Project Management Basics
Scope projects, define milestones, assign owners, track risks, and deliver on time with simple PM methods.
Who this is for
New managers and contributors leading small projects
Choose a task
Write project scope
Break into milestones
Assign owners and dates
Set weekly status review
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Plan a Small Business Launch
Test customer demand, estimate startup costs and unit economics, check launch requirements and define a limited, measurable first offering.
Set Up a Freelance Practice
Define a freelance service, estimate a cost-based rate floor, organize contracts and taxes, and track delivery with a realistic time budget.
Build a Career Advancement Case
Clarify advancement criteria, document your contribution, test growth opportunities and prepare a grounded role or compensation discussion.
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Simple in-browser notepad with auto-save. Write quick notes that persist in your browser. Download as text file. No signup needed.
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Model an hourly revenue floor from owner pay, overhead, a user-entered annual reserve, billable capacity, and target operating margin.
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Calculate the theoretical break-even point and minimum whole sellable units, plus target-profit volume, contribution margin, and signed margin of safety.
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Calculate gross profit and operating profit or loss from net revenue, cost of sales, and operating expenses for one consistent period.
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Allocate the 168 hours in a seven-day week across work, commute, rest, care and other activities, then save observed and proposed schedules.
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Model the standard Schedule SE Social Security and Medicare components from explicit current factor, wage-base, wage, and rate inputs.
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Apply entered in-network deductible, coinsurance, copays, and out-of-pocket maximum terms to an entered allowed-charge scenario, plus premiums.
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Write and preview a resume, keep multiple versions, export plain text or print to PDF, and save a browser workspace with a restorable JSON backup.
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Calculate a proposed annual salary increase and apply an entered incremental tax assumption to the added pay, with clear annual and monthly amounts.
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Track job and internship postings, materials, interview notes, status and dated next actions, with local saving, JSON restore and filtered CSV export.
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Compare two written offers with guaranteed pay, sign-on cash, uncertain bonuses and costs kept separate, or model comparable cost indices.
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Reusable tools
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Notepad
Freelance Rate Calculator
Break-Even Calculator
Profit Calculator
Weekly Time Budget Calculator
Self-Employment Tax Calculator
Health Insurance Cost-Sharing Calculator
Resume Builder and Version Editor
Salary Raise Scenario Calculator
Job and Internship Application Tracker
Written Offer and Salary Comparison
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Salary, Offers & Career Growth
Compare written offers, prepare a pay discussion and plan career growth with verified evidence, explicit budgets and review points.
Career Transition & Workplace Basics
Research a career transition, plan costs and learning, build professional conversations and verify workplace or startup requirements.
Freelance & Remote Work
Define service scope, calculate a rate floor and build a practical remote setup with verified expenses, requirements and working hours.
Gig Economy & Platform Work
Track platform receipts and all working hours, separate vehicle cash costs from deductions, and prepare an annual tax projection.
Leadership & Team Management
Delegate work, coach team members, set goals, run one-on-ones, and build accountable team culture.
Time Management & Productivity
Prioritize tasks, block calendar time, reduce distractions, and build repeatable productivity systems.