As an entrepreneur myself, I’m always interested in seeing how others got started. Marc Perry and I have connected in the past but I never really knew about his life prior to creating BuiltLean.com and considering he used to work in finance as a hedge fund manager no less, I thought it would be interesting […]

Last week I wrote about some things that we never buy generic because the quality in the national brand is just worth the extra cost. Many of you agreed that those products and others you mentioned are worth paying a premium for the higher quality counterparts. Well, today let’s look at the other side of […]

The battle between generics or private labels versus national brand names rages on year after year, but you all know that I value certain things over money around here right? This is a finance blog of course, so I know that money is important, but there comes a point when you have to decide what […]

One of the things that can be difficult to understand is that poor money decisions you make don’t just affect you. You may say that you’re only hurting yourself, but your poor money decisions can affect those around you as well. And in ways you might not have anticipated. Poor money decisions and the future […]