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INCBOOK • BUSINESS ACQUISITION FINANCE • BREAKING 2026 Buying a Business With No Money Down? Veterans Just Got a Major SBA Acquisition Break For a limited period, an eligible veteran…

INCBOOK • AI BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES • 2027 Skip the generic chatbot agency. The bigger opportunity may be helping ordinary businesses install, connect, secure and manage AI systems that are quickly…

INCBOOK • SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING • 2026 And they're actually making loans. Nearly $500 million moved through three little-known SBA financing options during FY2026—targeting manufacturers, food-supply businesses and companies that…

INCBOOK • SMALL BUSINESS AI • 2026 The 15-point Shadow-Agent Audit: find the automations that can read company data, call APIs and take actions before an employee-built productivity shortcut becomes…

INCBOOK • GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING • 2026 What government contractors should keep on file before an algorithm, analytics system or reviewer sees something it does not understand. Updated November 2, 2026…

INCBOOK • STARTUP TAX • 2026 Software startups, engineering firms and product-development companies may be able to turn part of the federal research credit into a payroll-tax offset. The catch:…

INCBOOK • SMALL BUSINESS TAX • 2026 Which should a small business use first? The answer changed dramatically now that 100% bonus depreciation is back permanently — and the biggest…

INCBOOK • BUSINESS MONEY RECOVERY • 2026 The $5.5 Billion Credit Card Settlement Could your small business still be owed money? Two rounds of partial payments have moved, billions remain…

INCBOOK • SMALL BUSINESS TAX • 2026 The IRS Quietly Raised Business Mileage to 76 Cents Are you using the wrong rate for 2026? This year has two business-mileage rates,…

INCBOOK • BUSINESS FRAUD • 2026 The Top 10 Business Scams in the Age of AI The old scams did not disappear. They got better. Here are the payment requests,…

INCBOOK • SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING • 2026 The SBA Bonding Shortcut How a small contractor can compete for a $9 million job — even when conventional surety markets will not…

INCBOOK • AI AT WORK • 2026 Your Employees Are Using AI Anyway The 15-minute Shadow-AI Audit for small businesses — find the AI tools already inside your workflow, draw…

INCBOOK • SMALL BUSINESS SECURITY • 2026 CEO Impersonation, Fake Invoices and ACH Fraud: What Small Businesses Need to Check A 10-minute payment verification system for small businesses — built…

Small Business Technology Audit I tend to get skeptical when a company can name every AI subscription it pays for but cannot tell me which one actually changed a number…

Hiring Decision I think owners get this one wrong because they compare the cleanest number on each side: salary against invoice. The real decision starts after both of those numbers.…