Your business is small.
Your problems are not amateur.
microwners is a working club for micro business owners: the solo trades, the kitchen-table makers, the one-person consultancies and the family shops. Plain-English guides, the templates we actually use, and a room full of people who understand why Tuesday afternoon was a disaster.
Who this is for
You are the whole company
You quote, deliver, invoice and chase — usually in the same afternoon. Advice written for teams with a finance department does not help you.
You want to stay small on purpose
Not every business wants to be a startup. A good living, fewer hours and control over your week is a legitimate goal, and we plan for it.
You need the boring bits fixed
Pricing, deposits, tax set-aside, insurance, one-page terms, a back office that fits on one screen. Unglamorous, and the difference between lasting and not.
Start with the guides
Three long, free, evergreen reads. No email wall, no countdown timer.
How to start a micro business
Offer, model, price, registration, first ten customers, and the three numbers to watch in year one.
30 micro business ideas with realistic startup costs
Sorted by what they actually cost to begin and how fast money comes back — plus a two-week test before you commit.
The micro business owner's playbook
Cashflow habits, the four-tool back office, price reviews, insurance, holidays and the yearly checklist.
Inside the club
Weekly office hours
One live call a week. Bring the awkward invoice, the pricing question, the customer who will not answer. Nothing is too small to ask.
The template shelf
Quote, terms, deposit request, price-rise letter, service reminder, onboarding checklist. Editable, plain, no legal theatre.
Numbers clinic
A monthly walk through one member's real figures — costs, rate, cash gap — with the arithmetic written on the screen.
The quiet room
A small, moderated group for owners in the same trade. No gurus, no growth bros, no selling in the group.
Referral board
Work you cannot take goes to someone who can. The most useful perk of a club full of trades and freelancers.
Suppliers we use
Bookkeeping, insurance, payments and software chosen for a business with one person in it, with the actual monthly cost.
Not ready to join? Ask a question.
Tell us what you run and what is currently stuck — a price you are afraid to raise, an invoice nobody pays, a website that brings no calls. We answer every message ourselves, usually within a day.
No newsletter sign-up, no sequence of emails. One reply from a person.
Fair questions
Is this only for people starting out?
No. Most members have traded for years. The club is for the part after starting, when the work is real and the systems are improvised.
Is my business too small?
If you have one customer and a bank account with your business name on it, you are exactly the size we write for.
Do you take a cut of anything?
No. Membership is the only money that changes hands. No referral fees from the suppliers we list, no upsell ladder.
Can I leave?
Monthly, cancel any time, and the template shelf is yours to keep.