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Plainroot
Guided helper
About Plainroot
Help for your business, in plain words.
Plainroot is a guided helper for small business owners, first-time founders and salespeople who run their own book of business. Tell us what's going on. We find the real problem and point you to the cheapest fix first.
- 1
Tell us what's going on
In your own words. A few quick questions follow.
- 2
Get the real problem
Named plainly, with the free fix first.
- 3
Choose your next step
A free guide, a $49 in-depth analysis, or ongoing help. Your call.
Launch
Launch a business with us.
We walk you through launching your business, step by step.
We're a tool to help you build. We can't promise you results, and we won't. What we can do is help you bring your vision to life and give it the best chance it possibly can. If you succeed, we succeed.
- Step by step. One clear task at a time, start to finish.
- Yours from day one. You own everything you build.
- Teaching, not running. We teach and guide. We don't run your business or find customers for you.
It's your business. You run it and you sell it. We make building it easier.
Launch pricing
Pricing coming soon
Starting a business takes work, and many new businesses don't make money right away. Sales and income depend on things outside our control.
Our goal isn't to print you money. It's to give you the easiest path to do what you do best.
The Library
Free guides
Cheapest option first, and one thing to do this week.
Nothing matches yet. Try a shorter word, or ask Plainroot.
How it works
Ask. Get a straight answer. Pick the cheapest fix.
Asking is the easy part. Any question counts, big or small.
Tell us what's going on
Tap an option or type it however it comes out.
Get a straight, kind answer
The real problem, in plain words.
Pick your help
Free first. Paid help comes after, clearly labeled.
What we won't do
- Promise income or results.
- Recommend something because we make money on it.
- Give legal, tax or licensing advice. We share general information and suggest a licensed pro.
Pricing
Free first
Launch prices. Booking and founding memberships open this week.
In-depth business analysis
$49 one time
- A personalized look at your whole business
- A written plan with everything you need to do, in order
- The tools to get it done as painlessly as possible
- A consultation with Brendan to walk through it
Business assistant
$29 /month
Founding price for early members. Prices will go up after launch. After that, $39 to $49 a month.
- Asks questions and assigns tasks
- Checks your work
- Walks you through each step
- Any business problem, every month
New
Launch
Pricing coming soon
Starting a business takes work, and many new businesses don't make money right away. Sales and income depend on things outside our control.
- We walk you through launching your business, step by step.
- You own everything you build.
- We teach and guide. We don't run your business or find customers for you.
Launch pricing, not final. Payments run through Stripe when checkout opens. This site never sees your card.
About
There's no such thing as a dumb question when it comes to your business.
Every question gets a straight, kind answer. Asking is the easy part.
You don't need the right words or a polished plan. Tell us what's going on the way you'd tell a friend, and we'll sort out the rest together.
Plainroot is for owners, first-time founders, side businesses, and salespeople who run their own book of business.
- Straight answers. The real problem, in plain words.
- Cheapest fix first. Free comes first. Paid help, including ours, is clearly labeled.
- We guide, you do. You learn it and keep it.
- We know our limits. Legal, tax and insurance questions get general information and a referral to a licensed pro.
We teach and guide. We don't run your business or find customers for you. It's your business. You run it and you sell it. We make building it easier.
Our goal isn't to print you money. It's to give you the easiest path to do what you do best.
Some answers point to tools we built. When they do, we say so. See them on Tools we built.
Brendan
Tools we built
Tools we built because we needed them.
When the free answer isn't enough, these are the tools we make ourselves. We always say so when we're pointing you to one.
Lyle
// for people who sell for a living
- Who it's for
- Salespeople and anyone who sells for a living.
- What it does
- Researched leads waiting every weekday morning, with the story behind each one, so the first call isn't cold.
Built by a salesperson for his own job first. He's still the first client.
$20 for your first month when you come from Plainroot.
Floor General
For business teams
- Who it's for
- Businesses whose systems don't do what the team needs.
- What it does
- Fixes the specific things your CRM, phones, scheduling or reports won't do, with a Fix Library of ready-made fixes plus custom fixes.
The Fix It Guarantee on every custom fix: you pay up front and we fix the problem. If it isn't right, we keep adjusting until it is. If we still can't get it right, we take the fix out and give you your money back.
Got a problem nobody's built a tool for? Tell us.
Share what you're stuck on, or what you've already figured out. Library submissions open soon.
Tell us about itHelp build the Library
Share what you know
If you've solved a real business problem, write it up so the next person can too.
Reviewed first
Every submission goes into review for accuracy, a human voice and spam before anything is published.
You get credit
Published articles carry the author's name.
Your own work only
No copied or lightly reworded articles. Original writing, from your experience.
Submissions open soon
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Member accounts open soon.
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This site is in early access. We don't collect personal information through forms, accounts or payments yet. We don't use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies. Our hosting provider sets one short-lived security cookie to block bots. Our host keeps standard server logs. Full terms and privacy policy will be posted before we take sign-ups or payments. General information only, not legal, tax or financial advice.
Last updated November 2026.
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Privacy
This site is in early access. We don't collect personal information through forms, accounts or payments yet. We don't use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies. Our hosting provider sets one short-lived security cookie to block bots. Our host keeps standard server logs. Full terms and privacy policy will be posted before we take sign-ups or payments. General information only, not legal, tax or financial advice.
Last updated November 2026.
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Disclaimer
This site is in early access. We don't collect personal information through forms, accounts or payments yet. We don't use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies. Our hosting provider sets one short-lived security cookie to block bots. Our host keeps standard server logs. Full terms and privacy policy will be posted before we take sign-ups or payments. General information only, not legal, tax or financial advice.
Last updated November 2026.
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