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Pay yourself the payment for three months before you borrow

A $12,000 loan at 12.9 percent hands the lender $3,424. Saving the same monthly amount gets you there in 36 months instead of 48, and the math is yours to check.

GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

A five-page website is all a local business needs

Your site has one job: make the phone ring. Most of what agencies sell you actively gets in the way of that.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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BRO TakeNewsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Boys Are Falling Behind and the Numbers Aren't New

Commentary on the reading gap, the college gap, the discipline data and the one variable nobody in the district office wants to name.

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Pay for the wedding in cash or move the date

The guest list is the budget. Everything else is decoration, and most of it's negotiable if you run the numbers first.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

What to check in the books before you buy somebody's business

The seller's P&L is a sales document. The bank statements are the truth. Start there and work outward.

BRO TakeNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

What People Actually Mean by Woke and Why the Word Stuck

The word has a real history, a real definition, and a real weakness. Know all three before you use it again.

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Read your home insurance policy on a Tuesday, not after a fire

Six numbers in your policy decide what you actually get paid. Most people meet them for the first time standing in a wet hallway.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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.

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.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

What actually moves your credit score and what doesn't

Two things do most of the work, a dozen things do almost nothing, and one common piece of advice costs people money every month.

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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.

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What was your first ever job?

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.

GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

The second income is smaller than the paycheck says

Before one parent comes home, do the subtraction that tells you what that job is actually adding to your family.

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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.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Business6 min

Handing the family business over without blowing up the family

Money6 min

The phone call that empties a family's savings

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Read Item 20 Before You Read the Franchise Brochure

The disclosure document is 23 items long and boring on purpose. Two of them tell you almost everything you need to know.

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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.

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What was your first ever job?

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