Independent AI operator / for small business

I find where your business is leaking money.
Then I fix it with AI.

You don't pay until it works.

Every small business has one. A phone that rings out after hours. Quotes that take three days to send. Leads that go cold because nobody replied in time. You tell me where. I build the fix.

Tell me where you're losing moneyReply within 24 hours
// The leaks

Small businesses
→ leak money

Every small business has at least one of these. Usually three. Let's find yours first — then plug it.

// PHONES

Missed calls

A customer called at 7:42pm. Nobody picked up. They called the next guy.

After-hours → Lost revenue
// QUOTES

Slow quote turnaround

A quote request sat in the inbox for three days before you replied. By then, the job was gone.

Three days → Wasted lead
// LEADS

Leads going cold

Every minute you wait to reply, your chance of booking drops. A warm lead at 24 hours is no longer warm.

Slow reply → No booking
// BOOKINGS

Manual booking back-and-forth

Six emails to lock in one appointment. Nobody has that kind of time — not you, not them.

Email threads → Empty slots
// INBOX

Repeat customer questions

Five different leads this week asked the same three questions. You typed each reply by hand.

Manual → Repetitive
// SOCIAL

Unanswered DMs

Someone DM'd you on Instagram two weeks ago. Still unread. That was a warm lead.

Silent → Forgotten

Every one of these is fixable in under two weeks.

01 / the leak
Four examples

Nobody thinks they have one.
Everybody has one.

Four small stories. One of them is your business, this week. Read them and you'll know exactly which one you haven't noticed yet.

4 leaks
Most common
1 of them
Is already yours
14 days
To plug it
01 / Phones · 7:42pm

Missed calls

A customer called at 7:42pm. Nobody picked up. They called the next guy.

After-hours → Gone
02 / Quotes · 3 days

Slow quote turnaround

A quote request sat in the inbox for three days before you replied.

3 days → Wasted lead
03 / Inbound · This week

Repeat questions

Five different leads this week asked the same three questions. You typed each reply by hand.

Manual → Repetitive
04 / Social · 2 weeks

Unanswered DMs

Someone DM'd you on Instagram two weeks ago. Still unread. That was a warm lead.

Silent → Forgotten

Any one of these is fixable in under two weeks.

02 / the fix

Three channelsthat plug the leak.

Three AI agents. Built for your business, live in under two weeks. Sounds like a person. Never takes a day off.

Channel 01 · Phones

Picks up every call

Even 7:42pm on a Sunday. Nothing rings out.

Books jobs

Straight into your calendar while you're on another call.

Sounds like a person

Your customers won't know it's an AI.

Channel 02 · Quotes

Pulls the details

Checks your pricing, your rules, your notes.

Sends in 60 seconds

A polished quote in the customer's inbox before you finish your coffee.

Follows up automatically

Chases the reply if the customer goes quiet.

Channel 03 · Inbound

Every email, form, DM

Nothing sits unread for a week.

Answered in seconds

Not three days. Not tomorrow. Seconds.

Qualified or warm

Booked, answered, or handed to you warm — never cold.

See how it works →
03 / the outcome

What changes when the leak closes.

5-15%

Typical revenue lift, purely from closing the leak

14days

From "here's the leak" to live and working

$0upfront

I build the first fix free. If it doesn't move the needle, you owe nothing

1sentence

That's all you send to start. I take it from there

Drawn from live deployments with small trade and service businesses. Your numbers will start to look like this — within two weeks.

04 / the process

Three steps.No proposals. No sales calls.

Email one sentence. I take it from there.

01

You pick the leak

Email me one sentence about where your business is losing money. I reply within 24 hours.

24h reply
02

I build the fix. Free.

Days, not months. You watch it happen. When it's live and working, you see the numbers move.

Days
03

I stay on as your AI guy

Monthly retainer. I keep the agents running and add new ones when new leaks show up.

Monthly
Email me your leak
Ready when you are

Every day without this
is money walking out the door.

One sentence is enough. I'll take it from there.

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05 / writing

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