A systems studio for small businesses
Systems that keep
your business running.
Custom websites, online ordering and owner dashboards for independent restaurants and small businesses. Built around the way your team works.
Selected work
Real client projects and working demos. Pick one to step inside.
- NC BagelBrand, a menu that doubles as the order page, and Square checkout for a bagel shop in Holly Springs, NC.
- White Sauce Grill & BarA guided bowl builder with a live total, loyalty points and owner controls for a Chapel Hill restaurant.
- Hotel shift boardA drag-and-drop weekly schedule where every employee is a colored deck of shift cards.
- AI front deskA guest chat that answers common questions and routes requests like extra towels to a staff panel.
What we build
Start with what slows your day down. Each system is built around one real problem.
Websites that bring people inMake it easy for customers to find you and take the next step.Client projects
A clear, branded website that connects your story, menu or services, inquiries and the customer’s next step.
NC Bagel and White Sauce are examples. The right approach depends on your business.
See the workOnline ordering without the phone ringingCustom orders and instructions in one clear flow.Client projects and demos
Guide customers through choices, instructions and checkout, then send clear tickets to your team.
NC Bagel’s ordering is a client project. The White Sauce bowl builder is a reconstruction with sample prices.
Try the ordering demoYour business, on your phoneOrders, sales and controls in one owner view.Working demo
Connect the information your team needs, with controls, alerts and handoffs built around your workflow.
Try the sample ordering board below. It uses fictional orders and doesn’t control a real business.
Open the owner dashboardSchedules without the group textShifts and handoffs your team can actually see.Working demo
A shared board for shifts, swaps and requests, built around how your team already works.
The hotel shift board is a demonstration with sample data, not a live scheduling product.
Try the shift boardAI that answers at 2amPhone and chat assistants for the questions you hear every day.Prototype, available to scope
An assistant can answer configured questions, collect order or request details, and hand anything unusual to a person.
Voice ordering is a prototype. Accuracy, integrations and human handoffs are tested for each business before anything goes live.
Ask about an assistantStock checks with a cameraA clearer view of inventory, without another clipboard.Available to scope
Plan a camera-assisted count for specific products, with staff confirming anything uncertain.
This is a proposed service, not a deployed product. We assess accuracy, privacy and review steps first.
Ask about a pilotInside one systemTry the owner dashboard +
A clearer view of the rush.
Orders arrive with every instruction in one place. Tap an order to move it along. When things get slammed, one switch pauses online ordering.
Sample data. This board isn’t connected to a real business.
- Sales today
- $0
- Open
- 0
- Ready
- 0
No open orders right now.
How we work
We start by understanding how your business actually runs, from a customer’s first visit to your team’s daily handoffs.
Then we pick one problem worth fixing, agree on a fixed scope and price, build it, and stay with you while your team settles in.
- Show us your dayA short call or visit to see where things get stuck.
- We build one fixClear scope and a fixed price, agreed before work starts.
- We stay with itTraining, adjustments and support while it settles in.
Try the demos
An ordering ticket builder, brand moods and a delivery-commission calculator, all with sample data.
A small studio, on purpose.
- You talk to the builder. No account managers or handoffs. The person you explain your day to builds the fix.
- Fixed price, agreed first. Every fix has a clear scope and price before work starts.
- You own everything. Your data, accounts and code stay yours. No lock-in.
- Honest work. Demos are labeled as demos, and we only share results clients have confirmed.
What’s in
your way?
Talk to the studio.
Tell us what keeps interrupting your day. We’ll talk through the workflow and suggest a sensible first fix, with a fixed price before any work starts.
Texting is fastest. We reply within one business day.