A startup roadmap
A 21-page guide and a 30-day action plan for defining your offer, organizing your setup, and verifying local requirements.
For the person behind the tools
You know your trade.
Now build your business.
Turn “I could do this on my own” into a practical plan. The Burns Trade Business Starter Kit helps hands-on people tackle the business side, one step at a time, with a practical guide, editable forms, and a business workbook.
Starter $49 · Operations $129 · Growth $249
One-time prices · All three kits complete · Checkout coming soon
A practical resource from Burns Construction Solutions.
$49 / Digital toolkit
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Made for a practical start
Good with your hands.
Ready for what’s next.
You don’t need more vague advice about being your own boss. You need a place to start, a way to organize the details, and tools you can put to work.
- You work in a trade and want to take on your own customers.
- You’re doing side jobs and want a more organized approach.
- You need help with pricing, estimates, follow-up, and the paperwork.
- You want a simple toolkit you can work through at your own pace.
Inside the $49 Starter Kit
The business basics.
In one place.
One bundle: a 21-page guide, 12 editable text templates, and a five-tab Excel workbook. $49 one-time launch price. No subscription.
Pricing worksheets
A formula-based Job Price calculator and Startup Budget worksheet. Account for owner labor, overhead, contingency, and margin.
Estimates & invoices
Editable estimate, invoice, change-request, and intake text files, plus worked examples. Customize them in a text editor, Word, or Google Docs.
Customer message scripts
Ten editable scripts for inquiries, estimate delivery, follow-up, changes, updates, payment reminders, and honest review requests.
A first-customer action plan
A service-offer builder and first-customer action plan for explaining your work, asking for referrals, and organizing outreach.
Job & customer trackers
Leads, Job Costs, and Payments workbook tabs with 100 rows each, plus job-planning, closeout, and weekly-review templates.
Try a free sample
A clearer job starts
with better questions.
Use this project intake worksheet to organize a customer conversation before you prepare an estimate.
This is a free example of the practical approach used in the toolkit. Fill it in and print it, or save it as a PDF through your browser’s print dialog.
Ask what “finished” looks like to the customer. Clarifying the result early can help you identify scope questions before quoting.
Burns / Free worksheet
Before you quote the job
Your entries stay in this page and are not submitted or saved. Print or save before leaving.From a working builder
Built around
real-world work.
Kyle Burns leads Burns Construction Solutions in Athens, Georgia. As a third-generation builder, he brings a tradesperson’s perspective to the everyday work of running a business.
Includes permission to use the files in one business: customize the tools for your own business and send completed customer-facing documents. Reselling or redistributing the original kit and blank templates is not permitted.
Meet Kyle and the construction business ↗Choose your next step
Start the business.
Then organize the work.
Practical resources for independent tradespeople and small home-service businesses. All three kits are complete. Checkout and automatic delivery are still being connected.
Follow one job from quote to closeout.
The fictional example connects a base estimate, an approved change, actual costs, staged invoices, and an eight-week cash plan. Practice how delayed payment affects cash without changing the job’s profit.
The workbook supports one project per copy. Scheduling dates and dependencies are manual. Recorded videos, ongoing coaching, legally reviewed contracts, and promised future updates are not included.
A few useful details
Before you get started.
What does the $49 price include?
The one-time $49 launch price covers the 21-page PDF guide, its editable text source, 12 editable text templates, and the five-tab Excel workbook, delivered together as a ZIP download once checkout is connected. The toolkit is complete, but this page cannot accept payment yet. No subscription, ongoing coaching, custom legal review, or promised future updates are included.
What does the Operations Kit add?
The $129 bundle includes Starter plus a 26-page playbook, a nine-tab workbook, 16 editable HTML forms with text copies, six SOP checklists, six completed fictional example documents, and six written walkthroughs. The workbook connects estimating, approved changes, actual costs, billing, and an eight-week cash forecast. Dates and schedule dependencies are maintained manually. No recorded videos or personal coaching are included.
