The SMB Growth Trap If you are running a small to medium-sized business (SMB) in 2026, you probably feel like you’re doing ten jobs at once. Your team is likely "swamped"—spending 14-hour days managing day-to-day manual tasks, organizing spreadsheets, and answering baseline queries. The tragedy of the SMB is that while everyone is working at max capacity, the company as a whole is standing still. There is no time for growth because everyone is busy surviving the maintenance.