Tools for the decisions you are already making

Weeks of payroll, 13 weeks out

Price new work against landed cost

Anchor the first number before the call

Reset the price when a client leaves

Set the price before the new-market spend

Charge a premium next to a cheaper copy

Quote clean-outs from the skips, not hours

Give the monthly, first-week and annual price one job each

Start a retail price at five times landed cost

Price a fix against the revenue it protects

Move profit out first and watch what changes

Price software on the unit your costs move with

Plan the step from a project fee to a monthly retainer

Set a floor before the next quote

Rank growth by its effect on margin

Answer a quote that came back too high

Price, cash timing and confidence for every stream

What each resale line leaves, and when the cash lands

Lead time and months before stock turns into cash

A written rush trigger at three times the rate

Scope, test price and review date on one page

A clear scope, price and period before you quote

Order value, margin and the cost of a customer, before launch

Ticket price and cash timing before the profit split

When a discount is allowed, who approves it, what it costs

Your own five numbers before industry benchmarks

Which side work covers payroll, and when it stops

Order and advertise the product that already sold

An hourly base plus a written adjustment for the job

Direct, wholesale and shelf price side by side, one decision per line

Choose margin out loud, then a dated list of what stays and stops

Price, deposit, seller terms and your cash floor on one page

Fixed price, end date and what happens if the date slips

Analysis against the cost of delay

Can this decision be undone?

A pause with its exit written down

One no-meeting day a month for one lever

One pain point, one opportunity, one commitment

Test the product before the retail pitch

A four-hour calling floor, one funnel stage a day

A free first month into your paid offer, measured

One pitch a fortnight, with a named owner

Back one sales channel and hand part of it over

Write the room, cost and next step before the spend

The next product to test, in order, from the first

Read a small launch number as evidence

Give word of mouth a monthly place to land

A written spread threshold the room can question

One decision written to the layer that owns it

The volume you will stand behind, before you compare equipment

Four questions sent before the meeting, so the room decides

The pass line and the kill date, written before the test starts

The same questions each fortnight, until one pattern returns

Where each request goes before it reaches you

Choose a few large accounts over many small referrals

Narrow the client type so the work can be handed over

Hand your VA the checking, not just more hours

Every client, once a day, with a named owner

A written output gap for each senior leader

Hand the monthly-plan conversation to one project lead

Five minutes of leadership study a day, one action

Move the daily lead chase to a named owner

One hidden job title, released

Would the business run without you?

Your rating against a blind one

Use the first 30 days to hand work over

Free help that still queues at your desk

Let a team lead own the retainer review

Move one operational area to your COO

Hand the lead-time read and the crew question to a leader

Let partners run the invitations and follow-up

Move one area to your first manager, with a 14-day review

A bonus line tied to two decisions your managers own

Every customer-facing person, their influence and one conversation

Which AI work leaves your desk, and who owns the exception

Move member follow-up out of your memory

What AI drafts, and who owns the final edits

Which estimate steps AI drafts, which you own, which get checked

Name the revenue that pays for a hire

An hourly VA against a salary and its on-costs

Each wave of hires earns the next

What the role must solve before you hire or automate

Priorities, skills and decision rights before the search

Who owns the client, the call and the money expectation

Keep a short cash gap out of a permanent ownership decision

A buyer deposit before the data room

Which customers an earn-out depends on

Separate cash at close from earn-out

Price, deferred payment, profit share and your role after the sale

Test whether a buyer can keep your clients

Tie a sale target to price, margin and payroll cover

Stay length, reporting line and finish date after the sale

Buyer questions, owners and the succession note, before a buyer calls

Decision dates, request limits and walk-away terms on a deal clock

A staged handover while the buyer works inside

What is true, what is due and what must wait

Each old obligation decided or taken to a specialist, one decision a fortnight

Separate your worth from the business result

Send the agreement during the call

First-purchase follow-up built before the busy season

Invite the customers who already spend the most

One specific ask to the slice of your audience that buys

One offer, one proof, one set of words after a merger

One plain sentence a buyer can repeat, tested before the next quote

A base retainer, a written baseline and a small share of the lift

Follow-up work rebuilt as a priced quarter with a renewal date

A written traffic floor before any partner rate or fee

Old rate, new rate, the percentage and the sentence to send

A seminar price set from room size and access

Find the decision behind a margin move

Test a per-million revenue bonus against the scorecard

Lead the team on average spend and items per sale

One posting number a fortnight, leads counted beside it

Set sales, finance and reporting meetings with owners