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Automation

80% of businesses still fail to return client communication inside one hour. That's money we recover.

1DAS Technology 2025 Lead Response Study, mystery-shopped 1,700 non-DAS dealerships over Q3–Q4 2024.

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More likely to qualify a lead when contacted within 1 hour vs. 2 hours. Average company takes 42 hours.
, HBR, The Short Life of Online Sales Leads (Oldroyd et al.), 2011 &nearr;
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Share of organizations that report 5%+ EBIT impact from AI/automation, despite 88% having deployed it somewhere.
, McKinsey, The State of AI, November 2025 &nearr;
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Dealerships that never include a price quote in their lead response.
, DAS Technology, 2025 Lead Response Study (NADA 2025) &nearr;

I.The thesis

You walk away with a map of which processes to automate, in what order, and where the leverage actually compounds.

II.What you get

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Process map

A full map of your current lead and service workflows. Every handoff, delay, and manual step documented.

02

Automation architecture

A prioritized blueprint of what to automate, in what sequence, using tools you already own or tools worth adding.

03

Build

We implement the automations. CRM workflows, routing rules, follow-up cadences. Not just the spec.

04

Handoff & documentation

Every workflow documented, tested, and handed to your team with enough context to own it going forward.

III.Evidence

Plate 01
Tier 1Realized

Static Oilfield Services

Oil & Gas · Infrastructure · Founder engagement · 2019–2024

From launch to $12M+ with no outside capital, in a market the industry had written off as un-ownable.

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Plate 03
Tier 3Thesis

GeoIntel · Drilling Intelligence

Geothermal · Energy Transition · Venture thesis · 2026

A procurement intelligence platform for a $40B+ energy-transition sector that still runs on spreadsheets.

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Plate 02
Tier 1Realized

Disciplined Execution Over Scale

Real Estate · Inside Sales · Sales transformation · 90-day engagement

How a 4-person inside sales team achieved 15.4x per-capita productivity over a 96-person legacy organization, generating $854K net profit on $249K of capital.

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IV.Method

01

Map

We map every manual step in your lead and service workflows. That's where we find the gaps where revenue is leaking today.

02

Design

We architect the automation layer: what runs automatically, what gets escalated, and what the rules are at every branch.

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Build

We build and test the automations inside your actual stack. No throwaway demos, no sandbox-only prototypes.

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Handoff

We document everything, train your team, and hand off a system that runs without us in the room.

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Tell us what's eating your team's time. We'll reach out by email or SMS within one business day to map the first automation that earns its keep.

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