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Take the pedals off and he'll ride by teatime

A seven-year-old can learn to ride in about ninety minutes, if you start with a spanner instead of a jog behind the saddle.

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Your high-risk processing rate isn't your processing cost

The 4.35% on the quote sheet is the smallest number in the deal. Work out the reserve, the float and the chargeback drag before you sign.

Woodworking6 min

Build the workbench first, and buy only four tools

Dads6 min

What a kid can actually do at five, eight, eleven and fourteen

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

How long a MATCH listing follows you, and how to get off it

Your merchant account got shut down and now nobody will board you. That's a five-year clock, it's tied to your name, and here's how it actually works.

GuideCarsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The used car tricks that still work, and how to beat them

Curbstoning, title washing, flood cars and the finance office. What the seller is hoping you won't check, and the ten minutes it takes to check it.

Dads5 min

The hardest player to coach will be your own kid

Business5 min

Keep a second processor warm before you need one

GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Buy the cheap drill. Never buy the cheap jack stands.

A working line between the tools where price buys you nothing and the ones where it buys you a finished job and ten fingers.

GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

What to settle before you hand over the first phone

The rules that survive contact with a thirteen-year-old are the physical ones. Everything else gets negotiated away by February.

Business6 min

Your processor just shut you off. Work the first six hours.

Food6 min

The steak method that works on any pan you own

GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Don't go quiet when your daughter turns thirteen

She'll stop volunteering information somewhere around year nine. The lifts, the standards and the small habits that keep the line open.

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

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.

BRO for Her5 min

Train around the week you actually have

Dads5 min

Pay it on Fridays and don't ask what they spent it on

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.