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Run the bus test on your business

The guide describes a bus test for owners: imagine you vanish tomorrow and see how much of the operation continues. It contrasts a job, which stops producing when you stop working, with an asset that runs on systems and a team.

“Imagine you vanish tomorrow. What percentage of operations continue normally?”— Contrarian Thinking, The ULTIMATE Guide to Building a Sellable Business, Feb 2026

Do this

List what would stop if you disappeared tomorrow and write up one of those items this week.

More in this pack

• Know your burn and runway
• Write down your routine tasks as SOPs
• Judge burn against new ARR
• Make yourself unnecessary to daily decisions

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