Free interactive calculator

The Hidden Hours Calculator

Find out how much of your week disappears into running your business.

Between client delivery, team questions, admin, planning, and all the little things that keep work moving, running a business can quietly take over your calendar and your headspace. Get a clear estimate of where your time goes, what takes up the most of it, and what you would most like to stop carrying.

Approx. 4 to 6 minutes · Personalized results · No operational knowledge required

Based on your self-reported estimates. Not a time study or business operations audit.

4 - 6 min

What you’ll see

Your results show up the moment you finish.

Your weekly and monthly hours

A clear estimate of the time that goes into running and coordinating your business.

Where those hours go

A breakdown across five areas of running a business, and which one takes the most. Solo founders see four.

What it takes from your headspace

A separate reflection on mental load, plus what you would most like to hand off.

An optional time-value view

Put your own number on an hour of your time and see what those hours add up to. You choose the number, or skip it.

Made for service founders, with or without a team.

If it’s just you

The calculator skips the team question and shows four areas instead of five. You still get a complete set of results.

If you have a team

With employees, contractors, or ongoing collaborators, you will also see how much time goes toward guiding and coordinating them.

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