Advice you can act on, and the application that makes it stick.
Three offerings that build on each other: the framework in the book, the consulting that applies it to your business, and the software that carries it forward once the consulting is done.
Business consulting
Fixed scope, fixed fee, agreed before we start. Every engagement ends with a written action list, ranked by what it costs you to keep ignoring it.
Business Review
A full working session across the five pillars, followed by a written findings and action report.
- Half day session, on site or online
- Cash flow, costing and pricing review
- Compliance and risk gap list
- Ranked ninety day action plan in writing
Fractional COO
An experienced operator inside your business part time, without the cost of a full time executive.
- Weekly working sessions with you and your managers
- Process redesign and implementation, not just advice
- Supplier, client and contract negotiation support
- Monthly performance and cash review
Project Work
One specific problem, scoped and solved. Priced on the work, not on hours.
- Turnaround and cost reduction projects
- Compliance clean-ups: COID, UIF, labour files, B-BBEE readiness
- Contract and dispute review before you sign or fight
- Structure, roles, delegation and job descriptions
All fees exclude VAT and travel outside Gauteng. Scope is confirmed in writing before any work starts.
Custom business web applications
Off-the-shelf software makes you change how you work. We build the application around the process we have just fixed, so your staff use it because it is easier than the old way.
Job cards and work flow
Log the job, assign the team, capture time and materials on site from a phone, sign off with the client, invoice from the same record.
Quoting and costing
Standard rates, mark-ups and templates built in, so every quote is costed the same way regardless of who prepares it.
Stock and assets
What you hold, what left the store, who signed for it and what needs reordering. The end of counting from memory.
Compliance registers
Staff files, contracts, inductions, incidents, certificates and expiry dates, with reminders before they lapse.
Client and lead records
Every enquiry, quote, job and follow-up against one client record, so nothing sits forgotten in someone's inbox.
Owner dashboard
The handful of numbers that actually matter to you, on one screen, updated as the work happens.
How an application project runs
- Scope. We map the process and agree exactly what the application will and will not do.
- Quote. Fixed price and delivery date in writing.
- Build. You see a working version early and give input while it is still cheap to change.
- Handover. Staff training, a written user guide and a support arrangement you choose.
What it costs
Hosting and support are quoted separately and kept modest. Simple single-purpose tools cost less. Multi-user systems with several modules cost more. You will have the number before you commit, and it will not move unless you change the scope.
Business web pages
A professional website for an owner-run business, built to turn the people who find you into WhatsApp messages, calls and quote requests. Clean, fast on a phone, no fluff.
- Mobile-first design, written in plain language for your customers
- WhatsApp button, click-to-call and an enquiry form that reaches your phone
- Search-friendly build: page titles, descriptions, sitemap and fast loading
- Your services, the areas you work in and proof of your work, set out clearly
- Domain, hosting and SSL certificate set up and managed
- You own your domain and your content
From R850Once-off for a single landing page. Bigger sites are quoted on your requirements.
Hosting from R100 a monthBasic hosting with business email. More capacity and support quoted to suit.
Fixed scope and fixed price, agreed in writing before any work starts. Updates after launch are requested on WhatsApp and quoted up front.
Nobody can honestly guarantee a Google ranking, so I do not. What you get is a site built properly, so it has a fair chance.
Surviving and Winning in South African Business
A practical operating guide for owners who refuse to be crushed by chaos.
This is the framework behind every engagement on this site. It was written for people trading in South African conditions: late payers, load shedding, labour law that punishes the unprepared, compliance requirements that decide who gets the contract, and an economy that does not forgive sloppy cash management.
- Cash flow discipline that survives ninety day debtors
- Pricing and costing so growth actually produces profit
- Labour, probation and discipline handled correctly the first time
- Compliance and B-BBEE as commercial tools, and the fronting risks to avoid
- Building a business that does not stop when the owner does
- South African case studies throughout
Not sure which one you need?
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