How It Works Embrace these four simple rules.

When building Harpoon we didn't start with a list of features. Instead our product was born from a simple, best-practices approach to managing your business finances. We've distilled this approach down to four simple rules we call The Harpoon Method:

Set a Financial Goal

At its core Harpoon is designed to help you set, track, and achieve a yearly revenue goal for your business. This goal represents the amount of money your business needs to bring in each year in order to cover your expenses, make a healthy profit, and support your desired lifestyle. Your yearly goal will ultimately shape how your business operates as you allow your long-term vision to direct your short-term decisions.

Set Your Goal

Plan Your Revenue

Working backwards from your yearly goal Harpoon helps you break it up into manageable, bite-sized pieces throughout the year. You'll have a beautiful schedule where you can map out your client projects along with the revenue you expect to receive. As you collect payments from your clients you'll know exactly where to schedule new projects based on your goal progress. When you plan your future you own your future.

Make a Plan

Bill Your Clients Intelligently

Invoicing should be a joyful, stress-free process for both you and your clients. Whether cost-based or value-based, fixed fee or hourly, pick a billing strategy that complements the services you provide. Be upfront and clear on your terms and follow through with confidence. Harpoon's robust invoicing and time-tracking system employs industry standard best practices with the goal of getting you paid in full and on time.

Send an Invoice

Control Your Expenses

The money you spend is just as important as the money you earn. Failing to control expenses is why so many businesses struggle to stay profitable, even when making what appears to be plenty of revenue. Unique to Harpoon is the ability to create an expense budget for your business to bring purpose and discipline to your spending. Track every penny; make adjustments as needed; and stay profitable. It feels good to be in control.

Create a Budget

These four rules, combined with our friendly software, put you in total control of your team's time, billing, and expenses. It's a refreshing level of financial clarity that's helped hundreds of freelancers, studios, and agencies run healthy, profitable businesses!