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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.
13 articles
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 · Apr 16, 2026
Asset allocation for the self-employed: building a portfolio around lumpy income
Portfolio construction when income refuses to be monthly: the difference between risk tolerance and risk capacity, why the emergency fund is an asset class for operators, layered buckets that absorb lumpy cash flow, and keeping the whole structure boring enough to survive.
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Investing & finance · Mar 26, 2026
Dollar-cost averaging and why timing the market keeps failing ordinary investors
An educational walkthrough of dollar-cost averaging: how fixed contributions automatically buy more when prices fall, what the evidence says about timing attempts, the behavioral failure DCA is actually designed to prevent, and where the technique genuinely does not apply.
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