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June 24, 2026

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June 24, 2026
How AI Underwriting Is Making Business Loans Faster and Fairer in 2026

How AI Underwriting Is Making Business Loans Faster and Fairer in 2026

Artificial intelligence has moved from a buzzword in financial services to a functional underwriting tool that is changing which businesses get approved, how quickly, and at what cost. Understanding how it works puts small business owners in a better position to benefit from it. The traditional business loan underwriting

How Different Industries Are Rethinking Innovation

How Different Industries Are Rethinking Innovation

By Elena Marsh Innovation does not follow one clear path. In some cases, it comes from rethinking how professional services are delivered. In others, it comes from building software around a newly visible market need, creating fitness tools for a changing sport, or supporting nonprofit models that place local

California Billionaire Tax Measure Approaches Ballot Deadline

California Billionaire Tax Measure Approaches Ballot Deadline

California billionaire tax supporters are moving closer to a key milestone as organizers work to secure a place for the proposal on a future statewide ballot. The initiative, which would impose a tax on the wealth of the state’s richest residents, is approaching an important qualification deadline while campaign

The True Cost of Waiting to Apply for a Business Loan

The True Cost of Waiting to Apply for a Business Loan

Business owners routinely calculate the cost of taking a loan. Almost none of them calculate the cost of not taking it, or not taking it now. That asymmetry in how the decision is evaluated produces systematically conservative financing decisions that cost real money in missed opportunity. The calculus most

My Biggest Competitor Just Got Funded, Should I Take on Debt to Keep Pace or Play the Long Game

How Businesses Can Respond When a Competitor Gets Funded

News that a competitor just raised significant capital triggers an understandable instinct to respond immediately and aggressively. The businesses that handle this well are the ones that separate that instinct from an actual

Authenticity Is Dead
Authenticity Is Dead

Los Angeles has always been a city built on visibility. For decades, Hollywood rewarded the people who could command attention, shape perception,