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Give them the skill, not just the Saturday

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Most volunteering wastes the best thing you'd bring. How to find the place that needs what you already do well, and offer it so it actually sticks.

How to Volunteer With Young Kids Without It Falling Apart

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Most family service days die at the 40-minute mark. Pick a job a six-year-old can finish, keep it to 90 minutes, and put it on the same Saturday every month.

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What your merchant agreement says about leaving

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What your merchant agreement says about leaving

The exit fee, the notice window and the equipment lease that won't cancel. Find all three now, not the week you finally want out.

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How to tell a great game from a second job

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How to tell a great game from a second job

A simple test for whether a game respects your time, plus how to quit the ones that don't without losing the hobby you love.

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Pick the Volunteer Job You'll Actually Show Up For

GuideCommunitySam OrtizSep 23, 20265 min

Pick the Volunteer Job You'll Actually Show Up For

Start with your calendar, not your conscience. The right volunteer role is the one you can do on a bad week.

The four-digit number that decides how your business gets paid

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

The four-digit number that decides how your business gets paid

Your merchant category code sets your interchange, your customers' rewards, and whether a corporate card will even approve you. Most operators never check it.

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The paperwork you can't skip in your first year

GuideStartupsRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

The paperwork you can't skip in your first year

Most of it takes a weekend. Skipping it turns a slow month into a business-ending one, usually about fourteen months in.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Learn Your Neighbors' Names Before You Need Them

GuideCommunitySam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Learn Your Neighbors' Names Before You Need Them

A practical plan for knowing the eight houses closest to yours, starting with a folding table and a box of popsicles.

What your processor means when it calls you high risk

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What your processor means when it calls you high risk

The label isn't a moral judgment. It's a bet on who pays for your refunds if you disappear, and you can change the odds.

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How to Run a One-Man Business That Doesn't Eat Your Family

GuideStartupsRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20265 min

How to Run a One-Man Business That Doesn't Eat Your Family

Solo businesses fail two ways: they go broke, or they survive by quietly consuming everything at home. You can design against both.

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How to Join a Service Club and Actually Stay in It

GuideCommunityMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

How to Join a Service Club and Actually Stay in It

Rotary, Lions, the Knights of Columbus: what the first meeting is really like, what it costs, and the job to take if you want to last past year one.

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Buying a used truck without inheriting somebody else’s problem

GuideCountry BroWes DunbarSep 15, 20262 min

Buying a used truck without inheriting somebody else’s problem

Rust, service history and how it was actually used. Most of the rest is negotiable.

Quit when the work is already there, not before

GuideStartupsRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

Quit when the work is already there, not before

The honest test for leaving a paycheck to run your own service business, and the seasons when staying put is the braver call.

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The first ten thousand dollars teaches you everything else

GuideStartupsRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

The first ten thousand dollars teaches you everything else

Your first ten grand in revenue isn't about the money. It's the cheapest, fastest way to find out whether you have a business or a hobby.

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Is your money actually in order?

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Getting your first ten customers when nobody knows your name

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You're almost certainly charging too little

GuideStartupsMarcus ValeSep 15, 20262 min

You're almost certainly charging too little

The service business failure mode: full schedule, empty account, no idea which one is the problem.

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