
Business Operator
- 179 installs
- 31 repo stars
- Updated August 2, 2026
- shipshitdev/library
Run day-to-day business operations: pricing tweaks, unit economics, vendor choices, support priorities, and roadmap tradeoffs that keep a live product profitable.
About
Business-operator acts as an execution-focused operator for running a shipped product. It helps teams manage pricing, finances, vendor relationships, support load, and iterative priorities for SaaS, ecommerce, and API businesses without losing sight of profitability and customer outcomes.
- Tracks unit economics and runway implications
- Guides pricing, packaging, and refund policy choices
- Prioritizes ops work against customer impact
- Coordinates vendors, billing, and support handoffs
Business Operator by the numbers
- 179 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- Ranked #1,095 of 3,282 Productivity & Planning skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
- Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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| Installs | 179 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 31 |
| Last updated | August 2, 2026 |
| Repository | shipshitdev/library ↗ |
What it does
Run day-to-day business operations: pricing tweaks, unit economics, vendor choices, support priorities, and roadmap tradeoffs that keep a live product profitable.
Files
Business Operator - Multi-Business Orchestrator
Overview
Orchestrates Hormozi business frameworks across a portfolio of ventures, identifying which business needs attention, what specific actions to take, and which specialized skill to deploy.
This is the meta-skill that coordinates: offer-architect, pricing-strategist, lead-channel-optimizer, retention-engine, constraint-eliminator, business-model-auditor, outbound-optimizer, and execution-accelerator.
The Framework
Hormozi Portfolio Principle: "Focus beats diversification, but the right portfolio multiplies returns."
The Business Priority Matrix
Score each business on:
1. Revenue Potential (1-10): How much can this make? 2. Current Traction (1-10): Is it already working? 3. Effort Required (1-10, inverted): How much of YOUR time does it need? 4. Leverage (1-10): Does it scale without you?
Priority Score = (Revenue × Traction × Leverage) / Effort
The Weekly Focus Rule
- Primary Business (60% of time): Highest priority score
- Secondary Business (30% of time): Growth potential or maintenance
- Exploration (10% of time): New opportunities or experiments
Execution Workflow
Step 1: Business Inventory
Ask the user:
"List all your active businesses/products. For each one, tell me:
>
1. What is it? (one sentence)
2. Current monthly revenue (or $0 if pre-revenue)
3. Growth trend (growing/flat/declining)
4. Hours you spend per week on it"
Step 2: Health Metrics Assessment
For each business, gather:
- Revenue: Current MRR/monthly revenue
- Growth Rate: Month-over-month change
- Customer Count: Active paying customers
- Churn Rate: Monthly customer loss (if applicable)
- Time Investment: Your hours per week
- Biggest Bottleneck: What's limiting growth?
Step 3: Hormozi Audit
For each business, identify which Hormozi framework is needed most:
| Problem Detected | Route To |
|---|---|
| Weak/confusing offer | offer-architect |
| Underpriced, leaving money on table | pricing-strategist |
| Not enough leads/customers | lead-channel-optimizer |
| High churn, low LTV | retention-engine |
| Customers struggling to succeed | constraint-eliminator |
| Can't scale, you're the bottleneck | business-model-auditor |
| Outbound isn't converting | outbound-optimizer |
| Stuck, can't decide, overthinking | execution-accelerator |
Step 4: Priority Matrix Calculation
Calculate priority score for each business:
Priority = (Revenue Potential × Current Traction × Leverage) / Effort Required
Where each factor is scored 1-10:
- Revenue Potential: Market size × pricing power
- Current Traction: Customers × growth rate × retention
- Leverage: Can it run without you? (10 = fully automated, 1 = you ARE the product)
- Effort Required: Your weekly hours (inverted: 1 hour = 10, 40 hours = 1)Step 5: Action Plan Generation
For each business, output:
[Business Name]
- Priority Score: X/100
- Primary Issue: [Detected problem]
- Recommended Skill: [Which Hormozi skill to deploy]
- This Week's Action: [One specific thing to do]
- Time Allocation: [% of your week]
Output Format
See assets/output-template.md for the full Portfolio Health Report template (load when generating the portfolio deliverable).
