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Wave adds Boundless AI capital marketplace for Canadian small businesses
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Wave has partnered with Boundless AI to let Canadian customers explore and apply for non-dilutive capital inside the Wave platform.
The One STP launches Cyrus Cybersmith for small business cybersecurity
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The One STP launched Cyrus Cybersmith on Oct. 4, 2026, with 90 days of free access and limited vCISO support for qualifying small businesses.
Melody Laney builds a career around growth and customer experience
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Melody Laney, a Phenix City, Alabama enrollment consultant, is being recognized for a 25-year career spanning customer service, operations, training, and business process improvement.
VRITIMES tops 30,000 press releases and 7,000 clients in four years
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VRITIMES says it has distributed more than 30,000 press releases for over 7,000 clients since launching in 2022, with around 70% of customers publishing their first release on the platform.
Kronos Coworking adds fully online fiscal address service in Fortaleza
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Kronos Coworking launched a fully online fiscal address service in Fortaleza, with documents delivered by email in up to 5 minutes after payment.
C i Marketing launches Debut for New Zealand small businesses
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Christchurch agency C i Marketing has launched Debut, a managed website service aimed at small New Zealand businesses struggling to be found online as closures hit a 16-year high.
Donnell Systems wins SBA Women-Owned Small Business certification
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Donnell Systems, the South Bend, Indiana-based developer of the OCIE information management platform, has earned Women-Owned Small Business certification from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
ImpactFactory.ai adds premium TV ad buying for small businesses
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ImpactFactory.ai has launched Version 1.7 with connected TV media placement, letting small businesses create, target and measure television campaigns across premium streaming inventory reaching 90% of U.S. households.
WiBiz outlines fingerprint-based automation model for small business operations
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WiBiz has published an analysis on a business automation approach it calls a Fingerprint, describing how it maps a company’s operating logic before installing a customized operating layer.
AI SEO costs small businesses more at agencies, Seotal study finds
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A new Seotal Research study finds agencies charge a median $750 a month for AI SEO, about 20% more than their regular SEO packages at firms that publish both prices.
Opus Virtual Offices pushes lower-overhead option as small business costs rise in 2026
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Small business owners are facing higher costs in 2026, with new survey data showing rising expenses, expensive office leases and weaker hiring.
Small Business Expo opens free stats hub for newsroom use
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Small Business Expo is giving journalists free access to daily small business statistics, charts and survey findings drawn from its ongoing owner polls.
Hiro offers custom software replacements for small businesses at about one-tenth the cost
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Hiro says it builds custom replacements for the rented software small businesses rely on, migrates their data, and hands over the code for about a tenth of the monthly bill they already pay. The company is positioning the model as a lower-risk way…
Celebriffy Technologies gets federal contractor approval
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Celebriffy Technologies Inc. says it has been approved and certified to do business with U.S. federal agencies, with ACTIVE status in SAM.gov effective Oct. 5, 2026. The Florida software company says the designation could open government…
Christine Hopkins wins NSBA’s 2026 small business advocate award
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Christine Hopkins, president and CEO of Anchorage-based ASCI Family of Companies, was named the 2026 Lewis Shattuck Small Business Advocate of the Year by the National Small Business Association.
Clickrush Marketing expands into sports and training facilities
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Clickrush Marketing is widening its local SEO and reputation-management model beyond insurance agencies to serve sports and training businesses, with dentists and doctors under review for a possible next move.
Adaptive Information Systems pushes integrated IT, security and recovery model for Monterey Bay businesses
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Salinas-based Adaptive Information Systems is pitching a bundled approach to managed IT, cybersecurity, backup, communications and networking for small and mid-sized businesses across the Monterey Bay Area. The model lands as local companies face…
Digi-Buzz offers free Q4 social media audits to Quad Cities small businesses
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Digi-Buzz is giving Quad Cities small businesses free social media audits through Oct. 31 to help them avoid visibility problems ahead of the holiday shopping rush.
Small Business Expo returns to Pasadena with AI sessions and Shark Tank founders
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Los Angeles Small Business Expo comes back to the Pasadena Convention Center on Sept. 30 with more than 100 exhibitors, free admission and sessions on AI, marketing and small-business operations.
Meghan E. Gilson pushes human-centered AI adoption for small businesses
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Meghan E. Gilson, an educator and AI Adoption Strategist based in Richmond, is promoting a staged, human-led approach to artificial intelligence for small and mid-sized businesses.
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