Small Business System

The operations manager you wish you had.

Included in: LAS JDU SBS

We know what it's like to run a business. Between me and Lucy, we have 50+ years of experience as freelancers, contractors, and business owners.

You started a business because you have a skill: a thing that you do or make better than others. But now you're dealing with administration, finance, technology, and more. You feel like you spend more time doing admin than building your product.

Your operations framework

The Small Business System (SBS) is your operations framework. For the price of a few hours of your time, here's what you get:

  • A place to put everything. Never lose an invoice again.
  • Regularly updated operations manuals and training material.
  • Online tools to file, find, and stay on top of your week.
  • An annual cadence that includes live sessions to keep you honest.
  • A supportive community of real business owners.
  • A system that learns from its members and gets better for everyone.

You found Johnny.Decimal because you're trying to be more organised. The SBS is the fastest way to get there. We spent thousands of hours designing it so you don't have to.

What it covers

We wanted this to cover everything that any small business might need to manage. And we considered all 'shapes' of business: manufacturing, consultants, gardeners, coders. Whatever you do, we cover it:

  • The business, its staff, and other professional bodies.
  • Premises, operations, and transport.
  • Financial planning, management, and reporting.
  • Technology and your online presence.
  • Events, whether formal or social, and travel.
  • Products, suppliers, equipment, processes, and inventory.
  • Marketing, sales channels, customers, orders, and shipping.
  • Your creative artefacts: words, images, and other media.

We use this system to organise our own business. We know where everything is and spend no time managing it.

New for 2026: tools, community, and more

We relaunched this site in May 2026 and made helping small businesses our singular mission.

We'll be running group Zoom sessions, focused on what we know best: organising your tech, staying safe online, getting the boring stuff under control. And supporting the community of real business owners on our forum, Discord, and a dedicated SBS WhatsApp.

We're also building tools and integrations into this website ā€“ your operations assistant (aka JDHQ) ā€“ to handle the filing and finding so you can get back to work.

A screenshot of the SBS home page.

While we spin up these Zoom sessions and build out the tools, the price remains A$500 (~US$377). Within a few months, this will become the annual subscription price. Sign up before then and we'll lock you in: business operations for life, for less than your quarterly accounting bill. (It's tax deductible, of course.1)

Everything included

The SBS includes everything else we make. You get access to JDU, where the Task and Project Management course will help you organise what you need to get done. And a copy of the Life Admin System so you can organise your home life using the same principles.

Guaranteed

All of our products come with a 14-day, no-questions, money-back guarantee. So it's risk free.

Footnotes

  1. Excludes GST in Australia. No sales tax applies elsewhere. ā†©