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Why I stopped trying to be indispensable to my own business
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The numbers · this week

The Australian economy, in figures.

$4.2B
SME payments running on NPP rails this quarter
+38% YoY
2,847
Australian companies that raised seed capital in FY25
−12% YoY
61%
of SME owners who say AI changed how they hire
ABS, May
48d
median DSO for Aussie SMEs — worst in the OECD
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