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Notes from the money side of small business.

Short, useful writing on getting paid, staying tax-ready and letting AI do the boring parts.

Getting paid

Why late payments are a systems problem, not a client problem

Most overdue invoices aren't refusals — they're gaps. No due date on the PDF, no pay link, no follow-up after day seven. Here's the chase sequence we build into every SoftBillo workspace, and why the third reminder matters more than the first.

August 2026 · 6 min read

Vio AI

What an AI bookkeeper should never do on its own

Automatic categorisation is easy. Knowing when to stop and ask you is the hard part. How Vio decides what to file silently and what to escalate.

August 2026 · 5 min read

SoftCale

The booking-to-invoice handoff, explained

A confirmed booking already contains everything an invoice needs. We wired the two together so a paid slot becomes a client, an invoice and a payment record in one pass.

August 2026 · 4 min read

Finance

Cash-flow runway for people who hate spreadsheets

Runway is one number: how long the money lasts at today's burn. Here's how to read it weekly without building a model.

July 2026 · 5 min read

Product

Five countries, one workspace

Tax rules differ, invoices differ, expectations differ. What we changed so a UK, US, Irish, Canadian or Nigerian business each gets the right defaults.

July 2026 · 7 min read

Freelancing

Pricing your work without flinching

A short framework for setting a rate you can defend, plus the three lines to add to every estimate so scope creep stops being free.

July 2026 · 6 min read

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Our ebooks and webinars go deeper on pricing, collections and year-end.