DEV Community: Brett Zandes

DEV Community: Brett Zandes The latest articles on DEV Community by Brett Zandes (@brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027). https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3961643%2F357c5172-a9fd-4a55-bb06-affed9c206bb.png DEV Community: Brett Zandes https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027 en You do not need documents, a valuation, or a coherent answer to join us. You need one hour and a willingness to say what Brett Zandes Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:48:46 +0000 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/you-do-not-need-documents-a-valuation-or-a-coherent-answer-to-join-us-you-need-one-hour-and-a-4e21 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/you-do-not-need-documents-a-valuation-or-a-coherent-answer-to-join-us-you-need-one-hour-and-a-4e21 <p>You do not need documents, a valuation, or a coherent answer to join us. You need one hour and a willingness to say what you actually want. That is the whole bar.<br> <a href="https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=ETL-187509-MV187509-DEVDIS-DV-LANDING-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Flp.php%3Fp%3DETL%26t%3Djobs%26close%3D3%26s%3DETL-187509-MV187509-DEVDIS-DV-LANDING-R0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=ETL-187509-MV187509-DEVDIS-DV-LANDING-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Flp.php%3Fp%3DETL%26t%3Djobs%26close%3D3%26s%3DETL-187509-MV187509-DEVDIS-DV-LANDING-R0</a></p> Half the advice people pay real money for, another owner would have handed them over coffee. Earning Enterprises is a lo Brett Zandes Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:17:09 +0000 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/half-the-advice-people-pay-real-money-for-another-owner-would-have-handed-them-over-coffee-44kc https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/half-the-advice-people-pay-real-money-for-another-owner-would-have-handed-them-over-coffee-44kc <p>Half the advice people pay real money for, another owner would have handed them over coffee. Earning Enterprises is a loose group of small operators who trade the coffee version. The list is free, and you can lurk for a month before you say<br> <a href="https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=EE-72164-MV72164-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fcalendly.php%3Fp%3DEE%26lane%3DOO%26close%3D4%26s%3DEE-72164-MV72164-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=EE-72164-MV72164-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fcalendly.php%3Fp%3DEE%26lane%3DOO%26close%3D4%26s%3DEE-72164-MV72164-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0</a></p> Children in the system get talked about far more than they get talked to. Mentors close a little of that gap one hour at Brett Zandes Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:57:01 +0000 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/children-in-the-system-get-talked-about-far-more-than-they-get-talked-to-mentors-close-a-little-of-54ad https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/children-in-the-system-get-talked-about-far-more-than-they-get-talked-to-mentors-close-a-little-of-54ad <p>Children in the system get talked about far more than they get talked to. Mentors close a little of that gap one hour at a time. Join the list if you would like to be one.<br> <a href="https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=CCH-74790-MV74790-DEVDIS-DV-LANDING-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Flp.php%3Fp%3DCCH%26t%3Djobs%26close%3D3%26s%3DCCH-74790-MV74790-DEVDIS-DV-LANDING-R0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=CCH-74790-MV74790-DEVDIS-DV-LANDING-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Flp.php%3Fp%3DCCH%26t%3Djobs%26close%3D3%26s%3DCCH-74790-MV74790-DEVDIS-DV-LANDING-R0</a></p> Sign up if you want the reading list, and ignore everything else we send. That is a legitimate way to use this. No cost Brett Zandes Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:08:00 +0000 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/sign-up-if-you-want-the-reading-list-and-ignore-everything-else-we-send-that-is-a-legitimate-way-5f6p https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/sign-up-if-you-want-the-reading-list-and-ignore-everything-else-we-send-that-is-a-legitimate-way-5f6p <p>Sign up if you want the reading list, and ignore everything else we send. That is a legitimate way to use this. No cost either way.