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§ 01 · In crisis
A guided journey

When the Business Goes Under.

The weeks after the revenue stops and the reality sets in.

About 6 weeks6 modules · 39mFreeLeaderboard →
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The arc · 6 modules
01The first week02What you owe and to whom03The conversation with your partner04Telling staff and creditors05The house and the name06Grieving the thing you built
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§ 01 · What you'll learn
01What personal liability actually means (and what it doesn't)
02How to talk to creditors before they talk to you
03The difference between bankrupt, insolvent, and broke
04How to tell your partner what's happened and what's coming
05How to grieve the business without the grief becoming your identity
06How to figure out what's next when the plan is gone
§ 02 · Who it's for
01A sole trader or company director whose business has stopped trading or is about to
02A founder who's personally guaranteed debts and is discovering what that means
03A man who's wound up a company and is sitting in the silence after, wondering what to do with his hands
§ 03 → The modules

6 sessions, in order.

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01
The first week
What to do in the 72 hours after you stop trading. Who to call, who not to call, what not to promise, and why you don't make any decisions on day one.
6 min→
02
What you owe and to whom
Personal guarantees, director loans, ATO debts, trade creditors. The hierarchy of who gets paid first and who can wait. The difference between bankrupt, insolvent, and broke.
7 min→
03
The conversation with your partner
How to tell her what happened and what's coming. What to share, what to hold, and why "I'll fix it" is the most dangerous sentence you can say right now.
6 min→
04
Telling staff and creditors
The conversations nobody trains you for. How to close a business without destroying the people who worked in it or the people you owe money to.
7 min→
05
The house and the name
Separating your identity from the business before it takes your marriage and your assets down with it. What's at risk, what's protected, and how to find out which is which.
6 min→
06
Grieving the thing you built
It's a loss. Not a setback. Not a pivot. A loss. How to sit with that without turning it into a story about yourself that isn't true — and how to start asking what's next.
7 min→

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