the boring half · contractors
the boring half of a contracting business.
A contractor's boring half is coordination. Bids to chase, subs to line up, change orders to document, clients asking where things stand, and invoices strung across a dozen jobs. None of it swings a hammer, but it is what keeps you at the desk long after the crew has gone home.
a typical week, the parts nobody bills for
bid & proposal follow-up3.5 h/wk
every bid tracked and followed up until it is won or lost, so fewer sit unansweredclient status updates3.0 h/wk
clients kept informed with clear written updates instead of a dozen phone callssubcontractor coordination3.0 h/wk
schedules, confirmations and reminders sent so trades show up on the right daychange-order documentation2.5 h/wk
changes captured in writing and sent for sign-off before work proceedsinvoicing across jobs3.0 h/wk
progress invoices raised and chased per job so nothing slips between projects
that's roughly 15 hours a week that never touches the actual work.
what a claude install takes over
Each line above is a workflow a done-for-you Claude system can run inside your own tools: answered, drafted, chased, booked, on schedule, without you being the one who remembers. Nothing touches a customer or a dollar without your approval. It is built for you, tested, and priced on the hours it saves, not on hours billed, by someone who spent ten years closing enterprise deals and now builds the systems instead.
the guarantee: it runs, or i keep working until it does. i only win when your system does.
built by elisabeth hitz · ten years closing enterprise deals at deel & criteo · six anthropic certifications · you work with the person who builds it · two clients a month
straight answers
I run several jobs at once. Can it keep them straight?
Yes. Each job is tracked separately, so updates, invoices and sub coordination stay tied to the right project instead of living in your head.
Will clients feel like they are talking to a bot?
No. The updates go out in your voice, and anything that commits you to a date or a dollar comes to you first. You stay in control of the relationship.
Where would you start?
With whatever eats the most time, usually client updates or bid follow-up. The diagnostic shows the ROI on each before anything gets built.