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Small business payments and marketing startup Fivestars raises $52.5M

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It’s a difficult time for small businesses — to put it mildly. Ho argued that those platforms (whether they offer delivery services, user reviews or marketing tools) all have the same underlying model: “They seek to take over a small business’ customer base and then charge them a tax to start reaching those customers.”

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Nigeria’s Kippa gets $3.2M pre-seed for its small business finance management app

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Millions of small businesses globally, especially in emerging markets, have stayed offline for the better part of the past decade. Due to that, most of them still rely on scribbles using pen and paper or ledgers for bookkeeping and storing important information. million in pre-seed funding.

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Popmenu earns raves from investors for its marketing and delivery software for restaurants

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Popmenu , he company he co-founded with three former colleagues from software businesses around the Atlanta area (and which has closed on $17 million in new financing) offers a solution. Popmenu does more than just prettify webpages for the savory savants whose coding skills may not match their craft in the kitchen.

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Use IRS Code Section 1202 to sell your multimillion-dollar startup tax-free

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Both lawyers and accountants encourage clients to examine the tax savings offered by setting up a Qualified Small Business (QSB) C-Corporation at the initial business formation stage. The corporation may not have gross assets in excess of $50 million in fair market value at the time the stock is issued.

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With the new financial year looming, now is a good time to review your Microsoft 365 licenses

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Having a trustworthy and proven location to source Microsoft licenses, such as the Lenovo Pro Small Business Store, SMBs can efficiently stay on top of their Microsoft licensing requirements, without risk of dealing with unlicensed copies of the software. SMBs often struggle to get the support they need around IT.

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Draft.dev CEO Karl Hughes on the importance of using experts in developer marketing

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They typically hate being marketed to and are often short on time, which sets a particularly high bar for any content marketing aimed at them. ” Hughes and his agency were recommended multiple times in our growth marketer survey, which we launched to surface experts that startups can work with.

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Nigerian financial management app for merchants Kippa bags $8.4M in new funding

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Kippa , the Nigerian startup improving the lifecycle of small businesses across the country with its financial management and payments platform, has raised $8.4 Although the platform has grown to accommodate over 500,000 small businesses, Ekezie-Joseph didn’t say how many were active. . Nigeria’s Kippa gets $3.2M