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LATEST THREADS

Small Business

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Late invoices jumped in a year, and for 39% of owners one slow payment was enough to make payroll or bills hard to cover. The fix starts before the job: your terms, your deposit and your follow-up schedule. Georgia trades have one more tool most never use.

BY Rue Da Runtz

Oct 23, 2026

Small Business

$1.10 a Mile: What a Work Pickup Really Costs, and Where the Money Leaks

The IRS business rate is 72.5 cents. AAA's new numbers put a half-ton pickup well above that, and fuel is the smaller part of the gap. Here is how to find your own number before you quote the next job.

BY Rue Da Runtz

Oct 22, 2026

Small Business

38% of Owners Raised Prices in September: How to Raise Yours Without Losing the Customers You Have

Costs keep climbing and a Decatur florist says the margins are pennies. Customers told surveyors exactly what makes a price increase easier to accept. Here is the order to do it in, and the math on how many customers you can afford to lose.

BY Rue Da Runtz

Oct 21, 2026

Entrepreneurship

8.1% More Revenue From Owners Talking to Owners: How to Help a Stuck Owner Without Selling a Thing

A study of owners who met once a month found real gains, and Georgia has more than a million small businesses working mostly alone. Here is how to pass along help so it lands, and the three lines never to cross.

BY Rue Da Runtz

Oct 20, 2026

Entrepreneurship

$1,000 to Register, a License by 2028: What a Funding Broker Actually Does, and What It Isn't

Texas and California just wrote new rules around the job. Before you look at the broker road, here is the work itself, the lines a broker never crosses, and the part nobody puts in the ad.

BY Rue Da Runtz

Oct 19, 2026

Global Intelligence

Record Hormuz Attacks Sink a Ship, and Washington and Tehran Both Claim the Strait

The AG7 Sunday dossier for Oct 11 to 18, 2026: a sinking in the Gulf, a ceasefire that lasted hours in Ukraine, Riyadh's airport back open, and the crisis almost nobody covered.

BY Rue Da Runtz

Oct 18, 2026

Entrepreneurship

$0 Up Front: How RueDaRuntzInc Gets Paid, Who Pays the Fee, and 5 Promises We Will Never Make

If something is free, somebody is paying for it. Here is exactly who that is, what Georgia law already says about broker fees, and the question to ask any broker before you trust them, including us.

BY Rue Da Runtz

Oct 18, 2026

Entrepreneurship

$5.13 for Every $1 Stolen: The Holiday Fraud Math and the 8 Settings That Cut It

The stolen dollar is the cheapest part of a bad order. Most of the rest shows up in January, often from customers you already served.

BY Rue Da Runtz

Oct 18, 2026

Small Business

28.75% for Fuel: How FedEx Reprices Diesel Every Week, and the Surcharge a Small Trade Can Copy

The biggest shippers stopped guessing about fuel a long time ago. Georgia's fuel tax break ends Nov. 5. Here is the playbook a small shop can borrow before it does.

BY Rue Da Runtz

Oct 17, 2026

Entrepreneurship

$22 Billion to $18 Billion: Small Business Saturday Slipped. Build the Holiday Plan That Doesn't Ride on One Day

Record crowds shopped Thanksgiving weekend. Fewer dollars reached small shops on their own day. The reason is sitting in your customer's pocket.

BY Rue Da Runtz

Oct 17, 2026