The business stuff nobody teaches you.
Short videos on money, contracts, hiring, taxes, insurance and AI for people who run a small business. One thing per video. When a video states a rule, the source is on screen and on this site.
Where to watch
Latest tip
California contractors
The most you can take up front on a home improvement job
$1,000 or 10% of the contract amount, whichever is less. The contract has to say so, in bold.
Coming up for California contractors
Planned. Each one gets its own page like the tip above when its video is out.
- The handyman limit: what you can do without a license
- The $25,000 bond that doesn't protect you
- Your first hire and workers' comp
- Five trades that need workers' comp with zero employees
- The 20-day preliminary notice
- A certificate of insurance isn't insurance
- Let AI read the insurance section of a subcontract first
Who makes this
Psst is made by Zain Ali, co-founder and CTO of Aiden Risk, a licensed insurance brokerage, and founder of ivector, a software company in Mountain View, California. When a video touches insurance, it says so on screen.