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Plan a next step, work through the numbers or keep everyday work in order. Start with what you need to do.

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42 tools · 27 free · 15 paid

Ideas and decisions

3 tools

Turn an early idea, a customer conversation or a choice into a practical next step.

Guided plan

Idea Worksheet

For an early idea that needs a clearer question and a first practical test.

What you keep

a plan naming who you want to help, what to learn, and what to try.

For a new idea, an existing service, or a customer decision you want to understand. Prepare questions and capture what you learn.

What you keep

questions, notes, reflections, and a manageable next action.

Decision tool

Compare Options

For suppliers, service ideas, or practical improvements you are deciding between. Compare two to four options on your own criteria.

What you keep

a comparison showing the differences, uncertainties, and reasoning behind your next step.

Customers, jobs and getting paid

7 tools

Keep track of opportunities, promises, quotes, delivery and getting paid.

Organize inquiries, customer relationships, possible work, and the promises that move them forward. Keep offers and decisions clear before beginning delivery.

What you keep

a reusable customer book, separate opportunities, retained quote revisions, action lists, and reviewed handover copies.

Working record

Customer Follow-ups

For requests, quotes, and commitments you need to return to. See what is due, keep waiting responses visible, and record the outcome.

What you keep

your working list, next actions, and recorded updates in a file you can reopen.

Document builder

Quote & Scope Builder

Turn a customer request into a clear quote draft. Describe the included work, separate optional items, and explain the timing and next step.

What you keep

a customer-facing text or PDF draft and a reusable file with your working notes.

For your first customer order or several jobs at once. See what can move, what needs an approval, and how much time the remaining work will need.

What you keep

a delivery book, workload review, scope-change decisions, and customer progress drafts.

Working record

Invoices & Payments

For your first invoice or a growing list of customers. Prepare clear invoices and record actual receipts without losing the original amounts.

What you keep

an invoice book, customer PDFs, payment histories, and an outstanding view by currency.

Calculation tool

Job Cost & Profit Review

Bring time, costs and the agreed work together. See what changed, what still needs checking, and what to carry into the next job.

What you keep

an editable job book, estimate comparisons, internal PDF reviews, and practical lessons for your next quote.

Qualify a client opportunity, estimate effort, and prepare a proposal with clear boundaries and acceptance tests.

What you keep

Editable templates, a pricing workbook, and two filled proposals.

Money, pricing and cash

4 tools

Explore your numbers and keep a clearer view of the money coming in and going out.

Calculation tool

Cost & Pricing Explorer

For one product, visit, or job. Explore the costs and time, compare a change, and check what the numbers leave open.

What you keep

starting figures, a comparison, explained results, and questions to investigate.

Calculation tool

Cash Timing Planner

For the receipts and payments ahead. Map eight weeks, see where cash may run short, and compare a change in timing.

What you keep

a cash timeline, both versions, and the assumptions and next actions behind them.

For the first order that needs materials, the costs you covered personally, and the recurring charges worth reviewing. Keep the money movements and next decisions clear.

What you keep

a spending book, owner-payment history, renewal reviews, and customer-job funding timelines.

Log payments and costs, review the year by month, and plan a reserve using your own percentage.

What you keep

One editable five-tab workbook with 500 rows per log.

Everyday operations and records

10 tools

Keep instructions, records and regular reviews together so the everyday work is easier to follow.

Guided plan

Weekly Review

For a week with loose ends, competing priorities, and only so much room to do the work.

What you keep

your review and one to three priorities, each with a concrete next action.

For everyday work you want to repeat or explain to someone else. Start with an example or build your own.

What you keep

a reusable checklist with grouped steps, instructions, and clear finish checks.

Turn everyday knowledge into instructions someone can follow. Test a procedure, keep each run separate, and give unfinished work and improvements a next step.

What you keep

an editable playbook, versioned instructions, individual run records, and practical action lists.

Keep obligations, early notice dates, preparation, and pending confirmations clear. Prepare the next occurrence while preserving unfinished work.

What you keep

an editable register, a practical action list, and selected calendar entries.

Keep document locations, versions, checks, and missing information understandable. Prepare the relevant records around a customer request, an accountant’s questions, or a handover.

What you keep

an editable register, a missing-records action list, and selected lists with the fields you choose.

Compare supplier offers, organize purchases, and keep partial deliveries, service milestones, returns and next actions clear before they hold up customer work.

What you keep

an editable purchasing book, supplier documents, accepted-supply records and reviewed connections to your other business tools.

Keep quantities, locations, job promises, and expected deliveries clear. Find shortages, check the count, and plan replenishment around the work ahead.

What you keep

an editable stock book, movement history, reviewed counts, useful PDFs, and connections to purchasing and delivery.

Know what is available, who has it, and what needs attention. Connect equipment care and repair decisions to the work you have promised.

What you keep

an editable equipment book, use and service history, practical PDFs, and reviewed connections to your other tools.

Working record

Owner Overview

See what needs attention across your selected tool files, connect related work, and make a plan that fits the time you have.

