$10K usually buys AI advice. Foundation Fix buys the fix.
One operational problem. A custom-built tool your team actually uses. $10K, fixed.
What you actually get for $10K
Most consultants would charge $10K just to tell you what to do about AI.
We come in, work out what the fix is, and build it. One operational problem. One custom tool. Integrated, launched, and supported for 12 months.
You pay once. You own the tool. Your team starts using it.
What's included in the $10K
- ✓A Workflow Blueprint for the area you want to fix
- ✓One custom-built tool, designed around how your business actually runs
- ✓Integration with your existing systems
- ✓Team training and launch
- ✓12 months of support and light updates
No timesheets. No mid-project upsell. No phase two you didn't agree to.
How it works
Understand.
We observe how work actually happens — not how it's supposed to.
Design.
We identify the fix and map it to how your business runs.
Build.
We build a tool that fits, not a generic product.
Stay.
We stay involved for 12 months while it becomes part of how you work.
Who Foundation Fix is for
Foundation Fix works for owner-led businesses with 8+ staff — typically in professional and knowledge-based sectors.
The signals that tell us it's a good fit:
- —Too much depends on a few people
- —Something specific keeps breaking as you grow
- —You've tried AI tools and they've made the mess faster, not smaller
- —You want a fix, not a project
What Foundation Fix is not
Foundation Fix is one problem, solved properly. Not a whole operational rebuild.
If the scope is bigger than that, we'll tell you on the first call — and either rescope or point you at Core Systems Build, which is designed for connected problems across multiple areas.
Honest scoping is part of the price. You won't get surprised by a phase two you didn't agree to.
What a Foundation Fix looks like in practice
Kenny at Gridlines had a 400-page financial modelling handbook full of hard-won expertise. Students couldn't find what they needed, and Kenny was answering the same questions on repeat.
We built him an AI-powered mentor tool — a structured knowledge system that responds in his voice and cites specific handbook pages, alongside a filterable resource library of 85 Excel models linked to the underlying material.
Students now get answers 24/7. Kenny gets his time back. The handbook became a living resource that improves with use.
One problem. One tool. Built around how his business actually works.
Read the full Gridlines case study →Honest answers to the obvious questions
We'll tell you on the first call. If the scope is wrong for Foundation Fix, we'll rescope or point you at Core Systems Build. We don't take the money to build the wrong thing.
Typically 4–6 weeks from first call to launch, depending on scope and integration complexity. We'll confirm the timeline for your specific problem on the first call.
About three or four conversations, some context on how your business works, and access to whatever the tool needs to integrate with. We do the thinking and the building.
Yes. Your code, your data, your tool. We maintain it for the first 12 months as part of the price.
Optional continuation at $100/month for light maintenance and issue resolution — or you take it in-house. Either way, your code and data stay yours. No lock-in.
Yes. If we work together and the scope you've agreed to grows mid-build, we'll pause and have a clear conversation — we won't silently bill more. If we can't deliver on the original scope in $10K, that's our problem to solve, not yours.
Let's talk
Twenty minutes on a call. No pitch. We'll help you figure out where AI fits — and tell you honestly if Foundation Fix is the right shape.