<br> <a href="https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=IAB-187014-MV187014-DEVDIS-DV-DIRECT-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Flp.php%3Fp%3DIAB%26t%3Djobs%26close%3D1%26s%3DIAB-187014-MV187014-DEVDIS-DV-DIRECT-R0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=IAB-187014-MV187014-DEVDIS-DV-DIRECT-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Flp.php%3Fp%3DIAB%26t%3Djobs%26close%3D1%26s%3DIAB-187014-MV187014-DEVDIS-DV-DIRECT-R0</a></p> The results here arrive over years, not weeks. If you want to help with that, giving is the plain way to do it. Brett Zandes Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:48:31 +0000 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/the-results-here-arrive-over-years-not-weeks-if-you-want-to-help-with-that-giving-is-the-plain-2gpk https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/the-results-here-arrive-over-years-not-weeks-if-you-want-to-help-with-that-giving-is-the-plain-2gpk <p>The results here arrive over years, not weeks. If you want to help with that, giving is the plain way to do it.<br> <a href="https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=URX-81463-MV81463-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fcalendly.php%3Fp%3DURX%26lane%3DCC%26close%3D4%26s%3DURX-81463-MV81463-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=URX-81463-MV81463-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fcalendly.php%3Fp%3DURX%26lane%3DCC%26close%3D4%26s%3DURX-81463-MV81463-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0</a></p> The most useful thing most people can do for us is five dollars a month on autopay. It is steady, and steady is what let Brett Zandes Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:26:54 +0000 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/the-most-useful-thing-most-people-can-do-for-us-is-five-dollars-a-month-on-autopay-it-is-steady-47og https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/the-most-useful-thing-most-people-can-do-for-us-is-five-dollars-a-month-on-autopay-it-is-steady-47og <p>The most useful thing most people can do for us is five dollars a month on autopay. It is steady, and steady is what lets us plan a mailing instead of guessing. Nobody will ever call you to upgrade it.<br> <a href="https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=RVG-182008-MV182008-DEVDIS-DV-STORE-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fstore.php%3Fp%3DRVG%26close%3D2%26s%3DRVG-182008-MV182008-DEVDIS-DV-STORE-R0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=RVG-182008-MV182008-DEVDIS-DV-STORE-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fstore.php%3Fp%3DRVG%26close%3D2%26s%3DRVG-182008-MV182008-DEVDIS-DV-STORE-R0</a></p> Two policies at the same monthly price can behave very differently when someone claims on them. The difference sits in t Brett Zandes Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:14:36 +0000 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/two-policies-at-the-same-monthly-price-can-behave-very-differently-when-someone-claims-on-them-the-3h63 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/two-policies-at-the-same-monthly-price-can-behave-very-differently-when-someone-claims-on-them-the-3h63 <p>Two policies at the same monthly price can behave very differently when someone claims on them. The difference sits in the wording, not the headline figure. Reading that wording carefully is what you are hiring GFI to do.<br> <a href="https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=GFI-179256-MV179256-DEVDIS-DV-DIRECT-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Flp.php%3Fp%3DGFI%26t%3Dstore%26close%3D1%26s%3DGFI-179256-MV179256-DEVDIS-DV-DIRECT-R0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=GFI-179256-MV179256-DEVDIS-DV-DIRECT-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Flp.php%3Fp%3DGFI%26t%3Dstore%26close%3D1%26s%3DGFI-179256-MV179256-DEVDIS-DV-DIRECT-R0</a></p> Every September we run out of composition notebooks by the second week. Families buy them for school and then need a sec Brett Zandes Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:52:27 +0000 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/every-september-we-run-out-of-composition-notebooks-by-the-second-week-families-buy-them-for-48e6 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/every-september-we-run-out-of-composition-notebooks-by-the-second-week-families-buy-them-for-48e6 <p>Every September we run out of composition notebooks by the second week. Families buy them for school and then need a second set for us, which is a cost some households simply cannot absorb twice. So we buy them, and it is one of the first t<br> <a