Welcome to Flying Solo, Australia's community for solo & micro business.

There are more than a million solo business owners in Australia. If you are one of them, or you have dreams of going it alone, you've come to the right place!

What do you need today?

Advice from our 700+ articles

Fresh articles from our team of experts are published each weekday. There are currently more than 700 articles on topics including starting out, networking, marketing, working smarter and technology.

The best way to stay up-to-date with all our latest articles is through Soapbox, our free weekly newsletter, emailed to over 15,250 subscribers each Tuesday.

Information about the micro business community

What to know about your fellow soloists? With over 1,700 respondents, Understanding Micro Business 2008 is the largest survey of micro businesses in Australia.

Connection through our forums and live events

Head over to the Flying Solo forums to find out what our 2,000+ members are chatting about today.

Or enjoy non virtual connection at our next Flying Solo LIVE! event.

Inspiration from Flying Solo the book

Have a read of the Soloist's Manifesto, extracted from our book Flying Solo - How to go it alone in business.

The soloists behind Flying Solo

Robert Gerrish, founder; Sam Leader, editor; Peter Crocker, marketing

We’re here to help you create a business and a life that you are proud to call your own.

Feel free to contact us or simply start exploring the site.

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In 2009, Flying Solo was deemed a site of 'national significance' by the National Library of Australia being selected for preservation within their Pandora web archive project, and chosen by the Oxford University Press for inclusion in one of their Commerce Level 6 publications. Yay!