Why You Need Standard Operating Procedures as a Solopreneur
Take the time to create documentation.
Running a solo business eliminates bogged-down procedures and red tape of working with a company. Want to make a pivot? You are the only decision-maker. Want to change a process? Go ahead and do it.
But at some point, every solo business owner starts to think about growth. That might mean bringing on a full-time hire or fractional help. At that point, you may find that you’re scrambling to explain the processes and procedures that exist only in your head to another person.
I ran into this a few months ago when I hired a virtual assistant. Within a short period of time between signing an agreement and her start date, I needed to create some standard operating procedures (SOPs). The SOPs explained the work she needed to do and also why that work was important for my business (to give her the appropriate context).
Since then, I’ve created standard operating procedures (SOPs) for other parts of my business, even those that I’m still doing myself. I don’t know what the future holds or at what point I might be passing off some of that work to other people. It’s better to create the documents now and tweak them than be in a mad scramble in the future.
