Entrepreneurship

Validate it, price it, launch it. Founder lessons with the survivorship bias taken out.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

Your January was decided back in July

Slow months don't sink tradesmen. Busy months spent like they'll never end do. How to build a winter you can actually sit through.

GuideCorporate MenMarcus Vale24 Sept 20266 min

The business trip isn't the problem. Coming home is.

Four nights away rarely hurts a marriage. The first hour back can. How to leave, travel and walk back in without paying for the trip twice.

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GuideCorporate WomenNina Castellan25 Sept 20266 min

Your promotion gets decided in a room you're not in

The ask matters less than what your boss carries into the calibration meeting. Write that page yourself, and write it months early.

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Self-Employed Men6 min read

Your first helper is probably an employee, not a 1099 guy

Calling him a contractor doesn't make him one. How to hire your first set of hands without handing the IRS and your insurer a reason to come knocking.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideCorporate MenRay Okonkwo24 Sept 20266 min

Walk into the raise conversation with a number, not a feeling

Most men lose the raise before the meeting starts. Build the case on paper, time it right, and the nerves mostly take care of themselves.

GuideMoneyDean Shaw24 Sept 20266 min

The captain's license is the cheap part of running charters

A six-pack license costs a year of sea time and a few hundred dollars. The boat math decides whether you ever get paid.

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GuideSelf-Employed MenMarcus Vale25 Sept 20266 min

Before you pay for leads, call the people who already paid you

When the phone goes quiet, the cheapest work you'll find is sitting in your old invoices. Most guys skip straight to buying leads instead.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideCorporate MenMarcus Vale24 Sept 20266 min

Staying out of office politics is how honest men lose

Refusing to play isn't neutrality. It hands the room to whoever plays dirtiest. How to win on the level instead, without selling a thing.

GuideMoneyDean Shaw24 Sept 20266 min

The dream job test is what it pays in February

Smokejumper, fishing guide, luthier. They're real jobs with real paychecks, as long as you judge the whole year and not the best week.

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GuideSelf-Employed MenRay Okonkwo24 Sept 20266 min

Quarterly taxes and the one rule that ends the April ambush

Four payments, one safe harbor rule and a second bank account. That's the whole system, and it keeps April from eating your truck payment.

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GuideCorporate MenMarcus Vale24 Sept 20266 min

Your first 90 days as a boss start with quitting your old job

The skill that got you promoted is the one most likely to sink you. How to spend three months becoming the manager, not the backup.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Add up the worst year before you pick a health plan

Four numbers decide what your coverage actually costs, and the deductible is the one people stare at for the wrong reasons.

GuideSelf-Employed MenRay Okonkwo24 Sept 20266 min

Why $45 an hour is a pay cut when it's your own truck

The rate that feels rich the day you go out on your own can leave you broke by April. Do this math before you quote another job.

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GuideCorporate MenMarcus Vale24 Sept 20266 min

The promotion goes to the guy people already follow

The decision about your next role gets made in rooms you're not in. What gets said there depends on how you treated people for the last year.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

News5 min

Your District Has a Gender Plan Form. Ask to See It.

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Pick your family's health plan with three columns of math

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GuideSkillsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

How To Use An AED And Where To Find One First

The machine tells you what to do and won't shock a heart that doesn't need it. The hard part is knowing which wall it's hanging on.

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News5 min read

Five Countries Reviewed Youth Gender Medicine and Got the Same Answer

Sweden, Finland, Norway, England and the U.S. each ran their own evidence review. None of them are red states, and none of them liked what they found.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

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