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You do the work. We do the admin, with AI.

  • Quotes, bookings, suppliers, invoices, chasing money, reviews: it all lands on you, usually late at night.
  • You've tried an extra pair of hands, an app, or just doing it yourself. None of it lasts, because each one still needs you to explain everything.

We learn your business first. Then the admin gets done inside the email, spreadsheets and WhatsApp you already use, with a real person responsible for it. Nothing goes out without your yes.

Get a free look at my business See it in a business like yours

For owner-run businesses of every kind, starting in South Africa, from one person with a phone to a busy team.

No tech skills needed. You answer us in a simple chat on your phone, by voice note or text: two minutes to set up, nothing else new.

The picture: four unanswered things, a quote, a supplier's yes, an invoice query and money owed, turn into done while the clock runs back from 21:40 to 18:00, ending on one message: 3 need your yes.

See it in a business like yours.

Made-up examples, so you can see how it works. Pick the closest to yours and watch each task get handled, then what still needs your yes.

  1. Quotes

    Quotes priced from site photos, late at night.

    Drafted from the photos and your price list, the same day.

  2. Certificates

    Test certificates still to write up after the job.

    Filled in from your notes, ready to sign.

  3. Parts

    Parts ordered from memory, and the wrong size twice.

    One parts list per job, ordered from your supplier.

  4. The date

    A customer chasing a date nobody confirmed.

    Booked in writing, with a reminder the day before.

  5. Invoices

    Jobs finished, invoices never sent.

    Sent the day the job is signed off, in your words.

The picture: the pains of the chosen business light up one at a time as handled, while one job or one week fills line by line, ending on what still needs your yes, and where that business usually gains most.

What you see: the work done, and what needs your yes.

An update built from your own email, jobs and accounts, with every line showing where it came from. You choose when it comes, how much it says, and which numbers it shows.

  1. Your email

    Read through your own account. Nothing is changed.

  2. Your jobs

    Wherever they live today: a system, a diary or a spreadsheet.

  3. Your accounts

    What came in, matched to what you invoiced.

  4. Your chat with us

    Where you say yes, no, or what to change.

  5. Your numbers

    The ones you chose, read from your own records.

The picture: your update assembles line by line from your email, your jobs, your accounts, your chat with us and your numbers, and is sent to you.

  • Off-the-shelf tools don't know your business.So first we write down how your whole business works, in plain English, in a file you keep: how you win work, do it and get paid, who does what, and where you want it to go.
  • Apps need you to feed them.We read your email, jobs and accounts ourselves, and at first we only draft.
  • Most tools don't show their working.Every line says where it came from, and anything that pays, sends, signs or deletes waits for you.
  • Tools break, and nobody answers.A real person looks after it, and every fix goes into your file so it stays fixed.
  • Reports can say anything.You judge us by the numbers you choose, read from your own records.

It runs on whichever AI is best at the time, so it improves as the tools do. Nothing of yours is locked to one tool, or to us.

How it starts: free, then one step at a time.

Nothing changes in your business until you say yes. Your time: a few minutes to read what we found, a conversation, a few short replies and one sign-in (usually under an hour in all), a visit that fits around your day, then a quick reply whenever something needs you.

  1. A free lookWhat we can find about your business from public information. We ask you nothing.
  2. A conversationIn person or on a call, if what we found is useful to you.
  3. The auditOne of us comes in, and we read your records. You see where you're losing time and money, ranked by cost.
  4. The first changeWe start where it pays most. At first it only drafts: nothing goes out without your yes.
  5. Then it runsWe take on more as you're ready. You answer us in a simple chat on your phone, by voice note or text: two minutes to set up, nothing else new.

Example

A made-up example for an electrician, not your business

The page an owner checks during the audit · Draft

What matters

Safe, tidy work, and quotes that turn into booked jobs.

From your website and reviews

How work really happens

Enquiries come by phone and WhatsApp photos; quotes go out by email, often days later.

Your website and public reviews

Certificates are written up after hours, so invoices wait until they are done.

Our reading; please correctConfirmed at your desk, on a real job

What better looks like

Every quote out the same day, and every finished job invoiced with its certificate.

Our suggestion
Only you can answer: your prices, and which jobs you would rather not take.Answered at your desk: your prices, and which jobs you would rather not take.

Found at the visit

Filled in while someone is with you: every leak, ranked and priced, and a first step.

First leak

Quotes priced from photos sit in the drafts folder.

Heard one to one: the office
Second leak

Parts are ordered twice when the job notes are not shared.

Seen on the day: scheduling

A first step: every quote goes out the same day, from the photos.

0 of 4 lines looked atMarking a line Right or Fix changes nothing in your systems.

Then someone comes in

One of us sits with you at your desk while this page updates beside you.

At your deskone real job, first call to money in the bank

First call Quote The work Invoice Paid

One to onethe people who touch the work

The officeWhoever schedulesWhoever does the work

A real day, watchedenquiries, scheduling, invoicing

Start of dayEnd of day

We come in for half a day to three days, depending on the size of your business, around your normal day. We read your records before and after. You end with every place you're losing time or money, ranked and priced, and a first step.

The picture: our page about the chosen example business filling line by line, then the visit, with one of us at the owner's desk while the page updates beside them.

What it costs, and what stays yours.

The first look is free. Then one of three, in writing before you agree.

