00 — The bottleneck
You built the company by knowing how everything works. Now every approval, every estimate, and every spreadsheet waits on you.
WORTH builds the system that carries the load. You keep the control and get your time back.
WORTH — Custom systems for owner-led companies
Time backControl keptCorrect by design
How much is your time worth?
You built a company that runs through you. WORTH builds the custom system that takes the bottleneck off your desk. You keep every bit of control, and the work gets done twice as fast.
Fig. 01
The balance: an hourglass
outweighs the gold.
outweighs the gold.
The work that waits on you
ApprovalsBids & estimatesChange ordersValidationSpreadsheetsSchedulingReportingRe-keyingInvoicingStatus updatesComplianceHandoffs
01 / 03 — Construction lifecycle
Construction
Bid to closeout, one system.
Bids, estimating, project delivery and consulting used to run through one owner's desk. Now they run through one system, and the owner still signs off on everything, in a fraction of the time.
- Bids & estimating01
- Project lifecycle & scheduling02
- Change orders & cost tracking03
- Owner approvals, one click04
$70Min projects a year, managed in one system, with hundreds of owner hours handed back
02 / 03 — Medical validation
Medical
Validation, in minutes.
Every change used to cost 80 hours of validation work. Now a change order produces a complete, traceable validation package in about 20 minutes, with the approval workflow built around it.
- Change order → validation package01
- Requirement-to-evidence traceability02
- Review & sign-off workflows03
- Audit-ready records04
80h → 20mof validation work per change order
03 / 03 — Any industry, any critical person
Any team
40 hours of Excel, down to 2.
Every company has someone it can't run without, and their week disappears into spreadsheets, re-keying and chasing. Whatever the industry, I buy that time back.
- Spreadsheets into systems01
- Reports that build themselves02
- Handoffs without the chasing03
- AI where it earns its place04
40h → 2ha week in Excel, for one critical person
2months
of time bought back per year, typically
2× faster
and you still make every call that matters
$70M
in projects a year, run through one system
0handoffs
You work with the person who builds your system
Your time
What is your time worth?
Two inputs. Assumes the work gets done twice as fast, which is the typical result. Discovery gives you the real number.
A working year, 50 weeks Bought back
Bought back every year
$93,750
- 375hours
- 9.4work weeks
- 2.2months
Hours × 50 weeks × half the time saved. Before any build starts, discovery replaces this estimate with your real figure.
Selected work
Time, bought back.
Every engagement is under NDA, so client names are withheld. The hours are real.
Waiting on you2
Avg. approval38s
Projects this year$70.4M
| Item | Type | Project | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO-1182 | Change order | Clinic fit-out | $48,200 | Approved |
| BID-0417 | Bid | Retail shell, Ph. 2 | $2.14M | Ready for you |
| PO-3391 | Purchase order | Warehouse expansion | $126,500 | Approved |
| PAY-0311 | Pay app | Office fit-out | $312,000 | Approved |
| RFI-0207 | RFI response | Parking deck | — | Sent |
Impact assessment14 systems
Requirements traced142 reqs
Protocols regenerated38 protocols
Tests executed38 / 38
Evidence captured212 files
Package assembled486 pages
Review & sign-offQA · Owner
Elapsed 00:00Manual baseline 80 hrsDeviations 0
Day9:0011:0013:0015:0017:00
Mon
Excel · reconcile workbooksReviewBack to the business
Tue
Excel · rebuild weekly reportReviewBack to the business
Wed
Excel · chase missing numbersReviewBack to the business
Thu
Excel · fix broken formulasReviewBack to the business
Fri
Excel · re-key into accountingReviewBack to the business
Excel this week 40 hrsReports auto-builtFigures traceable
What gets built
Your rules. Your system.
Spreadsheets, retired
The workbooks your business quietly runs on become a system that does the reconciling, reporting and chasing. AI does the reading and drafting where it earns its place, and a person still signs off.
Approvals that keep you in control
You decide what needs your sign-off. It arrives prepared, checked and ready for one click.
ItemTypeState
CO-1182Change orderApproved
BID-0417BidReady
PAY-0311Pay appApproved
SUB-0093SubcontractSent
Everything, connected
Spreadsheets, inboxes, accounting and the tools you already pay for, reconciled into one source of truth.
