The Solo Profit Playbook 2026 - Margin Before Growth

You are busy. You are not sure you are profitable. Those two facts sit together in almost every one-person business.

The Solo Profit Playbook is a 14-page guide to the margin side of a solo business - the part that decides what you take home, as opposed to the part that decides what you invoice. Built for freelancers, consultants, coaches, creators and solo service businesses who have plenty of work and not enough left at the end of the month.

Inside: the five numbers that run a one-person business; your true effective hourly rate; the fixed/variable/phantom cost stack and the break-even formula; a six-row table of where money leaks; the four levers on profit and why a 10% price rise beats a 25% volume push; how to actually raise your price; the Engine / Workhorse / Filler / Drain offer matrix; concentration risk and three sentences that hold a scope; the 2026 tax layer (15.3% SE tax, the $184,500 wage base, Section 199A QBI, home office and mileage, the S-corp crossover); the four-account split; nine margin mistakes; a one-page quick reference; and a printable 90-day margin repair plan.

Instant digital download. 14-page PDF, US Letter, designed for screen and print.

Educational only - not financial, tax, legal or accounting advice. Tax figures are as reported for the 2026 tax year and are subject to change. Consult a licensed CPA or tax professional about your own circumstances. Digital product: no physical item is shipped and all sales are final.