Something in your business is leaking time or money. We'll find it.
Think of us as the mechanic for your operation.
We look under the hood, track down the cause, and fix it.
The answer could be a simpler way of doing the work, a tool you already have finally set up right, or software we build. You'll know which, and what it costs, before we start.
We're Swayde and Bryan Sanders, and this is our hometown.
You work with us. Directly.No account managers, no call centers.
(618) 608-0148
- The first sit-down is freeIn person or on a call.
- A written plan firstBefore you spend a dime.
- You own what we buildIt keeps running without us.
- Down the roadNot across the country.
Different businesses. The same kinds of leaks.
Trucking, the trades, restaurants, dealerships, hotels, shops, offices. The industry changes. What's eating the week usually looks something like this.
Quotes that sit
Requests come in by phone, text and email. Quotes get built at night. By the time one goes out, the customer has two others.
The fix might be: every request in one list, quotes drafted from your own prices, follow-ups that happen on their own.
Callouts and the schedule
6 AM text: somebody's not coming in. Now you're the switchboard, scrolling contacts and hoping someone picks up.
The fix might be: Workly, the tool we built for exactly this.
Paperwork holding up pay
One missing signature or form and the money you're owed sits for another week. Every customer or lender wants it a little different.
The fix might be: a check that catches what's missing before it goes out the door.
Billing that slips
Invoices go out wrong, claims get denied, and nobody has time to chase what's unpaid. It adds up quietly.
The fix might be: error checks before it's sent, and a list of what's owed that follows up for you.
Customers chasing you
"Any update on my job?" Calls you didn't need to take, and follow-ups that get dropped the minute things get busy.
The fix might be: the software you already pay for, finally set up right.
Payroll week
Hours of manual entry, and mistakes that are a pain to fix after they've gone out.
The fix might be: a payroll service we help you move to cleanly. Nothing custom needed.
Yours look different? That's fine. Tell us about it.
Three steps. You decide at every one.
We sit down together
At your place or over a call. You walk us through how the work actually gets done, and where it hurts. You don't need to know anything about AI. That part's our job.
Free. About an hour.You get a plan in writing
If we see a fix, we write it up in plain English: the problem, what we'd need from you, how it would work, how long it takes and what it costs. If we don't see one, we'll say so.
Before you spend anything.We fix it, and we stick around
Advice, a tool you can buy, or something we build. We get your team using it and check that it's paying off. Then we're still down the road for the next one.
You own anything we build for you.Here's what a plan from us looks like.
Most folks don't want to sign up for something they can't see yet. Fair enough. So we put a full sample plan online, written for a made-up trucking company, in the same format you'd get.
- The problem in 30 seconds, in plain English
- Exactly what we'd need from you, and why each piece matters
- Different paths depending on what you already use
- A week-by-week timeline, including the "what if it's harder" version
Getting Paid Faster After Every Load
For a made-up 25-truck carrier in Central Illinois
The first thing we built started with one restaurant owner.
They told us what callouts were costing them: the 6 AM texts, scrolling through contacts, the same few people covering every time. So we built Workly with them. It went live and ran their shift coverage.
The people who plan it are the people who build it.
No hand-off from a salesperson to a developer you never meet. The two of us scope the work, build it and stand behind it, and you'll talk to both of us the whole way.
Swayde Sanders
Runs the project, start to finish
Leads automation projects at Empower, one of the country's largest retirement record keepers. He nails down the requirements and the design up front, so what gets built fixes the real problem and is simple enough to learn quickly.
- $15M+ in value delivered
- 85–95% adoption on what he delivers
Bryan Sanders
Speaks code and the books
Full-stack engineer who architects the whole thing: servers, code and solution design. Has run his own business since 2003, and holds a finance degree from Eastern Illinois, so what he builds has to make sense on paper, not just on screen.
- 20+ years building systems businesses rely on
- Knows what it's like to be the owner
A few things we won't do.
Sell you AI you don't need. A lot of the time, the answer is a better process or a tool that already exists.
Lock you in. If we build it for you, it's yours, and it keeps running if we ever step back.
Take every job. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so and point you to someone who is.
Replace your people. Automation takes the repetitive stuff. Your team keeps the judgment calls and the relationships.
So, what's eating your week?
No pitch and no pressure. Tell us what's broken, and we'll be honest about whether we can help. We reply within one business day.
Effingham, Teutopolis, Mattoon, Altamont, Dieterich, and businesses across Central Illinois.