Guides

Practical notes on the parts of running a small consultancy that don't fit neatly into a feature list.

Billing a client for a subcontractor's work, without shorting them (or yourself)

What to charge the client, what to pay the person who did the work, and why those should never be the same calculation.

The idle-time debate: should a client pay for a distraction?

A timer left running while you made coffee isn't the same as one left running while you worked. Here's how I think about the difference.

Getting paid in something other than dollars

Equity, tokens, whatever a client dreams up — what your tracking software actually needs to handle it, and what it doesn't.