Free PDF · 8 Pages · Solo Founders
The Solo OS Starter Kit
The smallest operating system you can run on yourself.
A short PDF for solo founders who run their week on habit and want a system that holds on a bad day. No tools to install. No course to take. Print it, fill it, run it.
You’ll get the kit plus four short emails over the next week. A couple newsletter per week after that. Unsubscribe any time.
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The Solo OS Starter Kit
The four-part frame, the five-question audit, and the one thing to remove first.
A system that holds on a bad day.
What you get
Eight pages. Built to be printed and used – not stored.
The whole thing is built around one premise: a solo business doesn’t fail at productivity. It fails at structure. The kit replaces the structure most solopreneurs build by accident with one they can run on purpose.
A printable four-part frame
Inputs, decisions, work, review. The same structure that sits underneath any one-person business once you see it.
The one-page weekly system map
Print it on Sunday. Fill it in 15 minutes. Four quadrants for inputs, decisions, work blocks, and last week’s review.
The five-question audit
Run once, then once a quarter. The questions in your head don’t count – the answers go on the page.
The “what to remove first” checklist
Ten common candidates. Tick what applies. Remove the first one that’s clearly carrying nothing back.
The 20-minute weekly routine
15 minutes on Sunday, 5 minutes on Friday. The routine that makes the system run on a bad week.
The short reading list
Five articles in the Solo Operating System cluster, in order. The kit is the entry point. The cluster is the deeper read.
A preview · From page 3
Every operating system has four parts. Most solopreneurs have all four already – they just don’t see them as a system. The Solo OS frame names them, separates them, and gives you a place to put the work.
Inputs. Decisions. Work. Review.
Inputs are received, not chosen. Decisions are weekly, not daily. Work is the only stage anyone sees. Review is the loop that adjusts the system.
Most solo operating systems fail at the first part. Most solopreneurs think they’re failing at the third.
From page 3 of the Solo OS Starter Kit
Who wrote this?
Ricky Gothlin
I build solo operations from Scandinavia. Freymwork is my English-language publication for solo founders.
The Solo OS frame is the same frame I run my own week on. I rewrote it three times before it held. This is version four.
Common questions
Before you download.
Who is this kit for?
Solo founders running a one-person business. The work can be service-based, product-based, content-based, or a mix. If you’re the only person doing the work and you’re tired of productivity advice that assumes a team, the kit will fit. If you have a team of more than three, the frame still works but the audit and removal checklist will read differently.
Will this work for service businesses, content businesses, or both?
Both. The frame is deliberately work-agnostic. The four parts (Inputs, Decisions, Work, Review) apply whether your work is client projects, content publishing, or a digital product. The example prompts in the weekly map are flexible enough that you fill them with whatever your actual week contains.
Is this a productivity system?
No. Productivity is the output of a system that works. The kit is the system that produces it. If you want a productivity book, Cal Newport and David Allen both have stronger ones. If you want the frame that sits underneath either of them, the kit is for that.
How long does it take to use?
Twenty minutes a week, total. Fifteen on Sunday or Monday to set up the week. Five on Friday to write the review. The first time you run the audit takes longer – about 30 minutes – but you only run the audit once a quarter after that.
What happens after I download?
The kit arrives as a PDF in your first email. You’ll get four more emails from me over the next ten days, each unpacking one part of the frame in a bit more depth than the kit itself. After that, the weekly newsletter ships on Thursdays – one essay per week, the same voice, no sales pitch.
Will I get spammed?
No. The Freymwork list is few email per week, plus occasional product announcements when something I build is genuinely relevant. Unsubscribe is a single click and I don’t follow up. The list is small enough that I read replies.
Is the kit free? Will it stay free?
Yes, free. It stays free. A longer version – the Solo Operating System ebook – is in production and will be a paid product (in the $15–25 range). The kit you’re downloading is the entry point for that ebook, and reading the kit first is a good way to decide whether the longer version is worth the price.
Eight pages. Twenty minutes a week. A frame that runs on a bad day.
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