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Some of what we’ve built. No client names; the work is theirs to talk about. Just the problem, what we built, and what changed.

Built

The sales memory

Liveit remembers June.
Problem

The pipeline lived in one inbox and one person’s head. Follow-ups happened when someone remembered.

What we built

We read four years of email, 40,000+ messages, into structured deal records. Then a CRM on top that syncs the team’s mailboxes hourly and opens on one question: who needs you today. When a prospect says "check back in June," it wakes the deal in June.

Outcome

177 of 187 deals got a status, the facts and a next step on day one. It surfaced prospects who had asked for a call back months earlier, and two live deals that were in nobody’s pipeline.

The lead system

Liveit was 10 in nine months.
Problem

The website brought in 10 inquiries in nine months. Nearly every deal came from someone the founder already knew, or from referrals.

What we built

A system, not a website. Pages that answer what buyers actually search for, a three-field quote form, and automations that carry every inquiry from form to team to pipeline, tracked at each step so we know what’s working.

Outcome

30+ qualified inquiries a month, 42 in the best one. The system now drives roughly 30% of that line of business.

The company agent

Builtjust text it.
Problem

The answers to everyday questions were spread across apps, inboxes and the few people who happened to know. So everyone asked those people.

What we built

An AI agent trained on the company’s own data. Anyone in the organization can text it a question and get the answer, from a verified number, in a thread they already use.

Outcome

Questions get answered by text instead of by interrupting someone.

The logistics loop

Liveone button.
Problem

Every order meant dozens of emails. Introductions, artwork proofs, approvals, shipping addresses, tracking numbers. Each one written by hand, and every status lived in someone’s inbox.

What we built

One system that runs the communication around an order. It sends the right email at each step, collects proofs and approvals from the client, and handles the shipping: one button creates the shipping orders, pulls the tracking back in and tells everyone where things stand.

Outcome

Nobody writes a status email. The client and the team see the same status the moment it changes.

The live dashboard

Livetheir data anyway.
Problem

Their software held all the data and wanted an insane price for analytics that still didn’t answer the questions they actually had.

What we built

We pulled the raw data out and built a live dashboard on top of it. It shows exactly what they wanted to see, and they can track it as it changes.

Outcome

The numbers they asked for, live, without paying for the upgrade.

The crew board

Liveno more group text.
Problem

Staffing a job was a group text. Whoever answered first got it, nobody could see what was open, and bonuses were worked out by hand afterwards.

What we built

A board the crew opens on their phones. Open spots drop each night with a notification, staff request the ones they want, and an admin approves. Pay and bonuses calculate themselves, and each person sees their own.

Outcome

The crew staff themselves. Nobody asks what’s open or what they’re owed.

Onboarding to contract

Rolling outtyped once.
Problem

Once a deal closed, the client record, contract and invoice were each built by hand. The same details got typed three times.

What we built

One onboarding form the client fills in. It creates the client record, matches it to the deal and generates the contract and invoice for review. Each client gets a private portal with documents, event details, artwork approvals and post-event reports.

Outcome

Rolling out now. Numbers when there are some.

Our own

Folio

In buildsoon.
Problem

Business-to-business deals stall in the gaps between quote, approval, signature, invoice and payment. Each step lives in a different tool.

What we built

One workflow from quote to paid: catalogs, buyer approvals, agreements and payments in one place.

Outcome

In build. No link until there’s something to click.

No screenshots.Their systems. Their business.

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