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How to get a fire going when every stick is soaked

Wet wood isn't wet all the way through. Here's the order of operations that turns a soggy woodpile into a fire that stays lit.

GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Your Farmers Market Stand Isn't a Hobby, It's a Business

The Saturday math that decides whether the market pays you or quietly bills you, and why half the stands are gone by September.

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GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Retirement accounts and the one question that sorts them

401(k), IRA, Roth, HSA, SEP. Strip the alphabet soup and it comes down to who taxes the money and when.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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Skills6 min read

Finding north with a stick, a watch and the Big Dipper

The sun gives you west in twenty minutes, Polaris gives you north in ten seconds, and neither one needs a battery or a signal.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Negotiating with suppliers when you're the small account

You don't have volume leverage. You have four other kinds, and most small operators never use any of them.

$The rent versus buy math nobody runs before they sign$

GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

The rent versus buy math nobody runs before they sign

A $350,000 house, an $1,850 rent, and five years of arithmetic that doesn't flatter either side.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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GuideSkillsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Burns, Sprains And Deep Cuts, Handled In The Right Order

Cool water for twenty minutes, pressure you don't peek at, and a short list of things that mean you stop treating it at home and get in the truck.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

One Hour on Friday Is All Your Books Need

Do your bookkeeping in a fixed weekly hour and you'll always know three numbers that decide whether your business lives.

GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Negotiate your raise with a page of evidence, not nerve

Courage doesn't move a budget line. A one-page file with numbers, dates and a market range does, and you can build it in a few evenings.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The Axe Work That Drops a Small Tree Where You Want It

Read the lean, cut the notch wide, leave the hinge alone, and be twenty feet away before it lands. Then limb it without burying the bit in your boot.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

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GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Write the job post so the wrong people don't apply

Most hiring problems start with a posting that could belong to anybody. Put the pay in, name the hard part, and watch your applicant pile get smaller and better.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

The family tax breaks that are worth the paperwork

A credit cuts your bill dollar for dollar. A deduction cuts it by your tax rate. Once you see the difference, the rest of the form gets simpler.

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20267 min

Unclog a toilet the right way, plunger first

The first eight seconds decide whether you're clearing a clog or mopping a floor. Then a flange plunger, used properly, handles almost all the rest.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Handing the family business over without blowing up the family

Most successions fail years before the lawyer gets involved. The fix is a date, real authority, and a number everybody agreed to while things were calm.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Money6 min

What each college savings account actually does with your money

Skills7 min

Fix the rocking toilet before it eats your subfloor

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Running a Business With Your Wife Without Losing the Marriage

Two people, one bank account, zero clocking off. The rules that keep the company from quietly eating the thing it was supposed to serve.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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Business5 min read

Leading a team through a mess you didn't make

The supplier burned down, the client went under, the parent company changed the rules. Your people still look at you first. Do this in the first 48 hours.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

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