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Quicken app gives small business owners holistic view of money

Quicken is launching a new money management product for small business owners that will compete with banks and pull in bank account data from aggregators. The product is being released as an upgrade tier for the company’s personal finance app Quicken Simplifi, which launched in early 2020 to expand Quicken’s demographic to younger users. The […]





Kenyan startups lead in African funding

Startup funding in Africa fell by 25% in 2024 to $2.2 billion. This marks the second year in a row of reduced investment in technology companies on the continent. Kenyan startups attracted the most funding for the second year in a row with $638 million. Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa together raised $1.2 billion. Two-thirds […]





A.C. announces small business grant program

Atlantic City announced the launch of its Small Business Grant Program Thursday, a program that can give up to $10,000 to a selected business. The program, funded by $133,000 from the city’s Community Development Block Grant CARES program, aims to provide critical working capital to small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Program Highlights: Grant […]





An Idea That Got Its AIM Right

Practice heads shepherding GOI’s Atal Innovation Mission argue that results so far have been excellent, including incubating apps like DigiYatra. The future is even brighter, they say There’s an entrepreneurial ferment in India, and it’s not just about well-off kids building companies and taking them public, as the obsession with unicorns suggests. A generation ago, […]





Q&A with ISBDC North Central Regional Director Alan Steele – Inside INdiana Business

Listen to this story Loading audio file, please wait. Speed1.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 Alan Steele (photo provided by Alan Steele) Located in the Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics at Indiana University South Bend, the Indiana Small Business Development Center serves Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall and St. Joseph counties. […]





SMBs Confident About 2025, Embrace AI and Tech Growth

The latest “Amex Trendex: Small Business” report looks at how SMBs are viewing 2025 — with many forecasting a period of stability. The study surveyed more than 1,100 financial decision-makers including more than 500 small financial decision-makers with less than 10 employees, more than 400 medium financial decision-makers with 11 to 100 employees and more […]





‘I sold my company and became a millionaire, and I worked at DOGE before it was officially launched, but I quit and I have no motivation to do anything anymore’

Jan 11, 2025 20:30:00 Vinay Hermas , developer of the screen recording app ‘ Loom ,’ published a blog post on his website titled ‘I’m Rich, But I Don’t Know What to Do with My Life.’ In the post, he talks about his extraordinary experiences, such as ‘I sold my company and got a lot […]