Applied Delta

The analysis before the automation

Look before
you LLM.

We map how your business actually runs, then hand you a prioritized, tool-specific plan your team can implement in weeks. No software to buy from us. No implementation upsell.

Book an intro call $4,000 flat · 4 weeks · vendor-neutral
Delta Report · excerpthrs / week
  1. Re-typing quotes into the scheduler4.5
  2. Chasing unpaid invoices by hand3.0
  3. Answering "where's my job at?"2.5
  4. Month-end books reconciliation2.5
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Illustrative. Every report is built from your interviews.

The problem

You know AI should be doing some of this. Here's why it isn't yet.

01

No time

You're running the business. Evaluating tools, testing workflows, and reading vendor docs is a second job you don't have hours for.

02

No map

AI only helps when it's pointed at the right step. Without a clear picture of how work actually moves through your company, you're guessing where to aim it.

03

Too much to break

Your process works — messy, but it works. Bolting on automation blind is how owners waste a quarter and end up more allergic to tech than before.

Adding AI without first understanding the process is how owners lose a quarter, lose money, and lose their appetite for tech. The analysis is the hard part. The build is the easy part.

How it works

Four weeks. One map. A plan you actually use.

Your team's time investment is a few short interviews. The rest is on us.

01Week 1

Discovery interviews

We talk to you and the people doing the work. Not a survey — real conversations about where the day goes, what gets re-typed, what gets chased.

02Week 2

Process mapping

We turn documents, tools, and interviews into a map of how work actually flows — including the undocumented workarounds everyone depends on.

03Week 3

Opportunity analysis

We score every step on hours burned, error cost, and how easily off-the-shelf tools can absorb it. Most of it stays human. Some of it shouldn't.

04Week 4

The Delta Report

A prioritized, tech-enabled framework: what to automate, in what order, with which tools, and a first-week quick win. Yours to implement in-house or hand to any contractor.

The math

One fee. Immediate payback.

A business doing $500K a year is earning about $250 for every business hour. Free up a few hours a week and the engagement pays for itself almost immediately. Drag the sliders for your numbers.

Illustration only, not a guarantee. Actual savings depend on your process and what you choose to implement. Compare: a new hire runs $45–65K a year; big-firm consulting for similar work runs six figures.

Value per hour$375
Payback1.3 wks
First-year value$150,000

Our $4,000 fee as a share of first-year value: 2.7%

Vendor-neutral, by design

What we do — and what we deliberately don't.

We don't build the automations. That's not a gap in the service; it's the reason you can trust the recommendation.

We doWe don't
  • Interview your team and map the real processSell you a software platform
  • Recommend specific off-the-shelf toolsTake referral fees from those tools
  • Prioritize by hours saved and ease of rolloutPush a giant transformation project
  • Hand you a plan any contractor can executeLock you into us for implementation

Case studies

What a Delta Report changes.

Home services

coming soon

Case study coming soon

Our first client write-up is being finalized. It follows the same structure every Delta Report does: where the hours were going, what we recommended, and what changed.

Before

After

Recovered

hours / week recovered

Pricing

One flat fee. No surprises after.

Priced so that a single recovered hour a day pays it back inside the first quarter. Half at kickoff, half when the report is in your hands.

Add-on workstreams or unusually large teams are scoped on the intro call.

Not a fit? We'll say so on the call — no charge.

The Delta Report

$4,000

flat · 4 weeks

  1. 01Owner + team interviews (up to 8 people)
  2. 02Documentation & tool-stack review
  3. 03End-to-end process map
  4. 04Scored opportunity matrix
  5. 05Prioritized automation roadmap with tool picks
  6. 06A week-one quick win you can ship yourself
  7. 07Report walkthrough call
  8. 0830-day follow-up check-in
Book an intro call 50% at kickoff · 50% on delivery

FAQ

Straight answers.

If yours isn't here, ask on the call.

Correct — and on purpose. The analysis is the hard part; the build is the easy part. Once you know exactly which step to automate and with what, your own team or any freelancer can do it in days. We stay vendor-neutral so our recommendations are about your hours, not our margin.

Book a call

Thirty minutes. We'll tell you if it's worth it.

A short intro call to hear how your business runs and whether a Delta Report would pay for itself. No pitch deck.

Or leave your details

Can't find a slot? Tell us a little about the business and we'll reach out.

We never share your details. No newsletter, no drip.