Replace the spreadsheet with an app built around how you work.
Orders live in three different places. Quotes and invoices are still done by hand, and only one person really knows how the spreadsheet works. We build custom software for small business: one custom web app for orders, jobs or stock, designed around how you already work.
Bespoke fixes for owner-run businesses, each one designed around your problem and the way your business actually works.
From $9,500. One fixed price, agreed before we start.
Who it’s for
Owner-run businesses of about 5 to 50 people that have outgrown spreadsheets, paper, too many apps or an old site.
This fix is for the business that runs on a spreadsheet, a stack of paper or a handful of apps that don’t talk to each other.
What’s included
- One app for orders, jobs or stock, in place of the spreadsheets
- Quotes, invoices and scheduling, in the same place
- Built around how you already work, not the other way around
- Hosting, backups and security updates once it’s live, on the care plan
What it costs
- Replace the spreadsheet
- from $9,500
- Care plan
- $450 a month
One fixed price, agreed before we start. You get it once we understand the problem, before anything is designed or built.
The care plan covers hosting, backups, security updates and up to 4 hours of improvements every month, month to month.
How we work
- Understand. You tell us the problem. Within 3 business days a designer reaches out, asks the right questions and sees how the work really gets done.
- Frame. We pin down what’s really slowing you down, the right solution, and one fixed price.
- Solution. We design and build it, whether that’s an automated workflow, a bespoke tool, a website or an app. We find the right fit for the problem, not the other way around. Most solutions are live in 2 to 8 weeks.
- Keep it running. The care plan looks after it and keeps it getting better.
Nothing gets designed or built until we understand the problem. That’s design thinking, without the jargon.
The work
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Holt Soap Company
Storefront and operations app
Behind the counter, every batch, order and shipping label lives in one operations app, so the shop front and the work behind it never drift apart.
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Cordio
A shared leadership workspace
Pipeline, priorities, calendar and a shared thread with an AI assistant for two business partners, with a one-click leadership brief. We designed its executive overview. In private beta.
See Cordio in the Software book