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Starting a business takes money, but getting funding usually requires an established business. That’s the fundamental catch-22 of startup financing: Lenders want to see revenue, financial statements ...

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Pie, which spent the past year building quietly, is betting small businesses need help showing up in AI search the way they ...

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