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Get Clients to Pay Up

You’re finally at a point where you’re able to invoice your customers and begin getting cash in the door and then your invoices go unpaid. This can be very frustrating to a cash-strapped startup.

So, what options do you have when you’ve submitted an invoice and it goes unpaid? There are informal and formal actions you can take to encourage and force payment. Read the Get Clients to Pay Up article for some ideas on how to get personal, be persistent, take legal action or determine when it’s best to just write it off.

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