Eric Piccione

A Cold Plunge Costs More in Minutes Than in Dollars. Here’s the Math I’d Run First

Every cold tub has two prices: what you pay once and the minutes it costs daily. Cost-per-plunge math on 2026…

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Claw Machines and Depreciation: Why Used Can Be the Smarter Buy

A refurbished claw machine costs about $1,200 less than new and earns the same. How depreciation, resale value and payback…

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Protecting the Cash You Already Earned: The Unglamorous Half of a Cash Business

A $40-a-week cash leak can cost a route an entire location's worth of sales. The seven links from machine to…

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Building Confidence: Your Actionable Guide to Self-Assured Success

As we navigate through the winding path towards financial independence, one important element that often gets overlooked is building confidence.…

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The Bitcoin Reading Order I’d Hand a Skeptic (The Book That Convinced Me Is Third)

Seven bitcoin and money books in the order I'd give a skeptic: the mainstream view first, then the case that…

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Pitching a Bar Owner on an ATM Is Just Sales. Here’s the Part Nobody Practices.

The machine isn't the scary part of an ATM route, the walk-in is. What commission sales taught me about pitching…

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An Ice Vending Kiosk vs. a Rental Property: Same Money, Different Headaches

A $90,000 ice vending kiosk out-earns a rental house on cash flow. But it depreciates and sits on someone else's…

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A Pizza Vending Machine Is a Tiny Restaurant. Price It Like One.

Turnkey pizza vending machines cost $75,000 to $110,000. I compare that to an index fund over ten years, and show…

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Payback Period Is the Vending Number I Trust Most. Here Are the Four Ways It Lies.

Claw machines to ice kiosks lined up by payback, plus the four ways the payback number misleads you and the…

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A Machine That Only Sells Drinks, and the Case for Doing One Narrow Thing

A $4,999 drinks-first AI cooler and when narrow beats general: match your offer to demand that already exists, then win…

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