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PRESS

ZenBusiness Velo® Gives New and Aspiring Business Owners Access to Over a Decade of Expertise From Nearly One Million Businesses

6/23/2026

PRESS

60-Day Hustle and ZenBusiness

2/16/2026

PRESS

ZenBusiness Launches Velo®, the Smarter Way to Start and Run a Business with AI

7/22/2025

PRESS

ZenBusiness Appoints Financial Expert Lynn Atchison to Board to Drive Strategic Growth

3/13/2025

PRESS

New ZenBusiness Survey Finds AI Is Becoming Essential for Small Business Owners, but Trust and Transparency Remain Key

3/4/2025

PRESS

ZenBusiness Introduces Real-Time Alerts and Compliance Score to Take the Guesswork Out of Ever-Changing State and Federal Regulations

2/13/2025

PRESS

ZenBusiness COO Shanaz Hemmati Wins Silver Stevie® Award in 2024 Stevie Awards for Women in Business

11/21/2024

PRESS

Inc. Names ZenBusiness as a 2024 Power Partner Award Winner

10/29/2024

PRESS

ZenBusiness Takes The Guesswork Out Of AI For Small Business Owners

10/18/2024

PRESS

ZenBusiness Research Uncovers Gen X’s Entrepreneurial Spirit: 45% See Business Ownership as a Path to Retirement Stability

10/4/2024

PRESS

ZenBusiness to Launch New AMA Series with Inaugural AMA Led by CEO Ross Buhrdorf on Starting, Running and Growing a Business

5/2/2024

PRESS

ZenBusiness Wins Silver Stevie® Award for Sales & Customer Service in Front-Line Customer Service Team Category

4/25/2024

PRESS

ZenBusiness Launches Beneficial Ownership Filing Service for Small Business Customers

1/18/2024

PRESS

ZenBusiness Appoints Zachary Rippstein as Chief Marketing Officer

1/11/2024

PRESS

ZenBusiness Further Empowers Small Business Owners with Integrated Payment Acceptance Tools

11/7/2023

PRESS

EY Announces Ross Buhrdorf of ZenBusiness as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Gulf South Award Winner

6/20/2023

PRESS

New ZenBusiness Research Finds Class of 2023 Sees Neurodiversity as an Asset in Leadership & is Primed to be the Most Entrepreneurial

6/14/2023

PRESS

EY Announces Ross Buhrdorf of ZenBusiness as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Gulf South Award Finalist

5/4/2023

PRESS

SXSW Announces Winners of 2023 Pitch Competition

3/12/2023

PRESS

ZenBusiness Turns 1,000 Tech Layoffs Into 1,000 Tech Start-Ups With Help From Some Heavy Hitters as an Official Partner of SXSW

3/9/2023

PRESS

How AI Is Breaking Down the Barriers to Entrepreneurship

8/6/2026 – Vote for our SXSW panel

INTERVIEW

How AI Is Set to Transform Small Businesses, According to ZenBusiness CTO Alex Victoria – Techstrong TV

1/14/2026

INTERVIEW

2026 Small Business AI Outlook Report

1/16/2026

INTERVIEW

OpenAI CFO Signals End of AI Hype Cycle

1/21/2026

INTERVIEW

How AI Is Set to Transform Small Business Operations and Growth – Techstrong TV

2/10/2026

INTERVIEW

Ai, 1 Million Customers, and $… – The Jess Larsen Show on Innovation & Leadership

2/12/2026

INTERVIEW

What’s the possibility of a drone strike in California?

3/13/2026

INTERVIEW

Former Miss Compton Making Funnel Cakes A Community Staple

3/31/2026

INTERVIEW

Helping Entrepreneurs Start Confidently – Sameer Gulati – The CMO Whisperer

5/12/2026

INTERVIEW

CIOs are enlisting business users to vibe code their own apps

5/26/2026

INTERVIEW

Interview: Sameer Gulati, President of ZenBusiness

6/1/2026

PRESS

ZenBusiness Expands Velo Access for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs

6/23/2026

INTERVIEW

AI and the Workforce: What Leaders Need to Know

6/6/2026

INTERVIEW

Interview with Ross Buhrdorf, CEO and co-founder of ZenBusiness

6/24/2026

PRESS

ZenBusiness enhances its AI copilot for new business owners with step-by-step blueprints

6/23/2026

PRESS

A Small Business Platform Expands Its AI-Driven Advice Tool, Finding Solopreneurs Are Flocking

6/23/2026

AWARDS

Shanaz made the 2025 Inc Female Founders 500 list!

3/11/2025

AWARDS

ZenBusiness ranked #48 on the Tech Employers in the Austin area list in the 3/7/2025 issue of the Austin Business Journal

3/7/2025

AWARDS

The Change Makers 2025

1/4/2025

AWARDS

ZenBusiness has been named a 2024 Inc Power Partner

10/22/2024

AWARDS

Greater Austin Business Awards: Winners Announced

10/10/2024

AWARDS

2024 Stevie Award Winners – Individual Women Awards Categories

9/19/2024

AWARDS

ZenBusiness is a finalist for the Customer Experience category

8/6/2024

AWARDS

Nominees for Austin's Best CFO awards announced

6/24/2024

AWARDS

ZenBusiness has been ranked as the #4 fastest-growing Longhorn business out of 100

5/25/2024

AWARDS

ZenBusiness Wins Silver Stevie® Award for Sales & Customer Service in Front-Line Customer Service Team Category

4/1/2024

AWARDS

Ross Buhrdorf is a EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist – awaiting winners’ announcement

4/1/2023

AWARDS

Greater Austin Business Awards: Shanaz Hemmati wins entrepreneurial vision category

10/17/2023

AWARDS

Small Agency Campaign of the Year B2B, Gold – ZenBusiness’ ‘Welcome to the Uprising’ from Joan Creative

7/27/2023

AWARDS

Built In Austin’s 50 Startups to Watch in 2019

2/15/2019

INTERVIEW

How Ross Buhrdorf Helped 700K Small Business Owners to Succeed

12/5/2024

INTERVIEW

Shanaz Hemmati, COO of ZenBusiness, on Breaking Barriers and Empowering Entrepreneurs

11/25/2024

INTERVIEW

Use ZenBusiness to Start & Grow Your Business with Ross Buhrdorf | Experts Speak

9/5/2024

INTERVIEW

Entrepreneurial Mindset with Ross Buhrdorf

6/3/2024

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ZENBUSINESS NEWS

Who is ZenBusiness?

