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Category: Strategy

Funding The Dream

As winter wears on, I have thought a lot about exactly what it would take to go live in a…
March 12, 2017March 12, 2017

Protected: Kicking Assets: Managing Capital Gains Taxes

Here's a scenario: you invest in a stock/mutual fund, or a property, or some other asset. That asset goes up…
February 19, 2017March 7, 2017

How to Have Enough: Go Get The Money

  Recently something I'd been looking for my whole life happened. I spotted a $20 just sitting in an ATM…
February 12, 2017February 12, 2017

How do I set hourly rates as a freelancer?

Sometimes, when you all shoot me questions, I shoot back quick answers. This post is from one of those exchanges. …
January 28, 2017January 10, 2022

Hacking Capitalism: Divest and Divert

And, as I work on writing out my new series: HACKING CAPITALISM, part of a new toolkit and online course resource, I am…
December 5, 2016March 9, 2017
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