What does the Growth Kit add?
The $249 bundle includes both prior kits plus a 21-page Growth playbook, an 11-tab workbook, eight editable business-review tools, four fictional trade-estimating examples, and six written walkthroughs. Plan a portfolio of up to 20 jobs, 100 future cash events, 30 capacity allocations, eight cash-forecast weeks, and twelve monthly target periods. Inputs are maintained manually; there is no live sync, automatic scheduling, recorded video course, coaching, or promise of future updates.
How do Growth upgrades work?
Verified Operations owners can upgrade for $120; verified Starter owners for $200. Choose the single upgrade matching the highest tier you already own; discounts do not stack. Purchase verification and checkout must be connected before an upgrade can be purchased.
How does the $80 upgrade work?
Existing Starter buyers can upgrade to Operations for the $80 difference. Prior purchase verification must be connected before upgrade purchases can be accepted. There is no active upgrade checkout yet; a Starter purchase is not required before buying the $129 full bundle.
Is this a franchise or a ready-made company?
No. All three products are educational digital toolkits. It does not include a registered business, franchise rights, customers, licensing, or a promise of income.
Will this cover licensing and legal requirements?
The roadmap helps you organize the questions to research. The estimate and change-request templates are administrative starting points, not legally reviewed contracts or statutory notices. Requirements vary by trade and location. You will still need to verify your licensing, permits, insurance, taxes, and any contract documents with the appropriate local agencies or qualified professionals.
Do I need to be in Georgia?
The worksheets and business organization tools are intended to be adaptable. Any Georgia-specific examples will need to be checked against the rules where you work.
Can I hire Burns for a home project instead?
Absolutely. Visit our construction services page or call 706-410-6388 to discuss a remodel, renovation, or repair.
Business Guides / Choose a specific service
Choose a service.
Build a practical plan.
Practical Burns Construction Solutions guides for starting a small service business. Choose junk removal or construction cleanup, then work through the equipment, pricing, customer, and job-planning steps.
Each standalone guide works without a toolkit purchase. The Starter, Operations, and Growth kits are separate optional products.
Compare the business toolkits ↑Digital guide + printable workbook
Start a Small Junk Removal Business
$19 one time
- 33-page PDF with eight printable worksheets
- Equipment decisions and realistic startup planning
- Disposal planning, acceptance limits, and local checks
- Worked pricing example and job cost stress test
- Customer scripts, intake, and job checklists
- Burns bonus: contractor referrals and repeat business
Guide complete · Checkout and automatic delivery coming soon. Printable PDF, not interactive forms. No coaching, certification, customer leads, or earnings guarantee.
Ask Kyle about the $19 guide ↗Opens your messaging app for you to review and send.
Digital guide + printable workbook
Start a Construction Cleanup Business
$19 one time
- 27-page PDF with eight printable worksheets
- Rough, final, and touch-up cleaning explained
- Equipment decisions and startup budget planning
- Site walkthrough, dust screening, and finish protection
- Worked estimate, labor hours, and return-visit pricing
- Builder outreach scripts and handover checklists
Guide complete · Checkout and automatic delivery coming soon. Printable PDF, not interactive forms. Business planning resource; specialized safety training and regulated cleanup are outside its scope.
Ask Kyle about the $19 cleanup guide ↗Opens your messaging app for you to review and send.
From the Burns blog
Price your first side job.
Work through a sample estimate and see how travel, materials, and cleanup affect the price you need to charge.
Toolkit ready / Checkout coming soon
Build your craft.
Build the business behind it.
Choose Starter for $49, Operations for $129, or Growth for $249. Upgrade prices: Starter to Operations $80; Operations to Growth $120; Starter to Growth $200. Prior purchase verification will be required. Checkout and automatic delivery are not connected yet. The standalone Junk Removal and Construction Cleanup guides are $19 each. Try the free worksheet or ask Kyle a product question.
Opens your messaging app. Review and send your message there.
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