Crypto & Markets

What moved, what it means, and what to do about it — without the hype or the doom.

Open the business account before you take the first dollar

A free EIN, one checking account and twenty minutes every Friday is the whole system. Skip it and you'll pay for it in April, with interest.

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Run a meeting that ends on time with the decision made

Put the decision in the invite title, name who decides, and stop recapping for people who showed up late. The rest is housekeeping.

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BRO TakeNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

Poverty Isn't a Reason to Die, and Canada Keeps Testing That

A decorated veteran asked for a wheelchair ramp and got offered assisted death instead. That's not a glitch in the system. That's the system's fastest yes.

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Real Estate6 min read

Help Your Kid Buy a House Without Betting Your Own

Gift, loan, or ownership stake. Pick one on purpose, paper it properly, and keep your retirement out of the blast radius.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

How to run a one-to-one that isn't just a status update

Thirty minutes, same slot every week, their agenda first. Most managers get the order backwards and then wonder why nobody tells them anything.

StoryNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

What the Record Shows About Canadian Veterans Offered MAID

A Paralympian asked for a wheelchair ramp and was offered assisted death instead. What the testimony and the department's own review established.

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GuideReal EstateRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Twenty Percent Down Or Three, And What Each One Really Costs

Twenty percent isn't a rule handed down from on high. It's a price you pay for a lower payment, and sometimes it's a bad buy.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Your vendor didn't change their bank details. Somebody else did.

The two attacks that actually hit small businesses arrive through the same door, and the defenses are boring, cheap and mostly free.

StoryNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

What UN Human Rights Experts Told Canada About MAID

Three UN independent experts warned Ottawa that opening assisted death to people who aren't dying would put disabled Canadians at risk. Here's the record.

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GuideReal EstateRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Price Your House Right In Week One Or Watch It Go Stale

The first ten days on the market decide your sale price. Here's how to set the number, read the feedback, and cut once instead of four times.

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GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

A complaint call is the best sales call you'll get all week

The customer who tells you what went wrong is handing you a second chance most businesses never get. Most operators waste it in the first ninety seconds.

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