Solopreneur Operations Kit

You've been freelancing for 14 months and operating as a sole proprietor because setting up an LLC felt like a project. You invoice clients from a Google Doc template. You keep your business expenses in a folder called "taxes maybe." You've been paid in PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, and ACH — none of it organized. You have no engagement letter or contract for a third of your clients, which is why Client 4 thinks you're doing unlimited revisions for the original project price. A client owes you $3,200 and you're not sure exactly when the invoice went out or whether you followed up. Tax time is a panic.

The Solopreneur Operations Kit systematizes the administrative layer of a one-person business: entity selection guide (sole prop vs. LLC vs. S-Corp, when each makes sense), bookkeeping system setup comparison (QuickBooks Online vs. Wave vs. spreadsheet), contract and SOW templates for service-based work, an invoice workflow with follow-up sequencing, a time tracking setup, a quarterly business review template, and an annual tax calendar with every deadline, estimated payment date, and deduction category you need to track.

What you get:

• SKILL.md — Full operations system: entity guide, bookkeeping setup, contract templates, invoice workflow, time tracker, quarterly review, and tax calendar
• LISTING.md — Product page (this file)
• MANIFEST.json — Machine-readable product metadata

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Pricing Rationale

A single hour with a business attorney for entity advice costs $300–500. A single hour with a CPA for tax setup advice costs $200–400. This skill doesn't replace either but prevents you from walking into those consultations with basic questions that cost you time and money. The contract template and invoice follow-up sequence alone protect against the revenue leakage (late payments, scope creep) that most new solopreneurs lose in their first year.

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Works Great With

• Proposal & Pitch Builder (#41) — pair your operations system with a client-winning proposal workflow
• Negotiation Intelligence Playbook (#43) — negotiate client contracts and vendor rates
• Passive Income Opportunity Scanner (#52, free) — identify passive income streams to complement your client work

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Version History

• v1.0.0 — Initial release