Two numbers. Thirty seconds. Find out exactly what founder dependency is costing your business — every year.
This calculator estimates the direct time cost of founder dependency based on your inputs. It does not account for opportunity cost, team inefficiency, or growth foregone. In most cases, the real cost is higher.
The Cost of Staying Stuck Calculator helps Australian small business owners quantify how much founder dependency is costing them — in real dollars, per year. Built by Simkul Solutions, a Perth-based SME consulting firm, this free tool takes two inputs: the hours per week a business owner spends on tasks someone else could handle, and their approximate hourly rate.
Most SME owners who run the calculation find the annual figure is significantly higher than expected. At 15 hours per week and $100 per hour, that's $78,000 per year in founder time spent on tasks that should be delegated, documented, or handed to an offshore hire.
Simkul Solutions works with Australian SME owners to reduce this cost through operations consulting, offshore recruitment, and business process improvement. Book a free 30-minute discovery call at simkul.au.