Articles
How businesses are born.
How I Opened My Amazon Store — and How You Can Open Yours
The real steps, the mistakes to avoid and how to start yours.
How I Opened My Etsy Shop — and How You Can Open Yours
From handmade bouquets to first orders: photos, pricing and your first sales.
How I’m Building My Shopify Store — and How You Can Build Yours
Your brand, your customers, your rules — step by step.
Wealthsimple: More Than Investing
TFSA, RRSP, FHSA and the Wealthsimple card — a plain-English guide.
Questrade: Investing with U.S. Dollars from Canada
Hold U.S. dollars, invest in two markets and cut conversion costs.
Interactive Brokers: Invest Beyond Borders
International markets from Canada — with an example for newcomers.
How a business is born: what nobody tells you before you start
It isn't born from a perfect plan. It's born from a need you can no longer put off.
Seven businesses, one lesson
Shampoo, school supplies, a restaurant, a piñata shop, loans, marketplace, Vysa Trading LLC.
Selling on Etsy, Amazon and Shopify at the same time
What I learned holding up three platforms at once, with no team and no magic formulas.
Why digital businesses matter
From a physical counter to a store that works while I sleep.
How I started investing: Wealthsimple and Questrade
Moving from selling to live to investing to grow.
Why non-U.S. sellers need a U.S. LLC for e-commerce
What it is, what it lets you do, and why you don't need a lawyer to get started.