05/20/2026
Who runs the numbers?
Revenue goes to suppliers, staff, rent, utilities, repairs, card fees, and loan payments.
The owner gets what is left.
Most business owners cannot tell you their effective hourly rate. They know their revenue. They know their busy periods.
They do not know what they actually take home per hour worked.
The ones who know that number — and track it monthly — are the ones still operating in five years.
That number has a name: Owner Benefit.
It should be tracked. Every month. Not at year end.
