Self-Employed Couples

Running a business together and staying married: roles, money, decisions and leaving work at the door.

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Getting your first ten customers when nobody knows your name

Your first ten clients almost never come from marketing. They come from a list of names, a plain message, and the willingness to send it.

GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

Read the filings before you buy the ticker

A working method for judging a business from its own documents, and how the same questions apply to a token.

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Sharpen a knife properly with what's already in your house

No fancy stones, no gadget clamps. A marker pen, something flat, and twenty minutes gets you a knife that slices paper.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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Run your week off one page of numbers

Monthly financials land three weeks too late to change anything. A twenty-minute Monday review on a single page will.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

What a rate change actually does to your mortgage and your savings

One percentage point moves a typical mortgage payment by about two hundred dollars a month. Most people never do the arithmetic. Do it once and it changes how you borrow.

GuideSkillsSam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

How To Get Into A Trade Nobody Else Is Entering

The shortage is real, but it doesn't pay you anything until you're the one they can't afford to lose. Start to finish, in the order it's done.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

The weekly numbers that keep a small business out of trouble

Monthly accounts tell you what already happened. These eight figures, reviewed every week on one page, tell you what's about to.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

BRO TakeCryptoRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

The honest answer on index funds versus picking stocks

Put the core of your money somewhere boring, then decide how much you can afford to spend on being clever.

GuideSkillsCal Brennan22 Sept 20265 min

What to do in the ten minutes before the ambulance arrives

Most emergencies are decided by an untrained person standing closest to the problem. Learn the order, and you stop being useless.

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What should I wear to this?

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GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

The numbers to check every Monday before you open your email

Your monthly P&L arrives three weeks late and tells you what already happened. A one-page weekly review tells you what's about to.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

The crypto scams that catch careful people too

Most crypto theft doesn't need to hack you. It needs you to click, sign, or send in a hurry — and here's how to break that habit.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideSkillsRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

How to negotiate hard and stay easy to deal with

Most people either roll over or turn unpleasant. There's a third way, and it works better than both.

GuideNewsBRO Desk22 Sept 20265 min

How to read economic news without being fooled by the headline

The numbers in a jobs or inflation report are usually fine. It's the framing around them that does the damage — here's how to check it in five minutes.