Nashwauk, Minnesota · Serving the Iron Range
I find where your business is losing time and money to its own paperwork, and I build the fix.
Invoices that take a night to chase. Two software bills for the same job. The spreadsheet only one person understands. Practical work, priced up front, done by someone from here.
What I do
Built things, not a binder of advice.
Weekdays I'm a developer and analyst at a large company, finding waste in how the work gets done and building tools so it stops. Most of what I build is invisible once it's running: the report shows up, the reminder goes out, the numbers are right.
A few from the last year:
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Caught a report counting the same money three times
A spending summary headed for leadership was quietly double- and triple-counting rows. I check numbers against the real books before anyone sees them. This one didn't survive the check.
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02
Turned a 25-minute form job into two minutes
A task the team did by hand, over and over, in a system with no shortcut. I found one. Twenty-three minutes back, every time, forever.
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03
Email that sorts itself and drafts the reply
An inbox tool that reads what came in, files it, writes a suggested answer, and waits for a human to say yes. Nothing goes out without a person approving it. That last part is the whole design.
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Found why a customer's call kept going to the wrong desk
Three teams had looked for days. It was one stale phone number on one record. Most problems in a business are like this: small, hidden, and expensive until someone goes and looks.
For a business your size, that looks like
- Route sheets or job lists that print themselves each morning, from the schedule you already keep.
- Text reminders to customers before an appointment or a pickup, with no one remembering to send them.
- One page of your numbers, monthly, in English: what came in, what went out, who hasn't paid.
- Getting QuickBooks, your scheduling app, and your spreadsheets to actually agree with each other.
- Cancelling the software you're paying for twice.
If you already run on software, I'll work inside what you've got. If you run on a clipboard and a good memory, I'll build around that. Either way, nothing I leave behind depends on you learning a new program.
The starting point
The Business Snapshot
$2,000fixed
A day of me in your business and a week of me in your books.
You get a written report of what I found, ranked by what's worth doing first, with straight answers, including “this part's fine, don't spend money on it.” If there's something worth building, I'll quote it separately and you decide then.
How it works
Four steps. No surprises on the bill.
A twenty-minute call
You tell me what's bugging you. I tell you whether I can help. If I can't, I'll say so.
A few hours at your place
I come to you, on a day that works for you, evenings and Saturdays included. I watch how the work actually happens and talk to whoever runs the office.
A week in your books
Invoices, bills, software subscriptions, the spreadsheets. I look for what's leaking, what's duplicated, what's fixable.
The report, in person
Ranked list, plain language, real dollar figures with the math shown. We walk through it together.
Get in touch
Call, text, or email. I'll come to you.
I'm in Nashwauk and work across the Range: Grand Rapids, Hibbing, Virginia, Eveleth, Chisholm, Coleraine, Deer River, and out toward Bemidji and Duluth. If you're a bit further, ask.