r/Businessowners

Had one of those situations recently where everything was already processed and then we needed to get an additional payment out

What annoys me is having to think about whether it makes sense to run another payroll now or wait because every additional run affects the cost

I’d rather make that decision based on when someone should get paid. The fact that I’m even thinking about the provider fee while deciding when to process it has me reconsidering how our payroll is structured

I’ve been looking more into this after seeing Meow connect business banking with Claude through MCP. The idea of Claude being able to see transactions, understand what’s happening across the account, flag things that need attention and help with the boring finance admin actually sounds useful.

I’d still want approvals and limits around anything involving moving money though.

Would you connect your business bank account to Claude?

Hey! I'm Devansh, from India. I've been building websites for a few years now, mostly for small businesses and founders across the US, UK, UAE and Australia, and honestly it's still the part of my day I look forward to most. There's something satisfying about turning someone's half formed idea into a real site they're proud to send people to.

Lately I've been leaning into AI tools in how I build, which lets me move fast without the final thing looking like generic AI slop. But the thinking, the design calls, the "does this actually make sense for a real user" part, that's still just me sitting with it until it feels right.

I want to take on a few people this month at a price that's honestly more about the work than the money. If you've got a business, a personal brand, or even just an idea you've been sitting on and need a site for it, I'd like to build it for you.

Some real sites I've made, so you're not just taking my word for it:

• https://www.kartcade.com/
• graphikrafts.com
• https://www.pueblounidoproperties.com/
• https://www.samayagifts.co.in/

If you end up liking what I make, we talk price and it's yours to keep. If it's not for you, that's okay too, no pressure either way. Just drop a comment or DM

Hi! I'm Eva im 22 from the UK. I'm looking to learn more about business. I know I should be asking this on LinkedIn but I'm quite shy so thought I'd do it on here to test the waters to begin with, I can also be more personal on here.

I'm incredibly smart and good at maths, I did maths a levels, I have a sociology degree, been working in retail/sales so I'm good at selling. If I'm being honest though, I have undiagnosed ADHD/autism I recently found out about and I feel very bored and drained in regular work and like I'm itching to do more. But because of my ADHD I really struggle to see how to start things. But once I get going, I love over achieving and hyper focus. A mentor is a great way for me to start learning.

I'd absolutely love it if anyone who is a successful business owner or knows alot about business is willing to teach me or have me as their intern. I know it's a big ask so I'm not expecting many replies but hopefully :)) thank you for listening.

I am 35 I feel like I am very smart but I procrastinate a lot and don’t believe in myself. I don’t want to depend on employers any more I want my own something. Gov contracts sell hospital beds, provide cleaning, admin help something! Cook for prisons schools there’s gotta be a way out of feeling trapped in life.

As a Business Owner would getting better sleep, reducing stress and increasing energy without supplements, hours of meditation or prescription drugs be of value to you?

Hey! i am uv , i am from india and got rrly fascinated by website making! i would love to make a website for rrly cheap like 10kinr (which usually go 20 to 25k inr here) i want to gain experience and work on it more. i have done some websites which look rrly good acc to other people. i am willing to make a website for someone (preferably and introductor website which has your info and stuff) i can host it onto visceral and hand you a perm link which you can add to your domain etc etc, if you dont like the website you can always deny.. it would be appreciated if you contact me. thank you

I've been researching email scams for quite some time, and eventually I built a small tool because of it.

But I'm curious about something.
Has anyone here actually lost money from this before?

Could be a fake invoice, supplier asking you to change bank account, someone pretending to be your boss asking for payment, etc.

Did you catch it before sending the money, or only realize after?
If you did lose money, how much was it?

For the freelancers/agency owners here — what's the ONE thing about your billing/invoicing process that frustrates you the most?

I'm doing some research on this and genuinely want to understand what's broken before I explore any solutions.

Drop a comment if you have 30 seconds. No pressure.

looking for anyone who can send cold dm daily ( 30-50) in every or any single platform like tiktok , instagram , gmail , Facebook...

So I recently started my business a month ago and for the past three weeks I've been working every single day, 8-12hrs a day.

I'm starting to feel very overwhelmed and tired everyday.

The thing is, the business has been doing very well and I don't wanna take a day off and ruin the momentum.

But at this point I feel like I need to start forcing myself to take days off.

How do you guys think I should handle this?

Been looking into this for a few weeks and I'm getting really mixed signals. Some people swear hiring a virtual assistant philippines side was the best move they ever made, others say they got burned bad.

For context I run a small coaching business, around 12 clients, and I'm doing all of it myself. Emails, scheduling, invoicing, chasing leads. It's maybe 15 to 20 hours a week of pure admin and it's killing any chance I have to actually grow.

I've looked at upwork and onlinejobs ph but the sheer number of options is overwhelming and I can't tell who's actually good. Rates seem to run 5 to 15 an hour, way cheaper than hiring here, but I keep reading about people getting ghosted or the quality dropping off after month one.

For those who did this, what actually worked? Did you hire direct or go through an agency, how long before they were genuinely useful, and what red flags should I be watching for?

Our company anniversary is coming up soon, and I started wondering what kind of swag would actually be super useful and what should definitely be avoided. Is there anything employees absolutely wouldn’t want to receive, and what’s the most useless company swag you’ve ever gotten?I’d love for employees to actually use it regularly rather than just throw it in a closet and forget about it lol. I’d love to hear what's worked ( and what hasn't ) for you

Recently my mom was talking about having me start a business because of how hard it has been for me to find an entry level job, I am 16 and I’m in my last year of high school. My mom is willing to give me the starting capital up to around 80k I don’t have much experience and I don’t want my mom to be throwing her money away investing in a failure, what business should I start?

Hello,

I have been running a design business for 6 years and coming from creative background it has been a rollercoaster of gaining and loosing momentum for the studio. I am the sole operator and struggle to have a strict regime for the business side of things as I have no one to hold me accountable, so my procrastination level is off the charts. That being said the creative side comes very naturally I don't have any problems designing objects people desire I just don't have the capital to bring them to life and when I do it is usually out of pocket.

Any recommendations for being more proactive or should I just look for a business partner that can push the studio in the direction it needs to go financially? I really think bouncing ideas of someone that is more business savvy is the correct direction. Let me know your thoughts.

Big love, thankyou.

Here is one of those blue pill vs red pill type questions, but with no pills.

You are a business owner. If you had a Big Red Magic Button in front of you & when pressed, it would give one of your employees (or you) one skill in sales & marketing, what would that skill be?

Options not available "More sales", "More Money","More presses" etc. 😉

This question comes from networking events over the last couple of months, with business owners here in the UK, who had been on business start-up courses that included a very small "sales" & or "marketing" session, none were happy with what they had learnt and thought it was just a box ticking exercise!

Thanks in advance!

Not the big decisions. Not the work that actually needs your judgment.
I mean the repetitive mess that steals an hour here and two hours there—following up with leads, answering the same questions, scheduling, chasing documents, sending reminders, updating records, or sorting through emails.
I’m building a platform called HIRED around the idea that your next employee might not be human—but it should still do real work instead of just giving you another dashboard to manage.
Before I decide what it should tackle first, I’d rather hear from people who are actually buried in the work:
What task would you hand off immediately?
And what would an AI have to prove before you trusted it to handle that task?

I've been building AI Skills (small instruction files that plug into AI assistants like Claude) that automate specific repetitive tasks. Trying to figure out what's actually worth solving before I keep building.

What's something you do over and over in your business that eats up time — writing outreach emails, reports, follow-ups, admin stuff, anything? Curious what people are dealing with.