--- title: "Small Business Resources & Guides | Novo | Novo" description: "Explore Novo's learning center for small business guides, practical financial management tips, expert insights, and inspiring entrepreneur stories." canonical: "https://www.novo.co/learn" --- - [Budgeting Essentials: Components of a Budget](https://www.novo.co/learn/budgeting-essentials-components-of-a-budget) - [Customer Spotlight: Blitz Creative Founder’s Journey to Success](https://www.novo.co/learn/customer-spotlight-blitz-creative-founders-journey-to-success) - [Is This Normal?](https://www.novo.co/learn/small-business-questions-HVAC-R) ![Melissa Shelton, founder of Dear Valentine.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/1b98d010510b151ca537b4c2a43ebe588e9d62f0-2470x3593.jpg?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) ## [Turning a Single Airbnb into an 8-Property Hospitality Brand](https://www.novo.co/learn/small-business-lessons-new-orleans-retailer-dear-valentine) Spotlight ![Jermail and Brandi Shelton, owners of Just Add Honey.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/b590008c155a7d27b4f1023707948e6433d29602-1170x1743.jpg?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) ## [How the Married Owners of a Tea Company Make Space for Life Outside of Work](https://www.novo.co/learn/small-business-leadership-atlanta-tea-company-just-add-honey) Spotlight ## Stories, Articles, and Resources Based on Real Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Journey and Improve Your Financial Know-how ![Practical Financial Management: Keep Your Business And Personal Finances Separate](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/e0f0065f8c84d223c0fb4b0a506a90674c453495-560x640.png?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) Expert Insights ### [Practical Financial Management: Keep Your Business And Personal Finances Separate](https://www.novo.co/learn/practical-financial-management-keep-your-business-and-personal-finances-separate) ![Self-Care Begins with the Way We Speak to Ourselves](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/c6a4e9bd5faa9a9bfd4347fee6875b9f6acb9640-2448x1373.jpg?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) Expert Insights ### [Self-Care Begins with the Way We Speak to Ourselves](https://www.novo.co/learn/self-care-begins-with-the-way-we-speak-to-ourselves) Expert Insights ![The Content Creator Who Built His Agency From Scratch](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/b9efefc1c6e3c333087d767b00a7419eb072c680-2448x1421.jpg?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) In the Spotlight ### [The Content Creator Who Built His Agency From Scratch](https://www.novo.co/learn/the-content-creator-who-built-his-agency-from-scratch) In the Spotlight ![‘Do it Scared’: NaKeitha Melton on Bravery as a Business Owner](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/afe081b7cb2b40992bbcaad6ff37595dd8cfe633-1200x801.png?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) In the Spotlight ### [‘Do it Scared’: NaKeitha Melton on Bravery as a Business Owner](https://www.novo.co/learn/nakeitha-k-creative-business-feature) In the Spotlight ## Novo Features **7:21** **7:21 How Novo’s Invoicing System Helped Me Simplify My Wedding Photography Business** **2:20 I Was Overwhelmed by Bookkeeping** **2:12 How Novo Can Help You Get Paid On Time** **2:59 Avoiding Tax Surprises as a Freelancer** ## What No One Tells You About Running a Business ![Paying Yourself Like a CEO](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/b3111aebcdb8f1c8874c3262bbb52925706c04e6-3875x2250.png?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) Expert Insights ### [Paying Yourself Like a CEO](https://www.novo.co/learn/paying-yourself-like-a-ceo) ![Chasty Wilson (first row, second from right) and her husband and business partner Steven Wilson (third row, far right) visit the Georgia State Capital with the Conditioned Air Association of Georgia.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/9918b0ca0a95e9f33c2576453cd2fb22a8b5a058-1206x770.jpg?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) Spotlight ### [Our employee stole from us, and our bank let it happen. Now, we’re tougher, smarter business owners](https://www.novo.co/learn/small-business-lessons-from-HVAC-R) Spotlight ![Nikki Benbenek with her husband and co-founder, Brian Benbenek, and their two daughters.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/ea1330ac6ccbe2a6f530b267a04b54078950e137-4000x6000.jpg?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) Learn ### [3 Things This Montessori Furniture Manufacturer Can’t Live Without](https://www.novo.co/learn/small-business-tools-virginia-toy-company-blueberry-and-third) Learn ## Get started with a Stripe fee calculator , small business accounting tips , or learn how to manage fluctuating income ## Banking Resources ## All content **Category** **Type** **Sort By (1)** Learn ### [FDIC Insurance for a Business Account: How Coverage Works](https://www.novo.co/learn/what-is-fdic-insurance) Learn Learn ### [Business Wire Transfers](https://www.novo.co/learn/what-is-a-wire-transfer) Learn ![Blueberry and Third cofounders Nikki and Brian Benbenek (third and fourth from left) with members of their new manufacturing team in Ohio.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/d35f28825ae1b82aa619d4b0dbc138b24183b7fb-4757x4261.jpg?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) Spotlight ### [Our Company’s Manufacturing Partner Bailed Two Months Before Christmas — But We Managed to Spring Back](https://www.novo.co/learn/small-business-lessons-from-virgina-toy-company-blueberry-and-third) Spotlight ![Jermail and Brandi Shelton, owners of Just Add Honey.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/b590008c155a7d27b4f1023707948e6433d29602-1170x1743.jpg?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) Spotlight ### [How the Married Owners of a Tea Company Make Space for Life Outside of Work](https://www.novo.co/learn/small-business-leadership-atlanta-tea-company-just-add-honey) Spotlight ![Price Latimer (left) and Maya Crowne, co-founders of Alkemis Paint.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/b69277771219ea783cd3dd0e8df66645224ce39d-6236x9369.jpg?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) Spotlight ### [From Friends to Co-founders: How Alkemis Paint Finds Balance in Business](https://www.novo.co/learn/small-business-leadership-santa-fe-paint-company-alkemis) Spotlight ![Chasty Wilson (first row, second from right) and her husband and business partner Steven Wilson (third row, far right) visit the Georgia State Capital with the Conditioned Air Association of Georgia.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qbkov2y8/production/9918b0ca0a95e9f33c2576453cd2fb22a8b5a058-1206x770.jpg?w=2048&q=82&fm=webp&fit=max) Spotlight ### [Our employee stole from us, and our bank let it happen. 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