... that I spent money to deliver a service, and now, I was again taxed due to late invoices; I was getting burned on both sides. This meant extremely stressful day-to-day operations. I was always under pressure. The agony of following up made it harder. There was absolutely nothing to fall back on. This was bad. As I asked around, this is a global problem, apparently. 70% of global invoices remain unpaid or are paid late. This was shocking ... ... founders are quitting, thousands of companies shutting shop, just because they couldn't collect their payments on time. This needed fixing. We need a better system to collaborate, deliver work and get paid, without the uncertainty and the agony