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On the financial cost side, use a credit card that is only for the side business. Then you can easily use that card whenever you buy something and look at the e
by mdorazio 5y ago
On the financial cost side, use a credit card that is only for the side business. Then you can easily use that card whenever you buy something and look at the end of month totals. For time, I personally divide days into quarters instead of hours and think back to how many quarter days I spent on the activity. “That was two afternoons” = 4-5 hours.
- jnovek 5y agoThe credit card is a good idea. Thank you! Honestly, I think I’m just a bad time estimator. It’s definitely something I miss from working together with people — I know I’m a bad time estimator and I can ask for help. Maybe this is just a “learning to work solo” thing.
- ghaff 5y agoA lot of it is experience in a space. Some things are less predictable than others but, over time, you develop heuristics that often work pretty well--at least for simpler tasks. Invariably you'll need to add some time for aspects of the business not directly connected to the output. Also learn to add some padding when you can if you're doing a job for someone. I really learned this when I was a consultant. Way better to underpromise and then come in early than the other way around.
- CharlesW 5y ago> The credit card is a good idea. As an alternative to a separate card, you can use a service like privacy.com to create one or more "virtual" cards.