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Why Small Business Owners Skip Their Own Paychecks

Nearly half of U.S. small business owners defer their own pay to keep operations running — new survey data reveal a structural cash-flow crisis, not a one-off fix.

Patriot Software’s 2025 small business survey, which polled 1,000 current owners, managers, and recent former owners, found that 47.7% of U.S. small business owners have skipped or delayed their own paycheck at least once to keep their business runni… [11217 chars]

Source: Business 2 Community | Published: 2026-06-19T14:33:03Z

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