Small business owners struggle to identify affordable essential tools
Bootstrapped small business owners face decision fatigue when assembling a software stack across payments, email, project management, storage, and accounting. This post is an advice-sharing thread rather than an articulated gap — the named tools already exist and are accessible.
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