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Investing & finance
Educational guides to the money side of running (and owning) a business — compound growth, index funds vs stock picking, diversification when your business is your biggest asset, reading a P&L, bookkeeping, and how small online businesses are valued and bought. Education, not personalized financial advice.
15 articles
Investing & finance · Jun 14, 2026
Due diligence before buying a small online business
A practical due-diligence checklist for a first-time buyer of a small online business: why the listing is the optimistic case, how to verify revenue and traffic from primary sources rather than screenshots, the concentration and platform-dependency risks that hide inside healthy-looking numbers, the all-important question of whether the business transfers to you intact, and the red flags that should end a deal. Education, not advice.
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Investing & finance · Jun 11, 2026
Compound interest for operators: the one formula that runs your portfolio and your business
A plain-language walk through compound growth for people who run businesses: the mechanics, the rule of 72, why the curve feels flat for years before it bends, and how reinvested profits, content libraries, and repeat customers compound exactly the way money does.
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Investing & finance · Jun 11, 2026
Index funds vs stock picking when your day job is already a concentrated bet
Why the active-versus-passive debate lands differently for business owners: what the evidence actually says about picking stocks, why an operator's edge rarely transfers to public markets, and the case for letting the boring half of your net worth stay boring.
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Investing & finance · Jun 11, 2026
Diversifying when your business is your biggest asset
A personal-balance-sheet approach for owner-operators: why the business, your income, and often your skills are all one correlated position, what concentration risk actually costs, and the practical sequence for building uncorrelated wealth alongside a company you love.
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Investing & finance · Jun 11, 2026
How small online businesses are valued: SDE, multiples, and what moves them
A plain-language guide to small-business valuation: what seller's discretionary earnings actually includes, why most online businesses trade at two to four times SDE, the specific factors that push a multiple up or down, and how to use valuation as an operating lens.
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Investing & finance · Jun 11, 2026
Reinvest or pay yourself? A profit allocation framework for small business owners
A deliberate approach to the owner's allocation decision: why both extremes fail, how to read the business's real marginal return on reinvestment, the case for paying yourself a boring fixed salary, and a percentage-based waterfall that ends the monthly renegotiation.
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Investing & finance · Jun 8, 2026
Business loans and lines of credit, explained
A clear, non-jargon guide to small-business borrowing: why debt is a tool rather than a moral question, the core difference between a term loan and a line of credit and what each is for, how to read the true cost of borrowing past the headline rate, the secured-versus-unsecured and personal-guarantee traps, and the simple test of borrowing against a return rather than against hope. Educational, not financial advice.
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Investing & finance · Jun 2, 2026
A cash buffer and emergency fund for business owners
Why owners need buffers more than employees, sizing a business reserve and a personal one, where to keep the money, and how to build it from irregular income. Educational, not personalized financial advice.
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Investing & finance · May 30, 2026
Separating business and personal finances (and why it matters)
Why commingling business and personal money causes tax, legal, and bookkeeping problems, and the practical steps — separate account, business card, clean records — to keep them apart.
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