[Home](https://stoneforgegroup.com/) · Tools Free # Free help, before we ever speak. Three ways to work on your own business, on your own: the interactive tools below, the two-minute scorecards, and the questions owners actually ask – answered on video. No email, no sign-up, nothing you answer saved. The Flagship Assessment ## The Anatomy of a *Well-Run* Business The whole business, one honest look. Eleven areas, the specifics under each – rate what's true and how much it matters, and the area scores compute from your answers, with where to focus ranked for you. [Run the Anatomy →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/anatomy-of-a-well-run-business/) Save to your own file · run it alone or with your team · nothing you answer is saved or sent The tools [Selling · pairs with “Where am I in this deal?” ### The Five-Stage Deal Guide Walk a live deal through the five stages and find the first gate it can’t clear. That’s where it’s stuck. Open the guide →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/tools/five-stage-deal-guide/) [Discipline · pairs with “Why can’t I make the change?” ### The Commitment Card Name the sentence you tell yourself in the moment, and this builds the promise so it holds – witness, consequence, and a check at the right interval. Build the card →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/tools/commitment-card/) [Capacity · pairs with “Should I just hire someone?” ### The Before-You-Hire Ladder Run the jobs eating your week down one ladder – stop it, automate it, hand it off, keep it – and see whether it’s really a hire. Open the ladder →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/tools/before-you-hire/) [Clients · pairs with “Why do good clients leave?” ### Holding the Client’s Aim Take your top clients, find what’s actually holding each one, and see how much revenue is sitting on the ones nothing holds. Place your clients →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/tools/holding-the-clients-aim/) [Aim · pairs with “Am I chasing the right goal?” ### The Real-Aim Test Four quick tests on the number you’re chasing. Where they agree is the real aim underneath it, and the shorter road there. Run the test →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/tools/real-aim/) The scorecards [Selling · two minutes ### The sales scorecard Seven quick questions on owner-led selling. It places where you sit and points to the two areas worth starting with. Take the scorecard →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/scorecard/) [The numbers · two minutes ### The financial scorecard Seven reads on the numbers – instinct-led, insight-driven or outcome-led – and where the clarity is thinnest. Take the scorecard →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/financial-scorecard/) The language [Language · 61 terms, defined plainly ### The Owner’s Glossary The words that turn up in your own numbers, from COGS to working capital – each one defined in plain language, with the formula where there is one. Look Something Up →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/glossary/) The research Original analysis of federal business data on owner-led services firms – five studies, plus the hub that ties them together, each sourced to a named dataset and year with the method stated in full. Not a tool to run; a body of work to read. [The hub · method, sources, limitations ### The research hub Five federal datasets, read for what they actually show about owner-led services firms as they get larger and older – and stated plainly where the data runs out. Read the hub →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/research/) [Size · revenue against payroll ### The leverage gap Revenue per dollar of payroll falls about 16% between the 5-to-9 and 50-to-99-employee bands in professional services; construction holds close to flat over the same range. Read the study →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/research/the-leverage-gap/) [Age · firm size against firm age ### Firm size and firm age Among professional services firms with five or more employees, mean firm size rises about 30% from age 5 to age 26 or more – a real rise, and a modest one. Read the study →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/research/firm-size-and-age/) [Ownership · owner age by subsector ### Who owns these firms Owners aged 55 or over run from 39.4% in computer systems design to 62.8% in accounting and bookkeeping – a 23-point spread inside a single industry code. Read the study →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/research/who-owns-these-firms/) [Your county · professional-services pay ### What the local market pays Professional-services pay per employee sits below the Florida and national figures in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties alike, each county checked on its own. Read the study →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/research/what-the-local-market-pays/) [Florida · owner age against the nation ### Florida owner-led firms Florida's owner-age gaps against the national picture sit inside sampling error in all five sectors checked – a difference not detected, not one shown to be absent. Read the study →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/research/florida-owner-led-firms/) ### The questions owners actually ask Short, honest video answers to what keeps owners up – why growth flattened, where to stand, whether to hire. Full transcripts, no email. [The Questions Library →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/questions/) ### When you'd rather have someone in it with you. Every tool here is yours to use whenever you like, on your own – no email, no strings. A fractional seat is a different thing altogether: a senior operator holding the seat with you – setting the strategy, making the judgment calls that move the business, and building the engine so growth stops running through you. Not a tool, and not a one-off; senior leadership held to a standing rhythm. The first conversation is free – come with whichever tool you've run. [Talk to Us →](https://stoneforgegroup.com/contact/) Fifty minutes, about your business, with the person who'd hold the seat.