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Gen Z Is Spending To Keep Up With Social Media. Clothing Rental Offers a Way Out

Sylvie Tremblay — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

“Every time me and my friends go out, someone’s taking pictures that will probably end up online,” says Maria, a 23-year-old personal assistant based in Los Angeles. “So even when I love an outfit, I don’t want to wear it too often because it feels like everyone’s already seen it.” For Maria, the pressure to

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Most Businesses Are Scaling the Wrong Things. Here’s What to Actually Build

sglenn — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:06:54 +0000

Everything you say yes to is something else you’re saying no to. When business owners say they’re “scaling,” it usually looks like one of two things. Both feel like progress on the surface. And a lot of the time, both quietly make the business worse. At Morning Brew, we learned this the hard way. For

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Has Having Kids Become a Luxury Purchase?

sglenn — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:32:41 +0000

Scroll through your social media feeds, and you’ll likely come across conversations reflecting the ambivalence a lot of people are feeling about having kids in a tough economy. Those feelings track with a recent Credit Karma survey of 629 adults ages 18-45. Sixty-eight percent said raising children felt financially out of reach right now, while

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The Hidden Tax on Moving Slow: Why the Cost of Hesitation Is Higher Than You Think

sglenn — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:19:00 +0000

Everyone talks about the risk of moving too fast. Not enough people talk about the cost of moving too slow. For many small business owners, that is the more expensive mistake. I think one of the most useful frameworks for this comes from Jeff Bezos. There are one-way-door decisions and two-way-door decisions. A one-way door

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The Businesses That Will Win the Next Decade Already Look Different. Here’s How

sglenn — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:49:36 +0000

I spend my days inside companies helping them get on the right side of history. I see lots of patterns. But the one that matters most to me is what this moment means for the businesses that actually keep the economy running. After building Morning Brew and now running Tenex, an AI transformation firm, I’ve

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You Can’t Scale a Business You Don’t Understand. Start with the Numbers

sglenn — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000

A lot of business owners are great at vision. Product. Growth strategy. The story of what the business could become. What they tend to avoid is the numbers. And that’s a mistake. Because you can’t scale a business you do not understand. And your financials are how you understand it. To me, your financials are

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For New Grads, the Real Student Loan Question Isn’t RAP vs. Tiered, It’s $111 a Month

Sachkia Barnes — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Starting July 1, 2026, federal student loan plans like PAYE and SAVE are going away. They’re being replaced by two new options: RAP and the Tiered Standard Plan. Picking your plan, RAP or Tiered Standard, isn’t just a loan decision. Whatever you commit to now affects how much you can save, how fast you can

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As Grocery Bills Increase, Gen Z Claps Back

Sylvie Tremblay — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:44:39 +0000

For Gen Zers dealing with higher grocery bills, no-spend and low-buy challenges are becoming a simple way to cut back without feeling like they have to stop spending altogether. What started as a social media trend is starting to feel a lot more practical when groceries are taking up more of the budget. A no-spend

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Here’s Exactly How a Fed Rate Change Hits Your Wallet

Emily Fowler — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:12:23 +0000

Whether you’re building an emergency fund, saving for a home, paying down debt, or investing for retirement, Federal Reserve interest rate decisions can affect all of these life moments, though not always in the same way. For example, a higher rate might work in your favor if you’re earning interest on your savings, but it

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Splitting Your 2026 Festival Tix into Payments? Here’s How To Do It Right

hannahorvath — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:43:17 +0000

Key takeaways Splitting a music festival ticket into payments with buy-now-pay-latter apps isn’t necessarily reckless. It might be one of the smarter money moves we can make right now. Here’s how to do it right. Why we’re choosing memories over milestones Call it a different set of priorities than a few years ago, but the

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Beyond the Airfare Hacks, the Two Hidden Travel Savings You Don’t Want To Miss

Margie Zable Fisher — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:16:05 +0000

Key takeaways The budget-minded hacks to travel smarter this summer Some travelers think they already know how to save money, like booking the lowest fare or choosing budget airlines. But, according to a recent Credit Karma survey, on average, just 25% of travelers are exploring these and other airfare tactics like: That means most travelers

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Summer 2026 Doesn’t Have To Wreck Your Budget. Here’s a Simple Plan.

Sylvie Tremblay — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Summer’s often an expensive time of year. And, according to a recent Credit Karma survey, nearly a third of Americans expect to take on debt this summer. But the good news is summer can be different. With a little planning, you can have all the fun you want, without a financial hangover in the fall.

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Best Financial Advice for Stay-At-Home Moms

sglenn — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:15:39 +0000

As a stay-at-home mom, you’re also the CFO of your family. Here’s how to hold down the fort on just one income, without forgoing the fun. The cost of raising a child to 18 just got higher, with prices rising across the board in summer 2026. It’s no surprise that 55% of Americans say this

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I Started Paying Attention To AI Stocks and Nobody Was Talking About Taxes

sglenn — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:59:27 +0000

Key takeaways I’ve been investing long enough to know what gets left out of excited market conversations, and watching people move into AI stocks has been a good reminder. Nobody’s talking about taxes. In a fast-moving sector like AI, it can be tempting to buy and sell frequently to catch the next big thing. And

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Watching the World Cup, I Started Wondering What the Staff Actually Owes in Taxes

sglenn — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:24:49 +0000

Key takeaways The hidden tax of a dream job in professional sports I was watching a World Cup match, and the camera panned to the bench. I started counting: coach, assistant coach, someone with a clipboard, two people in polos I couldn’t place, a guy with a medical bag. And I started thinking about what

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COVID-Era Tax Refunds: File Form 843 by July 10

sglenn — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:50:18 +0000

Paid IRS penalties or interest on your 2019–2022 taxes? A recent court ruling means a COVID tax refund could be owed to you. Here's how to claim it before the July 10 deadline.

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Quiz: What Kind of Entrepreneur Are You?

TurboTaxBlogTeam — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Entrepreneurs come from all different walks of life… and business management styles. There’s no one right way to turn what you love into a successful business. But the more you know about how you work, the easier it is to see strengths, weaknesses, and where you can grow. Take the quiz to learn more about

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Here’s When I Realized My Side Hustle Had Become a Real Business

Jereshia Hawk — Thu, 21 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Key takeaways I remember the exact moment. Orders started coming in from all over the world, and instead of feeling excited, I felt a low-grade panic. Not because anything had gone wrong; everything had gone right. I was building an e-commerce business on the side while working a full-time corporate job, and it was actually

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Your Business Is Profitable. Are You Paying Yourself Like It Is?

Jereshia Hawk — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Key takeaways Let me ask you something that I ask almost every client at some point: “How much did you pay yourself last year?” The pause that follows that question tells me everything. Some people laugh nervously. Some pull up a spreadsheet. And some quietly admit they have no idea, because they’ve been reinvesting everything,

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What I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Started Scaling My Business

Jereshia Hawk — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Key takeaways If I could sit across from the version of myself that was just starting to scale, I’d skip the motivational speech. I’d go straight to the financial conversation nobody was having with me at the time. Not because the mindset isn’t important. It is. But there are some fundamentals I learned the hard

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