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economics
Let's talk about math. In 2023, a solo consultant billing $150/hour could realistically handle about 25 clients. The bottleneck wasn't expertise. It was time. Research, drafting, communication, follow-up, admin. Each client consumed roughly 6-8 hours per month of work, and maybe 3 of those hours
meta
Something is happening that most people haven't noticed yet. A solo accountant in Ohio is processing more returns than a team of four did three years ago. A one-person design studio in Berlin is winning contracts against agencies with fifteen employees. An independent consultant in Toronto just delivered