AIAI Capable

AI workflow decisions for owner-led service businesses

Find the workflow worth fixing before you pay to build it.

Dane reviews one revenue or operating bottleneck—missed calls, quote follow-up, website conversion, or repetitive office work—and turns it into a decision and build brief your team can actually use.

Thirty or sixty minutes. No account required. A request is not a confirmed appointment; scheduling and payment are handled separately by email.

Named operator: work directly with Dane.

Bounded scope: one workflow per session.

Honest output: build, improve, or do nothing.

Two working sessions

Buy a decision first. Buy implementation only when the case is clear.

30 minutes

The Audit

$249

Deciding whether one workflow is worth fixing

Focus one revenue or operating bottleneck and leave with a written decision brief.

  • A diagnosis of one workflow, based on the information you provide
  • A build, improve-the-process, or do-nothing recommendation
  • The required inputs, human handoffs, and main failure risks
  • A written recap sent the same day
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60 minutes

The Build Brief

$399

Mapping a workflow your team is ready to evaluate

Turn one qualified opportunity into a build-ready operating brief with rules and handoffs.

  • Everything in The Audit
  • A step-by-step workflow covering inputs, decisions, actions, and exceptions
  • Tool categories, implementation order, and owner approval points
  • A first-week action list with open questions clearly marked
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Operator, not anonymous agency

Dane builds around the full operating loop.

The work is not limited to choosing a model or installing a widget. It connects customer demand, intake, rules, human handoffs, internal tools, and measurable outcomes.

About Dane and the standard
Lead generation and quote intake
Marketplace and directory systems
Internal sales and booking tools
Human-controlled automation

Four useful starting points

Start with the business problem, not “add AI.”

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Selected work

Public products and operational systems.

Dane identifies these as selected work. Descriptions are limited to observable public product scope; no invented customer results or ROI figures are presented.

Life Coach Locator homepage with coach search and comparison tools

Marketplace and directory

Life Coach Locator

A public directory for finding and comparing coach-submitted profiles by location, specialty, price, and session format.

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Bus2Ride homepage for group transportation planning and quote requests

Lead generation and transportation operations

Bus2Ride

A transportation planning and quote funnel spanning party buses, limousines, shuttles, sprinters, and coach buses.

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QuoteBot secure agent login for Limo Bus Reservations

Internal sales application

QuoteBot

An access-controlled vehicle quoting and booking-management application for Limo Bus Reservations agents.

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See the work in detail

Evidence-backed guides

Research the question before you buy the tool.

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Phones and lead capture

Can an AI receptionist handle missed calls?

Measure the problem, bound the agent, design human transfer, and test booked outcomes instead of calls answered.

Read the guide

AI readiness

Is your business ready for AI automation?

Use a 25-point checklist covering workflow, data, rules, ownership, failures, measurement, and kill criteria.

Read the guide

Measurement and ROI

How should a service business measure AI ROI?

Separate activity, pipeline, bookings, collected revenue, contribution profit, full cost, and customer guardrails.

Read the guide

The method

A closed loop with named human control.

  1. 01

    Observe

    Start with real calls, leads, tasks, documents, and outcomes.

  2. 02

    Normalize

    Give inputs consistent fields, states, owners, and definitions.

  3. 03

    Decide

    Use deterministic rules for promises, prices, eligibility, and risk.

  4. 04

    Assist

    Use AI for classification, extraction, drafting, and bounded recommendations.

  5. 05

    Escalate

    Send uncertainty, exceptions, and consequential decisions to a person.

  6. 06

    Measure

    Tie the workflow to time, qualified leads, bookings, revenue, cost, and errors.

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See the product before buying

A real brief has rules, owners, exceptions, and measures.

The sample shows the structure used to turn a vague automation idea into an operating decision without pretending an example is a customer result.

Open the sample brief
Decision: build, improve, or stop
Verified inputs and assumptions
Deterministic rules and AI responsibilities
Human approval and exception path
Failure handling and audit trail
Outcome metrics tied to the system of record

Good fit

Bring a real workflow and real evidence.

  • Owner-led service or operating business
  • Known process owner and measurable volume
  • Willingness to keep consequential decisions human-controlled
  • Interest in a testable next step, including “do nothing”

Not a fit

No magic demo, guaranteed result, or bulk content machine.

  • A company-wide transformation in one call
  • Unsupervised promises, pricing, refunds, or customer messages
  • Fake reviews, unsupported claims, or search shortcuts
  • Legal, medical, tax, or financial advice

Before you request

Straight answers about the session.

Why can thirty minutes be useful?+

Because The Audit is intentionally limited to one workflow. You provide the business and problem before the call; the session is used to test the economics, inputs, risks, and next decision—not to survey your entire company.

Is anything built during the session?+

No. The paid product is diagnosis, workflow planning, and a written brief. A finished implementation, software subscription, integration, or managed service requires a separate written scope.

What should I prepare?+

Bring one workflow, its monthly volume, the tools involved, the person who owns it, a few real examples, and the outcome you want to improve. Exact numbers are useful; confidential customer data is usually not needed for the first conversation.

Do you guarantee savings or booked jobs?+

No. A recommendation depends on the quality of the inputs, execution, customer behavior, vendors, and other conditions outside the session. The goal is a better decision and a testable plan—not a guaranteed result.

Can Dane help implement the brief?+

Possibly, when the work is a clear fit and capacity is available. Implementation is optional and is never included or implied in the $249 or $399 session fee.

What about privacy, phone, text, and recording rules?+

The brief can identify operational risk and where specialized review is needed. It is not legal advice. Consequential customer communications, consent, recording, pricing, and availability should remain behind approved rules and human oversight.

Will you recommend AI even if a simpler fix is better?+

No. A form change, routing rule, clearer script, better source data, or no build at all can be the right recommendation. AI is useful only when it improves the full workflow.

What happens after I request a session?+

Submitting the form creates an unconfirmed request. Scheduling and payment are handled separately by email; the session is confirmed only after those details are agreed in writing.

One workflow. One accountable next decision.

Start with The Audit when you need to decide. Choose The Build Brief when the opportunity is already qualified and needs operating detail.