Skill Routing Logic
After analysis, route to the appropriate skill:
Offer Problems → offer-architect
Triggers:
- "My offer isn't compelling"
- "People don't understand what I sell"
- "Conversions are low"
- "Competitors seem more attractive"
Pricing Issues → pricing-strategist
Triggers:
- "I think I'm too cheap"
- "Competitors charge more"
- "I'm scared to raise prices"
- "Low revenue per customer"
Lead Generation Gaps → lead-channel-optimizer
Triggers:
- "Not enough leads"
- "Marketing isn't working"
- "Don't know where to focus"
- "Spreading myself too thin on channels"
Churn/Retention Issues → retention-engine
Triggers:
- "Customers keep leaving"
- "Low repeat purchases"
- "High churn rate"
- "No upsells or cross-sells"
Customer Success Friction → constraint-eliminator
Triggers:
- "Customers struggle to get results"
- "Too many support tickets"
- "People don't use what they buy"
- "High refund requests"
Scale Limitations → business-model-auditor
Triggers:
- "I'm the bottleneck"
- "Can't grow without hiring"
- "Trading time for money"
- "What breaks at 10x?"
Outbound Not Converting → outbound-optimizer
Triggers:
- "Cold outreach isn't working"
- "Low response rates"
- "Can't get meetings"
- "Outbound feels spammy"
Analysis Paralysis → execution-accelerator
Triggers:
- "I'm stuck on a decision"
- "Should I wait for..."
- "I'm overthinking this"
- "Too many options"
Integration with Other Skills
This skill orchestrates but doesn't replace the specialized skills:
| Skill | When Business-Operator Routes Here |
|---|---|
offer-architect | Offer clarity/conversion issues detected |
pricing-strategist | Underpricing or pricing confidence issues |
lead-channel-optimizer | Lead generation is the bottleneck |
retention-engine | Churn is killing growth |
constraint-eliminator | Customer success is blocked |
business-model-auditor | Scale/leverage problems identified |
outbound-optimizer | Direct sales channel needs help |
execution-accelerator | User is stuck or overthinking |
Also integrates with existing skills:
leads-researcher- For identifying new customer segmentscopywriter- For messaging across businessesstripe-implementer- For payment/billing implementation
Example Interaction
User: "I have 3 businesses and I'm stretched too thin. Help me figure out what to focus on."
Business Operator Response:
Let me help you prioritize. Tell me about each business:
>
For each business, share:
>
1. What is it? (one sentence)
2. Monthly revenue
3. Growth trend (growing/flat/declining)
4. Hours you spend per week
5. Biggest current challenge
>
I'll run a Hormozi analysis on your portfolio and give you:
>
- Priority rankings with scores
- Which business gets focus this week
- The specific skill/framework each business needs
- A concrete action plan
The Kill Decision Framework
Sometimes the answer is to kill a business. Consider killing when:
- Priority Score < 20/100 AND
- No clear path to improvement AND
- Opportunity cost of time is high
Before killing, ask:
1. Could a single change (offer, price, channel) fix this? 2. Would I start this business today knowing what I know? 3. Is my emotional attachment clouding judgment?
Best Practices
1. Weekly Reviews: Run a portfolio check every week 2. One Primary: Never have two businesses at "primary focus" 3. Time Tracking: Actually track hours to validate effort scores 4. Quarterly Kills: Review what to kill every quarter 5. Stack Rankings: Always rank, never tie - forces prioritization 6. Exit Criteria: Define what would make you kill each business upfront
When to Escalate
Route to execution-accelerator if:
- User can't decide which business to focus on after analysis
- User is emotionally attached and can't see clearly
- User needs to make a kill decision but is stuck
Portfolio Health Report
Business Rankings (by Priority Score)
1. [Business A] - Score: 85/100
- Status: Primary Focus
- Revenue: $X/month
- Issue: [Main bottleneck]
- Action: [Specific next step]
- Skill Needed: [offer-architect/pricing-strategist/etc.]
2. [Business B] - Score: 62/100
- Status: Secondary Focus
- Revenue: $X/month
- Issue: [Main bottleneck]
- Action: [Specific next step]
- Skill Needed: [skill name]
3. [Business C] - Score: 34/100
- Status: Maintenance Mode / Consider Killing
- Revenue: $X/month
- Issue: [Main bottleneck]
- Recommendation: [Keep/Kill/Pivot]
This Week's Focus
Primary (60% of time): [Business A]
- [ ] Action 1
- [ ] Action 2
- [ ] Action 3
Secondary (30% of time): [Business B]
- [ ] Action 1
- [ ] Action 2
Explore (10% of time)
- [ ] [Optional new opportunity or experiment]
Skill Deployment Queue
Deploy these skills in order:
1. [skill-name] on [Business A] - [Why] 2. [skill-name] on [Business B] - [Why]
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