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Strategy & the Owner's Seat
The decisions only the owner can make — which clients to keep, what the owner's own time is worth, what the business is actually for. This desk sits in that chair and does the arithmetic out loud.
The $73-an-hour surprise
Divide what each client pays by every hour they actually consume, and the roster rarely looks the way it feels. One calculation, twenty minutes, new eyes. 3 min read · August 14, 2026 $90k · the numberThe question a market-rate salary answers
What would it cost to hire a stranger to do the owner's job? Putting that number on payroll reveals more about the business than any report. 2 min read · August 14, 2026Other desks
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