Learning path

Make a solo business work

Find what is really holding the day, price the time you sell and decide whether the next change is a rule, equipment or another pair of hands.

By the end

You will know what caps the day, which work is underpriced and what to change before adding more bookings.

  1. Step 01

    Measure the whole visit

    Record hands-on time, elapsed time and the resources a dog still occupies when your hands move on.

  2. Step 02

    Find what caps an ordinary day

    Name the person, dryer, bath, table or holding space that work waits for.

  3. Step 03

    Work out what a productive hour must earn

    Connect labour, overhead and usable hours to the price of the work in front of you.

  4. Step 04

    Put recovery room where delays collect

    Protect normal uncertainty without using buffer to hide a service that is always quoted too short.

  5. Step 05

    Put cleaning and closing work into the day

    Stop the last appointment from hiding unpaid work after the diary ends.

    Guide on the way

  6. Step 06

    Choose the change that removes the real queue

    Test whether the business needs hands, equipment or a different running order.

  7. Step 07

    Prepare for a first hire without asking them to rescue the diary

    Identify useful work, the cost of the role and the first-week slowdown before recruiting.

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