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Mar 11, 2026 Small Business and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Tax reform can affect business strategy, and small businesses should understand OBBBA to plan for the future. Content Type: Column | Reading Time: 10 Minutes | By: Dana C. Riess, CMA, CFM, CSCP, CPIM Several tax benefits that were previously expired or were set to expire at the end of 2025 will now continue due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025. Some tax benefits were enhanced or expanded. According to Grant Thornton’s fourth quarter survey and as highlighted in CFO magazine , 44% of chief ...

Capital and Funding for Healthcare and Mission‑Driven Work (Part 1 of 2): Beyond VCs By Ilya Ilienko posted 21 days ago Following Capital and Funding for Healthcare and Mission-Driven Work (Part 1 of 2): Beyond VCs By: Ilya Ilienko, MBA, CMA, CPA This two-part series explores capital literacy in healthcare and mission-driven organizations — across startups, non-profits, for-profits, and hybrid structures. In Part 1, we’ll focus on the capital landscape: venture capital, grants, corporate funding, tax and government programs, ...

11 Months in 2025: AI Adoption — FOMO, Hype, or a New Paradigm? B y Ilya Ilienko, MBA, CMA, CPA, CFO History and Parallels Let's not ignore current realities and rush to buy in. Time constraint is one of the most well-recognized manipulation tools and sales tactics out there. Create urgency, scare people into making a decision and the herd mentality follows. Some examples of similar FOMO events have included the: 2000 Dot-Com bubble , 2008 real estate bubble , hyped IPOs, similar FOMO-driven crypto coin launches, and so on. The time will come, but we must recognize what AI is today — and what it is not yet. Two Sides of the ...

Exploring AI for Small-Medium Businesses: From How? to Wow! By Ilya Ilienko, MBA, CMA, CPA, CFO You don’t have to visit your nearest Blockbuster to rent a movie anymore – or even wait for a DVD to arrive in the mail. Redbox kiosks? Practically obsolete. We’ve come a long way, with on-demand streaming from Netflix, Hulu, and countless other platforms. But mainstream adoption of new technology always takes time. People resist change, sticking with what’s familiar and comfortable. Yet familiar doesn’t always mean better . The same reluctance applies to AI. A U.S. Chamber of Commerce 2024 study found that 98% of small businesses are already ...