Plans
Starter plans for jobs people actually do, written by someone who has run them. Each one has phases, dated tasks, milestones and the risks that usually bite. Read them here, copy what helps, or open one in Harbor and it’s dated from today.
Business
- Open a café16 weeks · 34 tasksA 16-week café opening plan: concept and money, site and lease, permits and fit-out, menu and hiring, then a soft opening and opening day.
- Plan next year's budget8 weeks · 24 tasksAn 8-week budget plan: shared assumptions, revenue and headcount, team budgets, a combined draft with a downside case, then approval and monthly reviews.
- Open a shop14 weeks · 31 tasksA 14-week plan to open a small retail shop: lease, permits, fit-out, suppliers, stock, staff and a soft opening, with the usual risks.
- Raise a seed round12 weeks · 25 tasksA 12-week seed fundraising plan: story and deck, data room, investor list, intro outreach, pitch meetings, term sheet and closing.
Software
- Ship a mobile app v114 weeks · 28 tasksA 14-week plan for a first mobile app: scope, design and user tests, build, beta testing, then store review and release with crash reporting in place.
- Run a round of customer research6 weeks · 23 tasksA 6-week customer research plan: research questions, recruiting, a discussion guide, interviews, synthesis and a readout with decisions.
- Migrate to a new database10 weeks · 26 tasksA 10-week database migration plan: inventory, schema mapping, sync and backfill, verification, staged cutover, rollback and decommissioning.
- Launch an open-source project8 weeks · 25 tasksAn 8-week plan to open-source a project: license, code cleanup, docs, contribution rules, community channels, launch and the first month after.
Operations
- Move offices10 weeks · 29 tasksA 10-week office move: plan and budget, prepare the new space, book movers and IT, update your address everywhere, then move and hand back the old office.
- Move to a new CRM10 weeks · 27 tasksA 10-week CRM migration: requirements and choice, field mapping, data cleanup and test imports, setup and training, then cutover and the first week of support.
- Get ready for a SOC 2 audit16 weeks · 32 tasksA 16-week SOC 2 readiness plan: scoping, gap assessment, policies, control fixes, evidence collection and auditor fieldwork, with risks.
- Roll out a new finance system20 weeks · 32 tasksA 20-week plan to replace a finance system: requirements, vendor choice, chart of accounts, data migration, parallel run and go-live.
People
- Hire your first five people12 weeks · 27 tasksA 12-week plan for a founder hiring five people: define the roles, set up payroll and contracts, find candidates, interview and offer, then onboard.
- Build a new-hire onboarding program6 weeks · 23 tasksA 6-week plan to build new-hire onboarding: first-day logistics, a 30-60-90 plan, buddies, role checklists and a feedback loop.
Marketing
- Relaunch a website8 weeks · 29 tasksAn 8-week website relaunch: audit, sitemap and design, content, build and testing, then launch with a redirect map so you keep your search traffic.
- Launch a new product10 weeks · 26 tasksA 10-week product launch: positioning, pricing and readiness, launch content, sales and support training, then launch day and a review against goals.
- Rebrand a company12 weeks · 25 tasksA 12-week rebrand: agree why and what's in scope, choose a design partner, develop the identity, roll it out everywhere, then launch on one day.
- Run a marketing campaign8 weeks · 23 tasksAn 8-week marketing campaign plan: goal and audience, message, channel plan, content production, launch, optimization and a wrap-up.
Events
- Run a conference20 weeks · 33 tasksA 20-week conference plan: budget and dates, venue and suppliers, speakers and schedule, tickets and sponsors, then the run of show and the day itself.
- Plan a team offsite8 weeks · 24 tasksAn 8-week team offsite plan: goals, budget, venue, travel, agenda, facilitation, the days themselves and following up on what was agreed.