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Why Small Firms Are Winning the Talent War
Three studios, one question: what happens when you stop billing by the hour and start competing on the work itself?
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Money
Cash Is King Again: Why Founders Are Hoarding Runway
After a decade of growth at any cost, small-company balance sheets are filling up. The reason is not fear — it’s leverage.
Innovation
The AI Audit Small Firms Actually Need
Forget the moonshots. The owners getting real returns started with one boring question: where do we retype things?
Opinion
Stop Calling It a Side Hustle
The language we use for small ventures shrinks them before they start. It’s a business. Call it one.
Business
The 30 Founders Rewriting Main Street
Our annual list of independents to watch: the grocers, lawyers, engineers and bakers proving that small is a strategy.
Small Business
The Café That Turned a Profit in Month Three
Most cafés take two years to break even. This one did it in ninety days by doing half as much.
Leadership
The Four-Day Week, Two Years On
The pilot firms were supposed to drift back to five days. Most of them didn’t, and the numbers explain why.
Lifestyle
The Executive Sabbatical Is Back
Founders are taking three months off and coming back with better companies. The trick is building one that doesn’t need you.
Money
The Case Against the Hourly Rate
Billing by time punishes speed and rewards padding. The firms moving to fixed fees say clients prefer it, too.
Innovation
Inside the Factory That Runs Itself Overnight
A family-owned precision engineer in the Midlands now makes a third of its parts with the lights off.