Resources
Plain-English articles and guides on data, reporting, and automation, written from what I actually see working with businesses like yours. A new piece lands most weeks. If one of them makes you think "that's us," you know where to find me.
Articles
Ways of thinking about your data, told straight.
I killed a report. It didn't stay dead.
A report built for a CEO who left kept running long after he did. I killed it, found out someone else was still using it, and learned the fix wasn't a better report.
ArticleWhy your best service might be your worst-paying job
Home service businesses track materials down to the fitting. Fewer track what their own hours actually cost, and that is where a profitable service quietly stops paying.
ArticleThe moment a shared spreadsheet becomes a liability
One broken formula on one tab can quietly wreck every number that depends on it. Here is the point where a shared spreadsheet stops being a tool and starts being a risk.
ArticleAsk four people what 'revenue' means.
Four departments, three different numbers for 'revenue.' Here's the habit that fixes it, and the two-minute test that tells you if you need it.
ArticleWhen staying in Excel is the right call
Excel isn't the waiting room before real software. It's how you figure out what your business needs to track, before you build anything permanent.
ArticleEvery permit in Greenville is public. Your competitor is checking it before you are.
Every building permit in Greenville is public record. The landscaper and the installer bidding the job you didn't know about are already reading it. Are you?
ArticleNow, what's your worst-selling item?
Ask a restaurant owner their best-selling item and they light up. Ask their worst, and the room goes quiet. That gap is costing real money.
Nothing published for that audience yet. It's coming, and the rest is still worth your time.