Learn more about ZenBusiness

In the Media: ZenBusiness Press Releases

ZenBusiness Velo® Gives New and Aspiring Business Owners Access to Over a Decade of Expertise From Nearly One Million Businesses

60-Day Hustle and ZenBusiness

ZenBusiness Launches Velo®, the Smarter Way to Start and Run a Business with AI

ZenBusiness Appoints Financial Expert Lynn Atchison to Board to Drive Strategic Growth

New ZenBusiness Survey Finds AI Is Becoming Essential for Small Business Owners, but Trust and Transparency Remain Key

ZenBusiness Introduces Real-Time Alerts and Compliance Score to Take the Guesswork Out of Ever-Changing State and Federal Regulations

ZenBusiness COO Shanaz Hemmati Wins Silver Stevie® Award in 2024 Stevie Awards for Women in Business

Inc. Names ZenBusiness as a 2024 Power Partner Award Winner

ZenBusiness Takes The Guesswork Out Of AI For Small Business Owners

ZenBusiness Research Uncovers Gen X’s Entrepreneurial Spirit: 45% See Business Ownership as a Path to Retirement Stability

ZenBusiness to Launch New AMA Series with Inaugural AMA Led by CEO Ross Buhrdorf on Starting, Running and Growing a Business

ZenBusiness Wins Silver Stevie® Award for Sales & Customer Service in Front-Line Customer Service Team Category

ZenBusiness Launches Beneficial Ownership Filing Service for Small Business Customers

ZenBusiness Appoints Zachary Rippstein as Chief Marketing Officer

ZenBusiness Further Empowers Small Business Owners with Integrated Payment Acceptance Tools

EY Announces Ross Buhrdorf of ZenBusiness as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Gulf South Award Winner

New ZenBusiness Research Finds Class of 2023 Sees Neurodiversity as an Asset in Leadership & is Primed to be the Most Entrepreneurial

EY Announces Ross Buhrdorf of ZenBusiness as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Gulf South Award Finalist

SXSW Announces Winners of 2023 Pitch Competition

ZenBusiness Turns 1,000 Tech Layoffs Into 1,000 Tech Start-Ups With Help From Some Heavy Hitters as an Official Partner of SXSW

In the Media: ZenBusiness Media Mentions

How AI Is Breaking Down the Barriers to Entrepreneurship

How AI Is Set to Transform Small Businesses, According to ZenBusiness CTO Alex Victoria – Techstrong TV

2026 Small Business AI Outlook Report

OpenAI CFO Signals End of AI Hype Cycle

How AI Is Set to Transform Small Business Operations and Growth – Techstrong TV

Ai, 1 Million Customers, and $… – The Jess Larsen Show on Innovation & Leadership

What’s the possibility of a drone strike in California?

Former Miss Compton Making Funnel Cakes A Community Staple

Helping Entrepreneurs Start Confidently – Sameer Gulati – The CMO Whisperer

CIOs are enlisting business users to vibe code their own apps

Interview: Sameer Gulati, President of ZenBusiness

ZenBusiness Expands Velo Access for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs

AI and the Workforce: What Leaders Need to Know

Interview with Ross Buhrdorf, CEO and co-founder of ZenBusiness

ZenBusiness enhances its AI copilot for new business owners with step-by-step blueprints

A Small Business Platform Expands Its AI-Driven Advice Tool, Finding Solopreneurs Are Flocking

In the Media: ZenBusiness Awards

Shanaz made the 2025 Inc Female Founders 500 list!

ZenBusiness ranked #48 on the Tech Employers in the Austin area list in the 3/7/2025 issue of the Austin Business Journal

The Change Makers 2025

ZenBusiness has been named a 2024 Inc Power Partner

Greater Austin Business Awards: Winners Announced

2024 Stevie Award Winners – Individual Women Awards Categories

ZenBusiness is a finalist for the Customer Experience category

Nominees for Austin's Best CFO awards announced

ZenBusiness has been ranked as the #4 fastest-growing Longhorn business out of 100

ZenBusiness Wins Silver Stevie® Award for Sales & Customer Service in Front-Line Customer Service Team Category

Ross Buhrdorf is a EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist – awaiting winners’ announcement

Greater Austin Business Awards: Shanaz Hemmati wins entrepreneurial vision category

Small Agency Campaign of the Year B2B, Gold – ZenBusiness’ ‘Welcome to the Uprising’ from Joan Creative

Built In Austin’s 50 Startups to Watch in 2019

In the Media: Featured Podcasts

How Ross Buhrdorf Helped 700K Small Business Owners to Succeed

Shanaz Hemmati, COO of ZenBusiness, on Breaking Barriers and Empowering Entrepreneurs

Use ZenBusiness to Start & Grow Your Business with Ross Buhrdorf | Experts Speak

Entrepreneurial Mindset with Ross Buhrdorf