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IRS reminds taxpayers and small businesses to look out for scams

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service joins in celebrating National Small Business Week by reminding taxpayers and small businesses that, even though the April 15, 2025, tax filing deadline has passed, it is important to stay vigilant against scams and fraud...

SBA Highlights Range of New Measures to Stop Fraud

Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) highlighted several new verification measures within its loan application process to strengthen protections against fraud and ensure its programs only benefit eligible American small business owners.

Top Financial Fraud Trends Impacting Small Businesses in 2025

In today’s fast-paced, tech-driven world, small businesses have become top targets for financial fraud. As scammers use increasingly sophisticated tactics in 2025, small businesses can take proactive steps to protect themselves, even with limited resources. Staying...

A Growing Small Business Financial Fraud Problem

According to the latest Experian data, financial fraud against small businesses has increased by 70% since the start of the pandemic, costing billions annually. As fraud tactics become more sophisticated and digital channels continue to expand, the pressure on lenders...

New Laws & Regulations for Small Business Owners in 2025

In 2025, small businesses face a host of new laws and regulations that require careful attention. From new federal reporting requirements to state-specific rules, knowing what’s on the horizon is key for small business owners and decision-makers. In this post, we’ll...

Predatory Lending Is Hurting Small Businesses. Here’s How You Can Fight Back.

Many small business lenders are failing to perform responsible underwriting to determine if small business owners can actually pay back their loans, sometimes echoing the predatory mortgage practices that sparked the Wall Street crisis of the 2000s.

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Work Less. Make More.

Most owners chase revenue because it’s easy to measure. But growth without control only scales chaos. Profit, efficiency, and sustainability are the real scoreboards. The rest is noise.

Small and Mid-market Businesses Analyzed

After analyzing more than 80,000 small and mid-sized businesses, Jay Aldebert discovered a disturbing pattern.

Many companies appear profitable on paper but actually bleed cash in real life.

TRUTH

“In most small and mid-size businesses,

only 17–22 hours of every 40 are truly productive.”

The Real Scoreboard…

What Your Business Actually Returns to You

Discover the single, non-negotiable profit target that decides whether your business survives or sets you up to build real wealth.

Here’s the shocker: most owners who run the calculation discover their true Minimum Mandatory Profit (MMP) is 200–400% higher than their current profit.

Miss it, and you’re forced to borrow, skip debt payments, or ignore retirement.

TRUTH

“Accounting is history. By the time you get your

Profit & Loss (P&L) statement, you’re looking

30 to 45 days in the rearview mirror.”

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You Are Being Lied To – “The 7 Lies That Are Destroying Your Business”

Every day, owners are fed recycled slogans dressed up as ‘strategy’:

“Grow faster.”

“Hire more.”

“Raise prices.”

Each one sounds smart. Each one feels progressive. And each one quietly leads you into the same trap — growth without control.

The problem isn’t ambition. It’s addiction. Addiction to ideas that sound intelligent but quietly drain control.

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