Free readiness check

Are you ready to go out on your own?

Sixteen quick questions about going out on your own. At the end you get a readiness score, the areas you've already got sorted, and the two or three things to fix first. No email needed to see it.

3 minutes 16 questions No right or wrong answers

Built for Australian tradies. Nothing here's legal, financial or tax advice.

What it looks at

The six things that decide how it goes

    It also asks whether you can run a job start to finish on your own. That one isn't scored, because it comes before the business side rather than alongside it.

    Question 1 of 15

    Getting started

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    Your readiness result

    Readiness score out of 100
    0OUT OF 100

    Your first move

    Already sorted

    What you've already got

      The gaps

      What's holding you back

      In the order that matters, worst first.

      Your first move

      Based on your answers, this is where I'd start

      Do this first

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      Don't worry about the rest of the list yet. Get this one done.

      Keep this

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      Your score, your gaps and your first move, sent through so you have it when you sit down to work on it.

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      The rest of it

      Your plan, in order

      Three steps. Not thirty. Do them in this order and the rest gets easier.

      The full picture

      Where you sit, area by area

      Each area is scored on your answers, then weighted by how much it decides whether a new trade business survives its first year.

      Sorted (70% and up) Needs work (40 to 69%) Not started (under 40%)

      Where Tradie Business Build comes in

      You've found the gaps. Here's what fixes them.

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