§A metric
The Kinako Score.
A single number from 0 to 100 representing the operating health of your freelance business. Six weighted components. Updated daily. Built to be hard to game and easy to glance at.
Strava has pace. Duolingo has streak. Solos didn’t have a number — until now.
Why a single number
What an experienced operator would notice at a glance.
An experienced solo can look at their business for thirty seconds and tell you what’s healthy and what’s about to bite. The pipeline is thin. Two clients are too concentrated. The invoice from March is still sitting in “sent.” The hours billable this month are tracking below last month’s.
The Kinako Score is the codified version of that glance. Six things an experienced operator would check, computed nightly from data you already have, expressed as one number.
It is deliberately weighted across components so it can’t be gamed by any single behaviour. You can’t hit 90 just by sending a lot of invoices. You can’t hit 90 just by closing one big client. Balance is the score.
Six components
What the number is made of.
Each component scores from 0 to 100. The total is the weighted average. Weights sum to 100%.
Pipeline Health
20%
Value of open proposals vs. your last 30 days of revenue. A healthy pipeline is roughly 2× your monthly revenue.
Payment Velocity
20%
Average days from invoice sent to paid. Under seven is excellent; over forty-five drags the rest of the score down with it.
Active Workload
15%
Number of active projects. Two to five is the sweet spot — fewer means the pipeline is thin, more means you're likely overcommitted.
Cash on Hand
15%
Outstanding receivables relative to your monthly revenue. Healthy means most of what you've billed is in, not out.
Growth Trajectory
15%
This month's revenue vs. last month's. Direction matters more than magnitude — flat is fine, declining isn't.
Client Diversification
15%
Concentration risk. If one client is more than 60% of recent revenue, the score reflects the fragility.
Five grades
Where you land.
The grade is a quick label for the number. New accounts (fewer than three invoices) sit at Buildingregardless of the literal score — the data isn’t enough to be honest about it yet.
| Range | Grade | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 80–100 | Elite | Operating at a high level across every component. |
| 60–79 | Strong | Healthy. Watch concentration and pipeline depth. |
| 40–59 | Good | Most components are working. Push one to strong and the rest follow. |
| 20–39 | Fair | The fundamentals are forming. Payment velocity or pipeline usually moves first. |
| 0–19 | Building | Early. Add a few more invoices and proposals — the score sharpens with data. |
Private by default
Your score is yours.
Your Kinako Score is computed only when you load the dashboard. It isn’t shared with anyone. It isn’t public. We don’t rank you against other Kinako users. It is a private metric for one person — you.
Future versions of the score may include an opt-in “Kinako-verified solo” badge for users above 80 — a credential clients can look for. That stays opt-in. Default is private.
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