For owner-run businesses in Christchurch.
I find where the value is in your business, build the changes myself, usually with AI, and measure what they add. More profit now, less riding on you, and a better price if you ever sell.
Two jobs I've sped up, before and after
A job that took sixty hours a month → now takes a ten-minute check each morning
A job that took three days → now takes an afternoon
Six to ten regular admin jobs now run start to finish without anyone touching them.
Admin taken off people's desks, quotes that cover what the job really costs, and knowing which jobs make money.
Approvals that don't wait for the owner, knowledge out of one person's head, and systems someone else can run. Buyers pay more for that.
Reporting straight from your own records, so you and your managers agree on where things stand.
I build all three, usually with AI. The Read-Out shows which one is worth the most to you.
Design teaches you that what you're asked for isn't always what's needed. So I start by sitting with the people doing the work and working out the numbers. Then I build the fix with your team, and stay until it runs without me.
I've worked across retail, marketing, fundraising and operations, in businesses and charities. MBA. Based in Christchurch.
Put in how many people you employ and what they earn on average, then pick how much of their time a tool could free up. The first figure is what that's worth each year. The multiple is what a buyer pays for each dollar of yearly profit, usually a few times over. The second figure is roughly what it adds when you sell.
$21,000 a year. Around $63,000 more when you sell.
That time only turns into profit if your team puts it into paid work, or it saves you hiring someone. This is a rough guide from the numbers you put in. What buyers pay varies by business, so check yours with your business broker or accountant. The real figure comes from your own records in our first three weeks working together. How much a multiple moves depends on the business and the market.
Buyers pay a higher multiple for a business that doesn't lean on the owner, one key person or a handful of customers. Put in your yearly profit and how much the multiple could lift. The figure is what that adds when you sell, on top of the time saved.
Around $261,000 more when you sell, from a business that runs without you.
Buyers pay more for a business that runs without you in every decision. Start two or three years out, so the gains show up in your accounts.
You know what you paid. The Read-Out shows where the value is and what to do first.
More people on the same systems. Find the jobs worth handing to software before the next hire.
Take yourself out of the everyday decisions, and the business is worth more for it.
Wherever you're at, start with the Read-Out, a two-week check of what your business is worth now, and what it could be worth. If your broker sent you here, this is the place to start.
Days 1–14
I look at your numbers, your calendar and how your team spends its day.
You get: a four-page report showing where your team's time and money go, with a dollar figure on each.
Days 15–21
You and your managers pick one job to fix.
You get: a one-page sign-off on what gets built.
Days 22–45
I build the tool with your team, using your own data.
You get: a working tool in your team's hands.
Days 46–75
It runs for thirty days, and I measure it the same way as on day one.
You get: the time and money saved, in writing.
Days 76–90
Your team runs it without me.
You get: someone on your team who looks after it, a one-page how-to, and the Read-Out figures rerun so you can see what changed.
If the saving doesn't show up, I say so in writing, and you get a $7,500 credit towards the first three weeks of your next Shift. You keep everything that was built.
Two weeksStart here.
A two-week check of what your business is worth now, and what it could be worth. You and your managers each answer twenty questions on your own. I come back with what it's worth today, at the size you're aiming for, and at that size with more profit on each dollar of sales. The gap between them is where the work is.
$2,500+ GST
Ninety days
The one change worth the most, built, run for thirty days and handed over to your team. Usually that's admin taken off people's desks. You see what it'll add, and how quickly it pays for itself, before you commit to the build.
$7,500+ GST
for the first three weeks.
Most full shifts from $22,500 + GST.
One day a week, twelve months
I run the day-to-day operations and lead the changes inside your business. For when you need a senior operations person but aren't ready for a full-time one. We rerun the Read-Out figures at the end of the year, so you can see what it added.
A set monthly fee
There's nothing to fill in first. Email or ring, whatever's easiest. If I can help, I'll tell you straight. If I can't, I'll usually know who can.