Six free downloads from The $100 Startup — a one-page business plan template, a one-page marketing plan, the 39-step launch checklist, and three more. Enter your email and get the whole library at once.
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Each download is built from a chapter or framework in the book and is designed to do one job, fast. None of them are sales pitches with a worksheet bolted on. They're the actual templates the founders in the 1,500-person study used — or close descendants of them — packaged so you can print and fill them in today.
Walk through positioning your skills as a consulting offer, finding your first client, and setting your rates. No website required.
Best for: people with professional skills who want income fast.
Format: printable PDF
Fill-in-the-blank template that forces clarity on your offer, audience, pricing, and first customers. Fits on one page because a side hustle plan should.
Best for: anyone stuck in the planning phase who needs to move.
Format: printable PDF
Identify your best channels, craft your message, and build a repeatable promotion system — all on one page.
Best for: people who know what they sell but not how to get the word out.
Format: printable PDF
How to create and sell ebooks, guides, courses, and templates. Covers ideation, creation, pricing, and distribution.
Best for: writers, teachers, and experts who want to package what they know.
Format: printable PDF
A 7-step framework to test whether real people will pay for your idea — before you build it. Includes scripts and templates.
Best for: anyone with an idea who isn't sure if it'll work.
Format: printable PDF
39 specific items to prepare, execute, and follow up on for your launch. Print it, pin it up, and work through it.
Best for: people ready to launch who want nothing to fall through the cracks.
Format: printable PDF
Two of the most-requested templates have their own landing pages with worked samples, a full breakdown of every section, and the same instant download below:
Most readers download the whole set, then use one or two as the starting point for whatever they're working on this month. A few common patterns:
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Yes, for non-commercial use — print them, share them with a client, run a workshop. The only thing we ask is that you don't republish the PDFs themselves or repackage them as your own product.
The free library gives you the tools. Your First Sale gives you the structure — a 14-day guided program with daily tasks and worksheets that walk you from idea to first paying customer.
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