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What I build — and how we build it together.

Builds start at $2,500 — that is a floor, not a quote. The first conversation is free, every engagement after it starts with a fixed number agreed before any work, and it ends with software that is yours outright. Most of this starts small: the first rung below is a solo operator.

/ 01 What I build

One tool, a suite, or the whole system.

A scope ladder, not a fixed menu — most engagements start small and specific, and grow only if the problem warrants it.

A single tool

The signature: one focused tool that fixes the exact operational gap your systems left open. The fastest of these have gone from pain-point to deployed in under an hour.

A tool suite

Several tools built to work together — a connected set that covers a whole workflow instead of a single step. Same bespoke fit, more ground covered.

A full system you own

When a spreadsheet or an off-the-shelf platform has run its course: a custom system your business actually runs on — CRM, ERP-class, whatever it needs — built around your operation and owned outright by you.

Integration & implementation

Make the software you already run do what you need. I wire AI, tools, and data into your existing stack — the connective tissue and the implementation work the big platforms leave to you.

Something else entirely

Troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, a process redesign, a one-off automation — if it doesn’t fit a box, that’s usually the one most worth solving. Tell me the problem; I’ll tell you straight how I’d solve it.

/ 02 How we work together

Start with one build — or climb as you grow.

A single defined project with no commitment, or an ongoing relationship that scales with you — from your first tool to a standing partnership.

One-off

Project

A single defined build — the no-commitment way in.

  • Fixed scope, agreed before any work begins
  • A fixed quote — you know the number up front, no meter running
  • Built, deployed, and handed over — yours to own

Ongoing — pick your altitude

4 rungs, from your very first tool to a standing arrangement — climb only as far as the business needs.

Just starting

1

Foundation

the solo operator just getting started

  • Your data turned into a working tool — and kept running
  • A real website you own, if you need one — not a Facebook page, not a rented template
  • A light monthly touch — small fixes and tweaks as they come up
  • Everything yours outright — no subscription, no lock-in
2

Growth

the small business with recurring needs

  • A steady monthly block of build capacity — a new tool or two, plus ongoing iteration
  • Your spreadsheets and manual workarounds turned into real tools, one by one
  • Priority over one-off requests, and a standing line for “can you make it do X?”
  • Everything documented and owned by you as it ships

Established

3

Scale

the operation running several workflows that should connect

  • A connected suite of tools, not just one-offs — built and maintained as a set
  • Integration with the systems you already run (ERP, CRM, whatever’s in place)
  • Regular cadence and faster turnaround
  • Continuous iteration, so nothing you rely on goes stale
4

Backbone

the mid-sized business ready to own its core system

  • The full custom system your business runs on — CRM, ERP-class, whatever it needs — built and owned
  • Run as a dedicated program, with multiple workstreams in parallel
  • The move off spreadsheets and rented platforms, for good
  • Yours outright — the system, the data model, the codebase, all of it

/ 03 How pricing works

Builds start at $2,500.

That is a floor, not a quote. What yours costs is agreed before any work begins.

A fixed quote, before any work

Every engagement starts with a scoped, fixed quote. You know the number before a line of code is written — no open meter, no surprise invoice.

What shapes it

Scope, complexity, and whether it’s a one-off build or an ongoing arrangement — honest inputs, not a generic rate sheet.

You own everything

Codebases and data models, in accounts set up in your name — your email, your billing, infrastructure you control. No per-seat license, no subscription holding your own tools hostage.

Why there’s one number and not a menu

The floor tells you whether we are in the same world, which is the only thing a price list is really for. Past that, the right number depends on your problem rather than its category — so it gets scoped honestly instead of anchored to a figure built for the average company.

Just getting online?

Running your business off a Facebook page — or nothing at all? I’ll build you a real website you own, not a rented template or a profile on someone else’s platform. Same principle as everything else here: it’s yours, and you’re not paying rent on it forever. (Ongoing upkeep is optional, on a retainer.)

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Tell me the problem. I’ll scope the fix.

Whichever shape it takes, it starts the same way: you describe the problem, I tell you straight how I’d build it — and what it’ll take.