  • The audit

    R25,000for most businesseslarger businesses quoted in writing

    One of us comes in; we read everything before and after. You end with your business written down, every place it loses time or money ranked and priced, and a first step.

    • Taken off your first month if you go ahead within thirty days.
  • Most owner-run businesses

    Run by us

    R18,500a month

    The first piece of your admin taken on and run inside your own systems (for a mover, say, every move confirmed with the carrier in writing before the day), with a real person responsible and the numbers you chose, told your way.

    • Each further piece of admin we take on and keep running: R7,500 a month.
    • Nothing up front.
    • Stop any month.

  • In your own workspace

    R45,000a month

    For a business with a team that wants to grow without the office breaking: the foundation installed in your own workspace, with your permissions and your audit trail, the first piece of admin taken on, who says yes to what, and one of us as a member.

    • Each further piece of admin we take on and keep running: R7,500 a month.
    • Six months to begin, then month by month.

Or, where it fits, no fee: you cover only the running cost and we take 25% of the extra money we make or save you in the first year, counted from your own records, convertible to a stake on terms agreed in writing first. Ask us.

Yours, whatever happens next.

  1. Your business file is yours.Written in plain English, kept in your own folder.
  2. Your systems stay.We work inside the email, job system and WhatsApp you already use.
  3. You're never locked in.If you leave, another assistant, or a person, can carry on from the same file.
  4. Nothing goes out without your yes.Paying, sending, signing and deleting wait for you, each time or by a rule you set yourself.

The picture: your file and your systems stay with your business while our assistant steps away and another takes its place.

What you're probably wondering.

The short answer first, the detail after. Anything else: [email protected].

Is our business too small, or too different?

No. One person and a phone is enough, and any kind of business can work with us. We look at how yours actually wins work and gets paid, whether that's tenders, referrals, reviews or a busy inbox, and start there. We'll tell you straight if it isn't a fit: when what holds you back is the physical work itself, not the admin, because more enquiries would only make your queue longer; or when you'd rather buy software and run it yourself.

Is it AI doing the work, or people?

Both. AI does the reading, drafting, checking and chasing. People do what AI can't: one of us comes in to learn your business, a real person looks after it and puts things right, and you say yes to anything that matters.

What does it cost?

The first look is free. Then one of three, in writing before you agree. The audit is R25,000 for most businesses, larger ones quoted in writing, and it is taken off your first month if you go ahead within thirty days. Run by us is R18,500 a month, which includes the first piece of your admin we take on and keep running (for a mover, say, every move confirmed with the carrier in writing before the day), nothing up front, stop any month. For a business with a team, in your own workspace is R45,000 a month with the foundation and the first piece of admin inside, six months to begin, then month by month. Each further piece we take on and keep running, such as same-day quotes or chasing unpaid invoices, is R7,500 a month on top, because it runs every month, not once. Where it fits there is no fee: you cover only the running cost and we take 25% of the extra money we make or save you in the first year, counted from your own records.

Can we keep our systems?

Yes. We work inside the email, job system, spreadsheets and WhatsApp you already use. You never move your business onto new software, and everything about your business stays in your own file and your own systems.

Who sees our data?

You, the people you choose, and the assistant doing the work. We start with your email, reading only, through access you grant from your own account; nothing is installed on your side. We never ask for passwords, and we keep facts about the work, never opinions about people. More in how we handle your data.

What if it gets something wrong?

You see it before it goes out, and a person puts it right. Every line shows where it came from, and anything that pays, sends, signs or deletes waits for your yes. The fix goes into your file, so it stays fixed.

What about our staff?

It takes the chasing and paperwork off them; they keep the work only people can do. Nothing changes overnight. We talk to them one to one during the audit so the changes fit how they already work, and it never messages your customers or your team without the yes you decided on. For a business with a team or an IT person, we set everything up inside your own workspace, with your permissions and your audit trail, and your people decide who says yes to what.

How fast?

The free look reaches you within a day for a small business. For a larger one, we'll tell you when. If you want more, the audit follows: half a day to three days with you, depending on your size, around your normal day. After that it works at the pace you choose, and you change that just by saying so.

Who have you done this for?

We're new, so we won't show you results we don't have yet. We're starting with our own family's businesses. The free look is the best proof we can give you: judge us on what we find about yours.

A free look at your business, before you tell us anything.

Give us your website address and where to send it. Within a day for a small business, and we'll tell you when for a larger one, you'll get what we found from public information, as short or as long as your business needs. It covers whatever your business shows, which usually includes:

  • How customers find you, and what AI assistants say about you

    Search, maps and reviews, and what ChatGPT and other AI assistants answer when someone asks for an electrician near you.

  • Who you compete with, and where you could win

    Who else serves your area, what they offer that you don't, and where they're weak.

  • How easy you are to get hold of

    How enquiries reach you, whether they all land in one place, and which systems you seem to use.

  • What you promise, against what customers say

    Your website's promises, line by line, against what your reviews say really happens.

  • What we'd do first, and how you'd know it worked

    Concrete steps from what we found, each with the number that would show it working. For an electrician, that usually starts with getting quotes out the same day.

And anything else your business shows, from your prices to who you're hiring to where you seem to be heading.

From public information only. We ask you nothing, and we don't need access to anything.

No account, no password. If it's useful, we meet, in person or on a call. If not, it's yours to keep anyway.

or email [email protected] with your website address