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Hard-won lessons from running 1,500+ service SMBs across LATAM. Recurring billing, bilingual operations, AI for SMBs, growth playbooks. No fluff.

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Featured

The 5.8M businesses nobody built software for

There are 5.8 million Hispanic-owned US businesses generating $700B+ in revenue. The amount of bilingual enterprise-grade SaaS built for them: nearly zero. Here's why that's about to change — and what it means if you're one of them.

May 28, 2026 · 7 min read · by Jhovan Lopera

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Billing & Ops

Recurring Billing 101 for Service SMBs

Cards expire. Bank declines happen. Customers forget. If you're not running smart dunning, you're leaking 6-8% of MRR every month. Here's the playbook.

May 27, 2026 · 5 min read

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Hispanic Market

Honest ServiceTitan alternatives for 2026

ServiceTitan is great if you have 50+ techs and $400K/yr in software budget. Here are 4 honest alternatives if you don't — including their tradeoffs (yes, even ours).

May 25, 2026 · 8 min read

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AI for SMBs

How we use Claude AI for quotes, summaries, churn

AI for SMBs isn't a chatbot. It's the unglamorous backend work: drafting quotes from voice notes, summarizing 30-min support calls into 3 bullets, predicting which customers will churn next quarter.

May 22, 2026 · 6 min read

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Compliance

Bilingual invoices & Florida sales tax: what to know

Florida service SMBs serving Hispanic customers run into the same compliance questions. Spanish-language invoice requirements, sales tax on services, 1099 reporting. We unpack it.

May 18, 2026 · 9 min read

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Growth

USHCC membership: is the $500 fee worth it?

We ran the math on US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce membership for service SMBs. Spoiler: 12-18x ROI if you actually work the directory. Here's how.

May 14, 2026 · 6 min read