and Michael Oxton started brewing 3-barrel batches of unique craft recipes in their apartment kitchen in Somerville, Massachusetts, near Boston. In late 2014, they opened their current brewhouse in the nearby town of Everett and production jumped 7x almost overnight. Brewing capacity is up to 120-barrels between their own 20-barrel brewhouse and a 100-barrel contract facility....