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The playbooks nobody taught in school

Straight-ahead steps for the decisions that actually change your income — written for the chair, not for a boardroom.

Know your classificationW-2, 1099, commission, booth rent, LLC — what each one actually meansHow you're paid, how you're classified and how your business is structured are three different questions.Starting your LLCYou're already doing the work. Now let's make the business official.What an LLC actually does — and a plain-English roadmap to forming one.Opening your own suiteA suite isn't a promotion. It's a business decision.The real cost list, the lease questions, and how to tell if your clientele can carry the whole business.Pricing your services like a businessYour price isn't just what the client pays. It has to pay the business, too.What a price actually has to cover, why time matters more than product, and the math before you change your prices.Know what you’re actually makingThe number you bring in is not the number you make.Separate revenue, business expenses, profit and personal take-home — before you treat every dollar in the account like spendable income.Taxes & bookkeepingNobody hands you a paycheck stub behind the chair.Revenue vs. taxable profit vs. take-home, separating business money, what to track and the habits that keep tax time boring.Building & keeping a clienteleGetting someone in your chair once is marketing. Giving them a reason to come back is how you build a clientele.Retention, consultations, rebooking, promotions that have a purpose — and the math of one loyal client.

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Next in the systemCompare your work optionsCommission, booth or your own suite — see what each model pays, costs and asks of you.

Mentor note

You don't need to learn everything at once. Start with the decision you're facing right now. When you're ready for the next step, we'll show you where to go.