Real-World Math Problems of Running a Business
The actual math you use running a business every week. Pricing calculations, margin analysis, break-even formulas, discount traps, and growth projections with worked examples.
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Statistical Thinking for Business Decisions
Statistical thinking applied to real business decisions. How survivorship bias, small sample sizes, and correlation-causation confusion lead to costly mistakes, with frameworks to avoid them.
Minimum Viable Audience: How Small Is Too Small?
How to calculate your minimum viable audience size. When 1,000 true fans is enough, when you need 100,000, and the niche sizing math that determines whether your market can sustain…
Business Planning for Creatives Who Hate Planning
A business planning framework built for creative professionals who hate spreadsheets. Five essential questions, the minimum viable business plan, and planning approaches that don't kill creativity.
Building Recurring Revenue as a Solo Developer
How solo developers build predictable income streams. WordPress maintenance plans, micro-SaaS products, plugin subscriptions, and the revenue stacking approach that compounds over time.
Understanding Burn Rate and Runway
How to calculate gross and net burn rate, determine your runway, and build a cash management system that keeps your startup or small business alive through uncertain times.
How to Scale Beyond Trading Time for Money
How to break free from hourly billing and build leverage in your business. Productized services, digital products, team leverage, and systems that create income independent of your hours.
How to Create a Business with Recurring Revenue
Recurring revenue models for service businesses and SaaS companies. Subscriptions, retainers, maintenance plans, and membership structures, with the key metrics that matter for each.
The Complete Guide to Business Pivots
When and how to pivot your business. The seven types of pivots, signals that it is time to change direction, and an execution framework with real examples from companies that…
How to Build a Business in a Saturated Market
Positioning strategies for crowded markets. Seven differentiation approaches, why saturated markets are actually better than empty ones, and how to build competitive moats that last.
How to Create Passive Income from Active Skills
How to turn consulting and service skills into scalable digital products. Templates, courses, plugins, and membership models that generate revenue without trading more hours for money.
The Case Against Venture Capital for Service Businesses
Why venture capital is structurally wrong for most service businesses. The math on dilution, misaligned incentives, and the bootstrapping alternative that lets you keep 100% ownership.