What you keep

a dated overview, a practical action plan, the source copies behind it, and your review history.

Search 40 formula cards, choose the example for your app, and keep a printable reference beside your work.

What you keep

Offline formula finder, one-page PDF, and opening guide.

Buying a business

10 tools

Start with what would fit your life, then work through the numbers, evidence and decisions for a specific business.

Guided plan

Buyer Brief

For someone considering a purchase and deciding what they want to investigate.

What you keep

a personal buyer brief with your working preferences, limits, and unanswered questions.

When you have a business and numbers to test: explore the cash needed, debt payments, and what remains for your income and a cushion.

What you keep

Three earnings scenarios, funding checks, and a copyable deal memo.

Also included in The Verified Acquisition System.

When you have earnings and seller adjustments to examine: explore a value range and an opening offer using the assumptions you choose.

What you keep

Adjusted earnings, low and high values, asking-price comparison, and a valuation summary.

Also included in The Verified Acquisition System.

When you need a price limit from your own requirements: work backward from earnings, income, debt coverage, and financing assumptions.

What you keep

A calculated ceiling, required down payment cash, the limiting constraint, and a summary to keep.

Also included in The Verified Acquisition System.

When the purchase involves bank debt and a seller note: compare payments, the cash left for your income and cushion, and balances due later.

What you keep

Combined debt service, purchase-funding checks, separate balloon amounts and dates, and a financing summary.

Also included in The Verified Acquisition System.

Document builder

LOI & Offer Builder

When you are ready to put the terms in writing: prepare an LOI draft and term sheet for review and discussion.

What you keep

Guided terms, offer checks, printable documents, and editable offer export and import.

Also included in The Verified Acquisition System.

When records arrive and questions multiply: track what is missing, what you have reviewed, and which findings need resolution.

What you keep

92 checks, notes and status tracking, three printable reports, and editable deal export and import.

Also included in The Verified Acquisition System.

When you have a deal to finance: connect the project costs, funding sources, and repayment plan in a clear loan request.

What you keep

Sources and uses, debt schedules, coverage and stress cases, a printable package, and editable deal export and import.

Also included in The Verified Acquisition System.

For a specific opportunity: organize the investigation, explore assumptions, and prepare records for the next conversation.

What you keep

Buyer OS, four calculation tools, and three document and diligence tools.

See the eight included tools

People, partnerships and cover

3 tools

Prepare a useful conversation, discuss a partnership or plan for someone to cover the work.

Describe where you are stuck, what you would like help to achieve, and what you need to ask before working together.

What you keep

an editable brief with your scope, working needs, and conversation questions.

For people exploring a business together or revisiting an existing arrangement. Record contributions, responsibilities, and the questions that need more discussion.

What you keep

each person's perspective, discussion notes, and next actions in an editable record.

Prepare for an absence or interruption. Arrange cover, check what the alternatives depend on, and practice the response before it is needed.

What you keep

an editable continuity plan, quick-action PDFs, selected-person briefings, and separate practice and disruption records.

Handover, exit and closing

5 tools

Organize a handover, explore an exit or coordinate the work of closing. Personal and estate tools are identified separately.

For sharing a responsibility, taking time away, or preparing for a new owner. Keep the everyday knowledge and unfinished commitments together.

What you keep

an editable handover with responsibilities, references, walkthrough notes, and next actions.

Guided plan

Closing Plan

Organize people, commitments, money, filings and records. Keep unknowns visible and return to the work after trading stops.

What you keep

an editable Closing Plan, action lists, dates and selected advisor notes.

Explore value assumptions and what a sale could leave after costs, debt, and a tax reserve. Separate available cash from escrow and seller financing.

What you keep

Value and proceeds scenarios, driver sensitivities, an Exit Snapshot, and editable JSON backups.

Help family and trusted contacts find the records and practical details you usually carry in your head.

What you keep

Twelve guided sections, fifteen priority prompts, three letters, a printable binder, and encrypted editable backups.

Working record

Executor's Deal Room

Keep assets, claims, cash, correspondence, and questions organized between adviser meetings.

What you keep

42 task prompts, 26 document prompts, three registers, letters, an attorney packet, and encrypted editable backups.

Understand the work

A little reading first?

The library explains the decisions behind the tools, with guides you can use at your own pace.

Explore the library

Bring another perspective

Find the right kind of help.

Explore people, organizations and different ways to get support. Prepare the questions you want to ask.

People & guidance
What is free, and what is paid?

Free tools open in your browser without an account. Paid entries lead to their product pages, where you can check what is included, delivery and the price before buying.

How do I keep the work I make?

Use the save or download options inside each tool. An editable file lets you continue later in the matching tool; a reading copy is for reading or sharing. Paid products explain their own file formats on their product pages. See how to keep your work.

What do the colors mean?

Forest green identifies planning, preparation and decision tools. Charcoal identifies calculations, working records and tool collections. Reference material uses a lighter surface. Each card also names its type; color does not indicate price or business chapter.