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Business licenses are essential formalities that legally permit the operation of businesses within a specific jurisdiction. They are the government’s way of ensuring that companies abide by the ...

On May 11, 2023, crucial changes to the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 7(a) and 504 loan programs went into effect, aimed at streamlining the loan application process, expanding the number and ...

Katherine Haan, MBA, is a Senior Staff Writer for Forbes Advisor and a former financial advisor turned international bestselling author and business coach. For more than a decade, she’s helped small ...