Big companies, it’s time to fix a corporate sin and pay your small clients | Gene Marks
Getting paid by big companies is the worst part about running a small business – and it’s become even more frustrating during the pandemic
As Washington debates whether to tax big corporations that don’t pay a higher minimum wage, maybe now’s the right time to also fix another corporate sin: paying their smallest customers on time.
For me – and countless others like me – getting paid by big companies and big government is the worst part about running a small business. Sure, most of my clients pay their bills when asked. But there’s always a few that pay well past 30 days. And those few are almost always my largest customers.



