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Early-stage and growth-stage businesses often relied on bookkeepers, accountants and instinct to make financial decisions while focusing heavily on sales and growth.—Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 The fellowship is focused on early-stage businesses with a minimum annual revenue of $75,000.—Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026 Playing the no-nonsense musical-hating science guy leaves the expansive star of Beetlejuice, School of Rock and Spamalot with too few enjoyments to share, too few moments of comic stage business, and certainly not enough songs to belt.—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026 For the next half hour, the stage business unfolds with dull-witted predictability, notwithstanding Françaix’s spirited and charming score.—Jennifer Homans, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stage business