Six ways we help with AI automation and software. All from your side of the table.
Each one starts from something small business owners tell us. If you read your own words below, that's the place to start.
Find the opportunities
“I keep hearing about AI, but I don't know where it fits in my business.”
We learn how your business actually runs, then find where time and money leak and what technology could fix it. Sometimes the answer is a tool you already pay for.
- A written, prioritized plan you keep
- What each fix would cost and save, in plain numbers
- A clear next step, whoever does the work
Helps us start: a rough idea of what eats your team's week.
More on AI consultingSet up the right tools
“I know roughly what I need. I just need it set up properly.”
When the answer already exists off the shelf, we choose it, configure it, connect your data and train your team, so it gets used instead of abandoned.
- The right tool, set up for how you work
- Your existing data connected
- Team training and a check-in after 30 days
Helps us start: a list of the tools you already use.
- Tool chosen to fit how you workDone
- CRM set up with your pipelineDone
- Website form connectedDone
- Weekly dashboard from your dataDone
- Team trainedThursday
Build what's missing
“Nothing out there does what we need.”
When nothing off the shelf fits, we scope and build custom software: AI automations, internal tools, dashboards and integrations. The right people build it, and we stay accountable for the result.
- A written scope and estimate before work starts
- Progress you can see every week
- Something your team can use from day one
Helps us start: a plan from a discovery, or your own brief.
- Bulk order enquiry, 40 unitsGood fit
- Job applicationNot a lead
- Quote for two locationsGood fit
- Newsletter signupNot a lead
- Repeat customer, reorderGood fit
Fix what isn't working
“We have something, and it isn't working.”
An app that's stuck before launch, a system that keeps breaking, a software project that's stalled. We find out why, then fix it, or tell you plainly what it needs.
- An honest assessment in plain language
- A fix list in priority order
- A launch you can trust
Helps us start: a description of what's going wrong. Access can wait.
- Payment flowFixed
- Login on mobileFixed
- Data backupsFixed
- Slow pagesFixed
- Launch checklist3 items left
Hire, manage or improve your builders
“I need the right people, or my current people to do better.”
Need people, not tools? We help you hire developers, find and vet the right agency, write the spec and review proposals, or sit in as your project lead with the agency you already have.
- A spec agencies can quote against
- Proposals compared, with red flags called out
- A project lead on your side, every week
Helps us start: your current agency's proposal, or the problem you need solved.
More on hiring developers- Agency A · fixed priceScope unclear
- Agency B · fixed priceRecommended
- Agency C · hourlyNo timeline
- Red flags called out4 found
- Spec agencies can quote againstReady
Stay alongside you
“I want someone I can call before I make a tech decision.”
After the first win, we stay on call: regular check-ins, upkeep of what we set up, and a second opinion before you spend on anything technical.
- A monthly check-in
- Upkeep of everything we've set up
- Someone to call before any tech decision
Usually follows: one of the other five.
More on our fractional CTO service- Review last month's tech costsAgenda
- Upkeep: CRM and dashboardAgenda
- What to automate nextAgenda
Tell us what's slowing you down.
No need to pick one first. Describe how things run today, and we'll find the right starting point together.