Find out what's keeping your team working after five.

A free operations audit for small businesses. In 45 minutes I learn how your business runs; a few days later you get a written report showing the tasks eating the most staff time, the business slipping through the cracks, what automating them would realistically save, and what it would cost.

45 minutes. No pitch, no obligation. Just what's keeping you late, and what it would take to fix it.

operations-audit-reportSample Report

Report Sections

Overview

Current Workflow

Findings

Quick Wins

Recommendations

Cost Estimate

31 hrs/week total

Ranked Opportunities5 found

Quote follow-ups
10 hrs/week · $1,299/mo · ~$2,400/mo revenue at risk
Scheduling, confirmations & reminders
6 hrs/week · $779/mo
Re-entering job details between systems
6 hrs/week · $779/mo
Invoicing & payment reminders
5 hrs/week · $650/mo
After-hours calls & web leads
4 hrs/week · $520/mo

Quote follow-ups

High priority • 10 hrs/week

Current Process

Owner or office manager sends quotes after hours
Follow-ups happen "when someone remembers"
No record of which quotes are still open
Customers who go quiet are rarely contacted again

Recommendation

Automatic follow-ups on every open quote, sent from your own email at the right intervals. Replies land with your office manager, and the owner sees a short list of quotes that need a call.

Monthly Value

10 hrs/wk × 4.33 wks × $30/hr

$1,299

Monthly Retainer

$390

Net Monthly

$1,299 − $390 = $909

Build Cost

$4,500

Pays for itself in about 5 months · Saves 520 hours/year

How it works

Three simple steps.

A 45-minute call

You walk me through how work moves through your business, from first call to paid invoice. I mostly listen.

A written report in 3-5 business days

The 3–5 biggest time sinks, what fixing each would save, what it would cost, plus quick fixes you can make yourself.

You decide

If something's worth building, I build it, run it alongside your current process until you trust it, and keep it running. If not, the report is still yours.

Big companies have a team for this. Now you do too.

Large companies have entire teams whose job is finding wasted time and fixing it. Smaller businesses have the same problems and none of that help, because consultants and software firms price for much bigger clients. AfterFive exists to close that gap.

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Who gets	Big companies	Small business
Someone whose job is finding wasted time
Automation built around existing tools
A cost/benefit case before any spend
Support after it goes live

With AfterFive

All four, sized and priced for a business your size.

Understand first

I learn how your business actually runs before recommending anything.

Only what pays

If a fix won't pay for itself, it doesn't make the report.

Your tools, not new ones

Everything runs inside the software your team already uses.

Priced on time saved

The math works on paper before you spend a dollar.

What I typically find

Where the hours usually go

Following up on quotes and estimates
Scheduling, confirmations and reminders
Re-entering the same information into multiple systems
Chasing invoices and late payments
Answering the same customer questions over and over
Collecting documents and paperwork from customers

Everything connects to the tools you already use, like your CRM or job management software, QuickBooks, Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, and your email. No new software for your team to learn.

Built for teams of 5–50: home services, property management, insurance agencies, accounting firms and other small businesses.

About

Two skills most consultants don't have.

I write production code and I speak P&L. Both matter when you're trying to save hours and make the math work.

Hi, I'm Garrett. I'm an engineer with a business degree, which means I can build the automation and run the numbers. No hand-off, no reselling templates—just custom work that fits your business.

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// written by me, not a template
for (const quote of openQuotes) {
  if (quote.daysSinceSent >= 2 && !quote.followedUp) {
    sendFollowUp(quote.customer);
    flagForOffice(quote);
  }
}

I write the code.

Every automation is built for your tools. No reselling, no stitched-together templates.

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Hours lost / week10

Cost / month$1,299

Build cost$4,500

Pays for itself in~5 mo

I speak P&L.

We talk hours and dollars, and if the math doesn't add up, I won't build it.

I don't disappear after launch. I run and maintain everything I build, and I work with a few businesses at a time so each one gets real attention.