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Sole Proprietorship vs. LLC for Side Hustlers: Pros and Cons

StartupNation

You’ve finally launched your side hustle. Maybe it’s freelance writing, selling handmade products, or building an app on weekends. But now you’re wondering … should you stick with a simple sole proprietorship … or take the next step and form an LLC ? This question often trips up many early entrepreneurs. On one hand, you don’t want to overcomplicate things too early.

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The 9 best accounts payable software in 2025

The Zapier Blog

Getting paid is great, but paying others? That can quickly become a relentless, soul-crushing deluge of invoices, receipts, and approvals. One minute. you're managing a handful of vendors, the next, your finance team is playing Whac-A-Mole with overdue notices, drowning in an inbox full of emails with the subject line "bumping this." Save time and reduce errors with accounting automation Learn how I've been there.

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The Rise of the Agent Manager

Tomasz Tunguz

If 2025 is the year of agents, then 2026 will surely belong to agent managers. Agent managers are people who can manage teams of AI agents. How many can one person successfully manage? I can barely manage 4 AI agents at once. They ask for clarification, request permission, issue web searches—all requiring my attention. Sometimes a task takes 30 seconds.

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The best startup blogs on how to build a business

Founder Bounty

With the world in an ever instable place finding ways to supplement your income and try to create a buisiness has never been in greater demand. Having the right resources at the right time is essential for any entrepreneur to succeed. This is why the below have tips from people who have sold their businesses or become very successful at what they do Founderbounty A fantastic way to start any business.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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Zapier Manager: Automate your Zap management tasks

The Zapier Blog

A couple of years ago, I moved into a tiny house. Tricky, considering I had more possessions than could fit in 200 square feet—including a grotesque number of terry cloth shorts. They're just so comfy. I pared my closet down and now I'm decent at decluttering, at choosing reusable over disposable, all that stuff. But even today, it would be nice to have an assistant help me make those choices.

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5 ways to automate FreshBooks with Zapier

The Zapier Blog

For many freelancers, small business owners, and agencies, the dream setup is one where you can focus entirely on delivering great work without constantly managing invoices, chasing payments, or worrying about accounting deadlines. But the reality is, financial admin will need your attention at some point. Even with tools like FreshBooks to help manage invoicing and expenses, many of the day-to-day tasks—like creating invoices, updating client records, and tracking payments—still require lots of

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The top AI text generators in 2025

The Zapier Blog

We're a few years into the latest AI boom, and it feels like things are starting to mature a little. AI writing generators once seemed like they were going to be the next big enterprise app category, but in reality, text generation is now more of a feature than a standalone business. The original text generation apps like Jasper have pivoted to marketing, while existing giants like Google and Microsoft have added text generation to their entire suite of products.

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Gemini vs. ChatGPT: What's the difference? [2025]

The Zapier Blog

When AI chatbots first came on the scene, and everyone was racing to release good-enough-first-version AI chatbots of their own, it was easy to draw comparisons between apps like Gemini vs. ChatGPT. But as Google and OpenAI continued to add new features, models, and ways to access their chatbots, the differences became less obvious. Try Zapier Chatbots Create free custom AI chatbots to engage customers and take action with built-in automation.

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The 6 best email clients for Windows in 2025

The Zapier Blog

Web-based email is fine, but nothing quite comes close to the convenience of a native email client. It's the best way to manage multiple accounts, access messages offline, and make use of powerful tools that can help quickly triage your inbox. And there's no shortage of Windows email clients that can boost your email productivity. There's a better way to tame your inbox Automate your inbox These desktop applications remove your browser from the equation and allow you to monitor mu

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.