How a build actually ships.
Not a deck. Not a discovery sprint. A real map of how your operation runs, a system built to fix the worst leak, and a retainer tied to the result.
Audit → Build → Retain · Weeks, not months · Real data from week one
Audit. Build. Retain.
The audit
Twenty minutes, free. I do not pitch. I ask you to walk me through a normal Tuesday and I watch how work actually moves. I leave with the three places you are losing the most time and money, and the one I would fix first.
> mapping workflows...> leak detected: job-card re-entry ~6 hrs/wk> leak detected: manual invoice send ~3 hrs/wk> report ready> mapping workflows...> leak detected: job-card re-entry ~6 hrs/wk> leak detected: manual invoice send ~3 hrs/wk> report readyThe build
A custom system, end to end, on the stack you already use. I work in tight loops, so you see it running on your real data inside the first week. We tune it together, you sign off, it goes live. Usually two to four weeks.
> schema migrated> api routes: 12 of 12> deploy: migration ok> live on real data: day 4> client sign-off: confirmed> schema migrated> api routes: 12 of 12> deploy: migration ok> live on real data: day 4> client sign-off: confirmedThe retainer
I charge a monthly share of the value the system creates, roughly 10 to 25 percent of measurable savings or revenue. No fixed fees, no setup costs. I keep finding new leaks and closing them. If it stops working, the bill stops.
> monitor: running> uptime: 99.9%> new leak found: stock reorder lag> invoice = share of value> retainer active> monitor: running> uptime: 99.9%> new leak found: stock reorder lag> invoice = share of value> retainer activeWhy value-based
Fixed-fee consulting has a quiet flaw: once the invoice is paid, the incentive to keep it working disappears. I bill as a share of what the system actually produces, which means my income depends on results staying real. If the automation saves your team ten hours a week, I earn a slice of that. If it breaks and nobody fixes it, I earn nothing. That alignment is the whole model.
Most pricing structures separate the builder from the outcome. This one does not.
What I will not do
- Recommend a tool because it has a good affiliate margin
- Build something impressive that does not close a real leak
- Hand you a system and disappear
- Take work where I cannot find a measurable problem worth solving
If the audit turns up nothing worth automating, I tell you. You get a clear read on your operation either way, and you have not spent a cent.
What you actually get
A working system, on your stack, connected to the tools you already pay for. No new subscriptions required unless they make sense. The code lives in your GitHub. The data lives in your database. The integrations run under your accounts.
You also get me staying accountable. The retainer is structured so that I have every reason to keep improving the system, find the next leak, and ship the next fix. It only makes sense to stay if it keeps working.
The 20-minute call
The audit is not a discovery call dressed up as something free. I ask you to describe a normal Tuesday: who does what, where things get stuck, which tasks repeat on a loop. I listen for friction, not features.
By the end I can usually name the one workflow costing you the most, what closing it would require, and whether a system I build would pay for my share. If not, I say so and you have lost nothing but twenty minutes.
The one rule I do not break.
I agree the measurable target before I build anything. Not a vague improvement. A specific number you can look at four weeks after launch and say yes or no. That is the number the retainer grows from.
Built with the stack that ships
Ready to see the process run?
Book the free audit. Twenty minutes.