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SBA Size Standards Overhaul Closes for Comment Sept 21
There is a federal comment window closing on Monday that will reshape who you bid against. Two proposed rules published August 20 would rewrite the SBA size standards that...
Customer Research Gets an AI Stand-In for Your Buyers
Knowing what your buyers think has always cost weeks. Gather introduced company-specific customer simulations on Tuesday, built from interviews that an AI moderator conducts with actual human participants, and...
Interest Rate Hike Pushes the Fed Range to 4 Percent
The Federal Reserve raised rates on Wednesday afternoon. The Federal Open Market Committee voted 12-0 to lift the target range by a quarter point to 3.75% to 4.00%, an...
Talent Acquisition Software Meets a 244-Applicant Flood
If hiring has felt heavier lately, the numbers back you up. Boomband launched across New England on Tuesday, a new piece of talent acquisition software from Jeff Taylor, the...
20 Companies and Over 1 Billion Dollars Later
Brent Freeman was 23, fresh out of USC and carrying a quarter million dollars in student debt, when he closed a $10 million deal in Dubai. He celebrated that...
Pricing Strategy Gets Harder as Input Costs Climb
Clothing prices in the United States are set to climb this autumn as the people who make and sell clothes push higher energy, factory and freight bills down the...
Business Valuation Tools Reach the 30-Person HVAC Shop
A Las Vegas company called Reins launched a standalone product on Monday called Valuation, built to tell contractors who run their own shops what the business is currently worth,...
AI Content Creation Drives Pocket FM Past $500M ARR
Pocket Entertainment, the parent company of audio drama platform Pocket FM, announced on September 10 that it has passed $500 million in annual revenue run rate, growing 70% year...
AI Guardrails Lag as 62% See Errors Reach Clients
Most teams bought AI tools long before they wrote down who checks the output, and a report published September 10 puts a number on the consequence. Macabacus polled its...
Founder CEO Sidelined as Automattic Board Votes Him Out
The most famous founder CEO in open-source software lost control of his own company on Wednesday. Automattic’s board voted in favor of putting Matt Mullenweg on paid leave. Mark...