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GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Raising your prices after years of charging too little

The arithmetic, the email, the script for pushback, and the one situation where you should hold off.

GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Profitable and broke is a real place

Your P&L can say you made money in a month you couldn't make payroll. Both things are true, and only one of them can close you down.

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GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Getting paid on time starts before you send the invoice

Deposits, due dates, PO numbers and a chase ladder that works — the small print that decides whether cash turns up in 14 days or 74.

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The first employee changes your job more than theirs

Going from one person to two is the hardest hire you'll ever make, and most of the work happens before anyone starts.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideSam Ortiz22 Sept 20265 min

Nobody should be surprised on the day they get fired

A practical walkthrough of ending someone's employment with clarity and decency, what you actually owe them, and the mistakes that cost you a team.

GuideRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

Selling without the sales voice

You don't need a different personality to close business. You need better questions, a straight price, and the nerve to say what you don't do.

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GuideRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

Most late invoices are a process problem, not a people problem

The awkward conversation about money is one you can mostly avoid, if you do the unglamorous work before the job starts.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

Managing people who have been doing this longer than you

Age gaps on a team are normal. The mistakes new managers make around them are avoidable, and most of them happen in the first month.

GuideRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

How a Profitable Business Runs Out of Money

Profit is an opinion formed at year end. Cash is a fact that shows up on a Friday, and Friday is when payroll clears.

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GuideRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

Read your own profit and loss in ten minutes a month

The bottom line tells you something is wrong. It never tells you what. Read the statement in this order and it will.

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GuideRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

What to file before your first employee starts

The order of operations for hiring employee number one, the forms that have real deadlines, and the mistakes that cost the most to unwind.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

How to fire someone without wrecking them or your team

The decision is the easy part. The fifteen minutes, the paperwork and the week afterward are where most managers fall apart.

GuideRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

Run your week off one page of numbers

Monthly financials land three weeks too late to change anything. A twenty-minute Monday review on a single page will.

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GuideRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

The weekly numbers that keep a small business out of trouble

Monthly accounts tell you what already happened. These eight figures, reviewed every week on one page, tell you what's about to.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

The numbers to check every Monday before you open your email

Your monthly P&L arrives three weeks late and tells you what already happened. A one-page weekly review tells you what's about to.

Read a tape measure in one glance, sixteenths and all

Stop counting little lines from the inch mark. Read off the landmarks, call it like the crew does, and quit wasting lumber.

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GuideSkillsCal Brennan3 Oct 20267 min

Four emergencies, and the instinct that makes each one worse

Bleeding, burns, choking and sprains each come with one obvious move that's wrong. Learn the right one now, while nobody's hurt.

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Your home is your office now, so own a real drill

Every jammed disposal and sagging shelf costs a home business a morning. A dozen basic tools, and what each one actually does, fix most of it.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

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