Real stack
Brand designer of one, $30k MRR
Services / consulting · $15k–$50k MRR · 28 h/wk
- Monthly
- $79/mo
- Annual
- $948/yr
- Tools
- 7
Brand identity for early-stage SaaS. Three projects a quarter, fixed-fee not hourly. Figma is the whole production toolchain plus Whimsical for the cheap whiteboarding work I used to do in FigJam. HoneyBook handles the proposal-to-invoice flow; the cost is worth not having to wire three tools together.
The stack
- FigmaDesign
The default modern design tool. Free tier is generous, the editor is fast, and the entire ecosystem (plugins, templates, dev handoff) lives here.
$15/moTry it→ - HoneyBookCRM
A client management tool aimed at service-based businesses: contracts, invoices, scheduling, and a structured onboarding flow. Sized more for small agencies than true solo operators.
$36/moTry it→ - Cal.comScheduling
The open-source alternative to Calendly. Self-hostable if you care, but the cloud version is generous enough that you almost never have to.
“Free, self-hosted”
$0/moTry it→ - LoomCommunication
Async video for the rest of us. Record your screen plus a webcam bubble, send a link, save half a meeting.
$15/moTry it→ - NotionProductivity
A flexible workspace that doubles as a CRM, content planner, and lightweight project tracker, all from one tool.
$10/moTry it→ - StripePayments
The default payments stack for solopreneurs: invoices, subscriptions, one-off charges, all of it. If you take money on the internet, you probably end up here.
$0/moTry it→ - 1PasswordSecurity
The password manager that actually feels designed, not bolted together. Worth $36/yr for a one-person business that touches more than 50 logins.
$3/moTry it→
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