href="https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=C4K-182213-MV182213-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fcalendly.php%3Fp%3DC4K%26lane%3DCC%26close%3D4%26s%3DC4K-182213-MV182213-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=C4K-182213-MV182213-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fcalendly.php%3Fp%3DC4K%26lane%3DCC%26close%3D4%26s%3DC4K-182213-MV182213-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0</a></p> Free means free here, with no second step where a number shows up. I get asked that often enough that I now put it in wr Brett Zandes Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:28:20 +0000 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/free-means-free-here-with-no-second-step-where-a-number-shows-up-i-get-asked-that-often-enough-501c https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/free-means-free-here-with-no-second-step-where-a-number-shows-up-i-get-asked-that-often-enough-501c <p>Free means free here, with no second step where a number shows up. I get asked that often enough that I now put it in writing. The signup is on our site whenever you want it.<br> <a href="https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=OST-186600-MV186600-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fcalendly.php%3Fp%3DOST%26lane%3DOO%26close%3D4%26s%3DOST-186600-MV186600-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=OST-186600-MV186600-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fcalendly.php%3Fp%3DOST%26lane%3DOO%26close%3D4%26s%3DOST-186600-MV186600-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0</a></p> Half of this is just knowing it exists. Brett Zandes Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:37:39 +0000 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/half-of-this-is-just-knowing-it-exists-147e https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/half-of-this-is-just-knowing-it-exists-147e <p>Half of this is just knowing it exists.<br> <a href="https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=ETL-45891-MV45891-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fcalendly.php%3Fp%3DETL%26lane%3DFF%26close%3D4%26s%3DETL-45891-MV45891-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=ETL-45891-MV45891-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fcalendly.php%3Fp%3DETL%26lane%3DFF%26close%3D4%26s%3DETL-45891-MV45891-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0</a></p> Ever notice how the advice for struggling businesses is always to cut costs, as if you hadn't thought of that? We're les Brett Zandes Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:22:25 +0000 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/ever-notice-how-the-advice-for-struggling-businesses-is-always-to-cut-costs-as-if-you-hadnt-4o2h https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/ever-notice-how-the-advice-for-struggling-businesses-is-always-to-cut-costs-as-if-you-hadnt-4o2h <p>Ever notice how the advice for struggling businesses is always to cut costs, as if you hadn't thought of that? We're less interested in advice than in the actual gap in the actual month. Free signup if that's the sort of thing you'd want to<br> <a href="https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=EE-186293-MV186293-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fcalendly.php%3Fp%3DEE%26lane%3DOO%26close%3D4%26s%3DEE-186293-MV186293-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=EE-186293-MV186293-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Fcalendly.php%3Fp%3DEE%26lane%3DOO%26close%3D4%26s%3DEE-186293-MV186293-DEVDIS-DV-CALL-R0</a></p> Advocacy is a plain word for a plain job: know the child, know the file, speak up when it counts. No inspiration require Brett Zandes Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:58:33 +0000 https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/advocacy-is-a-plain-word-for-a-plain-job-know-the-child-know-the-file-speak-up-when-it-counts-mdn https://dev.to/brett_zandes_5c560d9b6027/advocacy-is-a-plain-word-for-a-plain-job-know-the-child-know-the-file-speak-up-when-it-counts-mdn <p>Advocacy is a plain word for a plain job: know the child, know the file, speak up when it counts. No inspiration required. If that appeals, the free list is where we start.<br> <a href="https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=CCH-183528-MV183528-DEVDIS-DV-LANDING-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Flp.php%3Fp%3DCCH%26t%3Djobs%26close%3D3%26s%3DCCH-183528-MV183528-DEVDIS-DV-LANDING-R0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://earningenterprises.com/c.php?s=CCH-183528-MV183528-DEVDIS-DV-LANDING-R0&d=https%3A%2F%2Fearningenterprises.com%2Flp.php%3Fp%3DCCH%26t%3Djobs%26close%3D3%26s%3DCCH-183528-MV183528-DEVDIS-DV-LANDING-R0</a></p>