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Far too many finance and accounting articles to sort through each week? We've got you covered with a curated list of important developments. Bill.com goes public. Bill.com—one of the leading AI-powered payment software options on the market—had its IPO on December 12 under the NYSE stock symbol BILL. Within 48 hours, Bill.com surged to more than $37/share (after opening at $22) and sold almost 10 million shares, raising more than $200 million for the Palo Alto-based company. Read what real users think about Bill.com here.

If you're shopping for accounting software for the first time, you could take the path of least resistance and sign up for QuickBooks, sync your accounts, and be done with it. QuickBooks is the most popular accounting software in the world, and it works great for keeping your business' books in order.

Our industry is no stranger to change, but that can make it difficult to stay on top of important project management news and articles. Don’t worry, we've got you! Here’s what you need to know this week:

Whether you're running a boutique shop in a small town or a futuristic drone rental service, you started your small business because you enjoy your niche or saw an opportunity—not because you wanted an excuse to stay up late crunching numbers and balancing accounting ledgers.

If you're a project manager, or even someone with a vague interest in project management software, you've heard of Agile project management (the hot industry buzzword for the past several decades) and Waterfall project management (the time-tested but dated approach).

In many ways, marketers are like cooks. To concoct a delicious meal, a cook must balance the right ingredients carefully. A dash of salt, a splash of hot sauce, a pinch of garlic. Miss an ingredient or dump in a tablespoon of salt when you only need a teaspoon and the whole meal is ruined.

A few years ago, we published an article on the best accounting software options for Mac users. This is an update of that article, but here's the thing: There's no such thing as “accounting software for Mac" anymore.

In the 1980s, a project manager could sit down at their whirring, buzzing desktop computer, and—with about 50 clicks and arcane commands—check the status of a project, say the construction budget for a new aerobics studio.

Is your new collaboration tool hurting team productivity more than it's helping? If so, let's fix it. Research shows that strong communication is one of the most important factors for project success, so successful teams should employ the most effective tools available to enable good team communication.