The business basics every contractor needs — written for the working solo, not the seminar.
Nine short courses that cover what a working contractor actually needs to set up and run a business — personal finance and BASE, going full-time, business structure, insurance, licensing (and the handyman exemption), contracts, sales, and the basic software stack. Trade-flexible, written for the working solo.
Built to take in order — but each course stands on its own.
The premise: you and the business are two assets — and the business exists to fund your life.
Build your BASE, set your floor rate, run a zero-based budget that survives lumpy income.
Clean up the personal side first. Decide when the math actually says go full-time.
LLC vs sole prop, when S-Corp election makes sense, and the absolute rule of separate accounts.
GL, commercial auto, WC, professional liability — and the minimum stack for a solo.
The three licensing tiers, how to read your state, and what the handyman exemption actually allows.
What every contract has to do, the four common contract types, and the mistakes that get contractors sued.
Stop bidding unqualified jobs. Run the universal sales process and present price the right way.
Less is more. Pick the few tools that actually pull weight at solo scale — and know when to add more.