Your business is leaking hours every week. I find the leak.
In one 45-minute conversation, I'll pinpoint where your week disappears — then prescribe the exact off-the-shelf AI tools or software to get those hours back. No jargon. No custom builds. No long contract.
Guarantee: if I can't find you 5+ hours a week, it's free.
≈ 468 hrs/year of your time
These are the hours the assessment goes hunting for.
Why now
Worried your business is falling behind on AI? You're not alone.
Almost every owner I talk to feels some version of it: the sense that AI is changing how business gets done, and no clear idea where to start. Here's the honest picture.
Your competitors won't announce it
The businesses adopting AI aren't putting it on a billboard. They're just answering leads in minutes instead of days, sending quotes same-day, and never letting an invoice slip. Customers notice the speed — not the software.
The head start grows every month
A business that reclaims five hours a week doesn't just save time — it reinvests those hours into sales, service, and growth. Waiting a year doesn't cost you a year. It costs you everything they built with the time you didn't have.
Catching up takes one conversation
The vast majority of small businesses haven't gone past dabbling with ChatGPT — so the bar is low and the window is open. You don't need to study AI or hire anyone. You need 45 minutes and a plan built for your business.
What this is
Think of it like a check-up for how your business runs.
You don't need to learn AI. You don't need new software built from scratch. Most of the tools that could save you hours already exist — the problem is nobody has told you which ones fit your business. That's the whole job of the assessment.
We talk for 45 minutes
A structured conversation about how your business actually operates day to day — where the repetitive work lives, and where you or your staff lose the most time.
You get 3–7 tool recommendations
Specific, proven, off-the-shelf AI tools and software matched to your problems — with what each one costs, what it replaces, and how many hours it should give you back.
You get a simple written report
One clear document: your quick wins first, a 4-day getting-started plan, and the dollars-and-hours math so the return is obvious before you spend anything.
How it works
Four steps, start to finish in about a week.
The discovery call
We sit down (in person or on a call) and walk through your week. I ask the questions; you just describe how things really get done. The call is recorded and transcribed so nothing gets missed.
45 minutes · your only time commitment The full breakdown →The analysis
I take everything from our conversation and dig into it — identifying your biggest time drains and researching the specific tools that fix each one, at your budget.
Done on my time, not yours The full breakdown →Your report
You receive a short, plain-English report: an executive summary, your recommendations ranked by effort vs. impact, quick wins you can act on this week, and the ROI math.
Delivered within days of our call The full breakdown →The review call
We go through the report together so you understand every recommendation and can start immediately. From there you can run with it yourself — or I can help you implement.
30 minutes · questions welcome The full breakdown →What you walk away with
A report your busiest week could still act on.
No 40-page consulting deck. Every recommendation earns its place or gets cut.
- Executive summaryThe whole picture on one page — what's costing you time and what to do about it.
- Effort vs. impact mapEvery recommendation plotted so you see the high-impact, low-effort wins instantly.
- Quick winsChanges you can make this week, usually for free or nearly free.
- 4-day quick-start planDay-by-day: what to sign up for, set up, and switch on — in order.
- The ROI mathHours saved × what your time is worth, next to what the tools cost. The numbers speak for themselves.
Money Back Guarantee
Refund criteria, plain and simple: if the assessment doesn't identify at least 5 hours per week you can realistically get back, I refund the full $999. No forms, no fine print, no hard feelings. The risk is mine, not yours.
Who this is for
Built for real local businesses — not tech companies.
A great fit if you're…
- An owner-operated business doing roughly $500K–$5M a year
- A contractor, clinic, restaurant, retailer, agency, or professional practice
- Losing evenings and weekends to admin work
- Curious about AI but tired of the hype and jargon
- Wanting one trusted, local answer instead of 50 browser tabs
Probably not for you if…
- You want custom software built from the ground up
- You're looking for a full-time hire or a big-firm engagement
- Your team already has AI systems running smoothly
- You'd rather spend months researching tools yourself
The full service roster
Everything starts with the assessment. Where it goes from there is up to you.
Some clients take the report and run with it themselves. Others want a hand — or a long-term partner. Here's the full menu.
Business AI Assessment
The 45-minute diagnosis and prescription: where your hours are leaking, which off-the-shelf AI tools or software fix it, and a plain-English report with the plan. Backed by the money back guarantee.
Full details →Software Implementation
I set the recommended tools up for you — connected to your systems, tested with real work, and handed over running. Your assessment fee gets credited toward the project.
Full details →Process Reconstruction & Refinement
Sometimes the problem isn't the tool — it's the process. Before automating anything, I rebuild the workflow itself: fewer handoffs, no double entry, nothing waiting on one person's inbox.
Full details →Claude Skills
Custom-built AI abilities trained on how your business works — your pricing, your templates, your tone. Draft quotes, answer customer emails, or prep reports the way you would, in seconds.
Full details →Agent Building & Training
For work that should run without you: AI agents that handle routine tasks end to end — intake, follow-ups, scheduling, data entry — plus training so your team knows how to work with them.
Full details →Consulting Retainer / Partnership
Your AI guy on call. Two working sessions a month plus message access in between — I keep improving your setup as your business grows and the tools evolve, so you never fall behind again.
Full details →Common questions
Straight answers.
Do I need to know anything about AI or technology?
No. That's the point of hiring me. If you can describe how your business runs, I can do the rest. Every recommendation comes with plain-English setup instructions, and I'm on the review call to answer anything.
Are you going to sell me expensive software?
No — I don't sell software and I don't take commissions from tool companies. I recommend whatever genuinely fits your business, and most tools I prescribe cost between $0 and $50 a month. If a free tool does the job, that's what goes in the report.
What kinds of businesses do you work with?
Local, owner-operated businesses: trades and contractors, medical and dental practices, restaurants, retail shops, real estate teams, accounting and law firms, gyms, salons. If repetitive paperwork or communication eats your week, the assessment applies.
Will this replace my staff?
That's not the goal. The tools I recommend take over the repetitive work nobody enjoys — chasing invoices, retyping data, answering the same question the tenth time — so you and your team can spend those hours on customers and revenue.
How is this different from just asking ChatGPT?
ChatGPT can tell you what tools exist. It can't sit across from you, learn how your specific business runs, rank the fixes by payoff, and be accountable for the result. You're paying for a diagnosis and a plan — with a guarantee behind it.
What happens after I book?
You'll get a confirmation with a few short prep questions (10 minutes, tops). Then we hold the 45-minute discovery call, and your report arrives within days, followed by the review call.
Ready when you are
One conversation. Hours back every week.
Book your AI Tools Assessment — $999, backed by the 5-hour guarantee. Spots are limited because every assessment gets my full attention.
Serving Minneapolis, St. Paul & the surrounding metro · In person or over video