How a build runs
Four steps, and you see it working before you rely on it.
No discovery phase that bills for three months. The whole point of the first two steps is to find out whether the last two are worth doing.
Find the opportunity
30 minutes, then a morningIt starts with thirty minutes: tell me which part of the week eats the most time. No slides and no pitch. If it is worth going further, I come and watch one real job move from the first phone call to the paid invoice, and mark every point where somebody is typing in something a computer already knows. Being in Southlake means this is a drive, not a video call.
Design the system
Within a weekYou get the workflow mapped, the integrations named, the data laid out, and the outcome the system is being judged on - plus dates and a fixed price. In writing, before anything is built. The number does not move afterwards unless you change the scope. Sometimes this step ends with me telling you the thing you are worried about is not worth building yet, and that is a fine outcome.
Build and integrate
One to three weeks, longer for a full systemBuilt around your rules and wired into the tools you already pay for, so it becomes part of how the business runs rather than another login. You see it working on your own data, and it gets tested against the awkward cases before it is ever pointed at a customer.
Launch and improve
At handover, and afterThe code, the data and the accounts go into your business’s name. I show you how it runs and where to change it, then we watch what it does under real load and fix what the real world finds. Most systems get extended once they have proved themselves - that is a good sign, not scope creep.
Every build
The same four things, every time.
The price is fixed before the work starts
Priced per build, not per hour and not per seat. If the scope changes, we talk about it first. You never get a bill you did not see coming.
You own everything at the end
The code, the data and the accounts are in your business's name. There is no subscription you have to keep paying to keep using your own system.
One person, first call to handover
The person on the phone is the person writing the code and the person you text six months later.
Sometimes the answer is don't build it
If the thing bothering you is cheaper to live with than to fix, I will say so on the first call. A build that does not pay for itself is worse than no build.
Rough math
What is the busywork actually costing you?
Set the three sliders to match a normal week. The output is your own numbers, not a claim about anyone else's results.
Rough math, not a quote. The real number comes out of the call.
Questions
The ones that come up first.
What does an AI or automation project cost?
Projects are priced per build, not per seat and not per hour. A focused automation that removes one specific bottleneck sits at the low end; a full custom application with scheduling, a CRM and reporting is a larger engagement. Most work lands between a few hundred and several thousand dollars. The scope and the number come out of the first call, in writing, before anything gets built.
How long does a build take?
A focused automation is usually live in one to three weeks. A custom application with a database, real rules and an operator dashboard runs longer. You get a build plan with dates after discovery, not a vague estimate.
Do I own what you build?
Yes. The code, the data and the accounts belong to your business. There is no platform you have to stay subscribed to in order to keep using your own system, and no hostage data if you take it elsewhere.
Is this only for one industry?
No. The trade matters less than the shape of the problem: repetitive work done by hand every time, high-value leads that go cold, documents that get retyped, schedules that break when one thing moves. Those look the same in a fabrication shop and an accounting practice.
Do you only work with businesses in Dallas-Fort Worth?
DFW is home and it is where most of the work is, which means an in-person discovery visit is genuinely possible. Remote engagements outside the area are fine when the problem is a good fit.
Will this work if my business does not run on modern software?
That is usually the reason to build. If the process currently lives in a notebook, a whiteboard or one person’s head, there is nothing to migrate and nothing to fight. It gets designed properly the first time.
Who actually does the work?
Pierce Tripp, from the first call through to handover. There is no account manager, and nobody gets passed to a junior three days in.