One honest view
The numbers you used to rebuild every Monday, live and traceable to their source.
Items cleared today1,284▲ 2.1× vs. before
Correct by design
Built for work that has to be right. Every change is traced, every figure can be explained, and validation is built in, not bolted on.
- Audit trailEvery change
- TraceabilityRequirement → evidence
- ValidationBuilt in
- OwnershipYour code, your data
How it works
See it working before you commit.
Step 01 · Discovery
Discovery
I spend time with you and your team, learning how the work actually gets done and where it waits on you. Not how the org chart says it works.
- Shadow the real workflow
- Find the bottlenecks
- Blueprint & quote
Step 02 · Demo build
Demo build
A working slice of your system, running on your real workflow. You use it before you commit to the rest.
- Real software, not slides
- Your data, your process
- Go or no-go, your call
Step 03 · Build
Build
The full system, built in the open with regular check-ins. Your rules are written into it, and the approvals stay with you.
- Regular working demos
- Your rules, encoded
- Tested & validated
Step 04 · Delivery
Delivery
Rolled out, documented and yours. The code, data and infrastructure live in your accounts, and you start getting your time back.
- Rollout & training
- Full documentation
- Support when you want it
The approach
Keep the control. Lose the bottleneck.
You built the company by being the one who knows how everything works. That's also why everything waits on you. The fix isn't giving up control. It's a system that does the work around your decisions.
01 — Control
Your control, kept
Nothing gets automated out from under you. You decide what still needs your sign-off, and it reaches you checked and ready to approve.
- You set the rules
- You approve what matters
- Every action is logged
02 — Time
Your time, back
≈ 2 months
a year, bought back for you or your most critical person. The same decisions, made twice as fast.
- For owners who became the bottleneck
- For the person you can't replace
- In any industry
03 — Correctness
Right, provably
Built to be checked: traceable, validated and auditable. Made for work that has to be right, and has to be shown to be right.
- Traceability end to end
- Validation built in
- Numbers you can defend
G.01
See it before you commit. The demo build runs on your real workflow before you decide on the full system.
G.02
You own everything. The code, data and infrastructure live in your accounts from day one.
G.03
You work with me. No handoff to a junior team. The person who learns your workflow builds your system.
A note from the founder
Most software is built for the average business. Yours isn't average. The edge cases, the exceptions, the workflow only you really understand — that's why it all still runs through you.
WORTH exists to buy back the time of the people a company can't run without, starting with yours. Built correctly, and built to last.
— Founder & Principal Engineer, WORTH
Questions
What owners ask.
Will I lose control of how things are done?
No. That's the point. You choose what still needs your sign-off. The system does the prep, the checking and the chasing, so approving something takes seconds instead of an afternoon. You still make the calls. You just stop doing the work around them.
Do you work in my industry?
My specialty is complex systems, not one industry. I've built for construction and medical, and the pattern holds anywhere work is detailed, high-stakes and stuck on a few key people. Every engagement starts with me learning your workflow firsthand.
What happens in discovery?
I spend time with you and the people the work depends on. I watch the real workflow, ask the awkward questions and map every handoff. You come out with a clear blueprint, a quote and a real estimate of the time you'll get back.
Why custom software instead of another subscription?
If an off-the-shelf tool fits, I'll tell you. Custom makes sense when the way you work is the advantage, or when you're paying your best people to bridge the gaps between tools that don't talk to each other.
Why are there no client names?
Every engagement is under NDA. Your workflow is your advantage, and I protect it the same way. I'm glad to walk through the work in detail on a call.
Can you make us AI-native?
Yes, where it earns its place. That means AI that reads, checks and drafts inside your workflows, with a person signing off and every step logged. It's one tool in the kit, aimed at the same goal: your time back, with the work still done right.
Who owns the code?
You do. The repositories, infrastructure and data live in your accounts from day one, and you keep a fully documented system no matter what.
Every build starts with discovery
Is it worth building? Let's find out.
Get in touch
Tell me where your time goes.
- 01Send the form. It takes two minutes.
- 02A call with me, not a salesperson.
- 03Discovery: I learn your workflow firsthand.