Resource library
Templates you can finish in one sitting
Short, practical documents designed to be completed rather than admired. Free resources are available in exchange for an email address; paid toolkits go further where a single checklist is not enough.
Hayley Duster — writer and solo business owner
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The 30-Minute Founder Reset
Identify what is causing the most pressure, separate urgent problems from background anxiety, choose three immediate priorities, decide what to stop doing, and build a manageable seven-day plan.
Free downloads
One-Page Business Continuity Plan
A single-page plan covering what happens to your business if you cannot work, who needs to know what, and where the essentials live.
Founder Absence Checklist
A practical checklist to prepare your business for any period where you unexpectedly cannot show up — illness, an accident, or a family emergency.
Client Dependency Checklist
Work out how exposed your business is to the loss of a single client, and what to do about it before it becomes urgent.
Business Emergency Contact Sheet
One printable sheet with every contact someone else would need if they had to step in and run your business for a week.
Difficult Client Email Templates
Ready-to-adapt email scripts for scope creep, unreasonable demands, boundary resets and ending a client relationship professionally.
Late Payment Email Templates
A staged sequence of email scripts for chasing overdue invoices, from a friendly reminder through to a final notice before further action.
Weekly Founder Reset Worksheet
A short worksheet to close out one week and open the next with a clear head, rather than carrying every loose thread forward.
Business Risk Register
A structured way to list the things that could seriously disrupt your business, and what — if anything — you are doing about each one.
Sustainable Workweek Planner
A template for designing a working week around your real energy and capacity, rather than an idealised version of a productive founder.
13-Week Cash-Flow Template
A rolling short-term cash-flow worksheet that shows what is actually coming in and going out over the next three months, week by week.
Business Closure Checklist
A calm, practical checklist for winding down a business in an orderly way, covering clients, money, records and the people involved.
Holiday Preparation Checklist
Everything to put in place before taking real time off, so the business can survive a week or two without you checking in.
Solo Business Operations Manual Template
A starting structure for documenting how your business actually runs, so the knowledge is not only in your head.
Paid toolkits
- Complete Solo Business Resilience Toolkit
- Founder Continuity Pack
- Sustainable Pricing Workbook
- Business Crisis Response Pack
- Solo Founder Operations Manual
- Difficult Client Management Pack
- Business Closure and Transition Toolkit
Toolkits are in production. Newsletter subscribers get early access and launch pricing. You can also use the free tools in the meantime.
Exclusive reader offers
Two partner offers worth claiming
These offers are explained here with their current conditions, risks and alternatives so you can decide whether either is relevant to your business.
Business bank account
Use Tide referral code HAYLEY200 to get up to £200
A digital business account for UK businesses. Use the authorised HAYLEY200 offer link and meet the current card-spend and Instant Saver conditions to receive up to £200.
Authorised offer: up to £200. £75 requires at least £100 of Tide card spend within 30 days. A further £125 requires an eligible Instant Saver, at least £5,000 deposited within seven days, and at least £5,000 kept deposited for 30 days. T&Cs and eligibility apply. Affiliate link.
Business credit card
Get 7,500 Capital on Tap points with SETTINGUP
An active UK director or majority shareholder (25%+) of an active UK Ltd, LLP or PLC can use the referral link to qualify for 7,500 points after a qualifying transaction within 30 days of card activation, subject to the current terms.
T&Cs and eligibility apply. If approved, activate the card and complete a qualifying transaction within 30 days of activation. The official referral terms include card spend or drawing down funds. 7,500 points, worth £75 under the current redemption, should be credited within one month of the first transaction if the account remains open, in good standing and all terms are met. Affiliate link.
Referral links. How these offers work and why they are here.
The Resilient Founder
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