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Small business

Start your business on systems, or improve the one you run.

A system is the routine work of your business, set up once with AI so it runs the same way every time.

Starting a business

Start with systems in place.

A new business has a lot to stand up at once: the books, getting paid, a website people can find, and a way to book work. Set up as systems from the start, they grow with the business instead of being patched together later.

You learn each one as it's built, with AI explaining the steps, so you know how your business runs. The Launch Kit puts it all in place together; its pricing is set once the kit is complete.

Already running a business

Make the business you have run smoother.

Most small businesses already have the tools. What fills the day is everything around them: entering receipts, tracking every job and client, and getting the word out.

I look at where your time goes, then set up systems for the work that repeats, using the tools you already have where they fit.

How I implement a system

Every system is shaped to your business.

Planned around you

It starts from your goals, what you want AI to handle and your budget. Nothing is built until the plan fits.

Built on your tools

Each system runs in accounts in your name, so it stays yours, whoever helps you next.

Running on real work

A system is ready when it's handling your actual work, not a demo.

What it costs to start

A first year of startup work, two ways.

What a new service business with up to five people pays in its first year, job by job: starter packages, one-time fees, and 12 months of monthly fees.

JobHire it outWith AI
Logo and brand$300–$550$0–$65
Website, built and hosted$1,600–$4,300$10–$238
Website copy and a business plan$1,200–$2,500$0
Social media$6,300–$9,500$0–$144
Local search listings$3,850–$7,700$0
Email marketing$2,400–$4,100$0
Bookkeeping$3,000–$5,200$0–$399
Phone and booking$1,548–$3,300$28–$588
IT and business email$4,050–$6,810$0–$84
An AI assistant—$200–$240
Attorney, CPA and filing$932–$2,730$702–$1,690
First year$25,180–$46,690$940–$3,448

Your own time isn't counted. At 5 hours a week, hiring it out only pays if your time is worth more than $93 to $166 an hour.

Source: Moonshot Integration's research paper, What It Costs to Start a Small Business: Hiring It Out vs. Doing It with AI, October 2026. Prices come from providers' own price pages first, then industry surveys and cost guides.