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Starting a Handyman Business Without Getting Fined

Licensing thresholds, the four holes in a cheap liability policy, and why hourly pricing quietly bankrupts good handymen.

GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

Your Beneficiary Form Beats Your Will

Most of what you own won't pass through your will at all, and the paperwork that actually controls it takes twenty minutes to fix.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideOld SchoolNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

The Depression tricks my grandmother never stopped using

Bacon grease, a button tin and a soup pot that runs on leftovers, plus the two old-time savings tricks that aren't worth your Saturday.

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Startups6 min read

Write Your Quotes So The Job Can't Come Back On You

The number is the smallest part of a quote. The scope, the exclusions and the change-order line are what keep a good job from turning into a fight.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

The culture you tolerate is the culture you have

Values on the wall don't build a company. What you reward, repeat and refuse to put up with does. Here's how to set it on purpose.

GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

When to do your own taxes and when to pay somebody

The test isn't how smart you are. It's whether your return contains judgment calls, and how many Saturdays you're willing to burn finding out.

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GuideOld SchoolDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Take the Back Off Before You Throw It Out

Most broken things aren't broken. They're clogged, loose, dull, or unplugged from the inside, and you can fix that on a kitchen table tonight.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

The insurance policies a small company actually needs

Four policies carry almost all the risk, two more catch what they miss, and one clause in the property form can gut a claim you thought was covered.

GuideStartupsRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

Start Mowing With One Truck And One Trailer

The equipment list is the easy part. Drive time, February cash and the customers you say no to are what decide whether you're still cutting in year three.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

How to come home from a work trip in the same shape you left

Four nights in a hotel doesn't have to cost you your sleep, your waistline or your Monday. The fixes start when you book, not when you land.

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GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 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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What was your first ever job?

BRO TakeOld SchoolRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

The old cash rule, tested against a modern paycheck

My grandfather borrowed money twice in his whole life. The rule he lived by still works, and it breaks in exactly three places.

GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

The grocery store is a better rest stop than the drive-thru

A cooler, one deli counter and twenty minutes at a picnic table will feed four people better and cheaper than any exit ramp in America.

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GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 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.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Startups5 min

Open the business account before you take the first dollar

BRO for Her6 min

Nine tools, one Saturday, and the repairs you stop paying for

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Rewrite my résumé so it actually gets read

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GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 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.

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Travel6 min read

The passport rules that get families turned away at the gate

A passport expiring in four months is, to most of the world, already expired. Fix that and eight other paperwork traps before you book anything.

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What was your first ever job?

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