Steady
The full roadmap at a sustainable pace.
One build at a time
- One workflow built at a time
- One team training a month, over video
- Up to an hour of one-on-one coaching a month
- A short written summary each month: what's running, what's next
AI consulting for small businesses
Find your #1 AI opportunity in about a minute.
Answer eight quick questions about where your week goes. You get a plain-English report on the spot: the first thing worth automating, and a rough count of the hours it could give back.
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- Free
- Report on the spot
- No mailing list
Your quiz reportSAMPLE
Your likely #1
Follow-up automation
3–5 hrsa week you might get back
3 stepsto a first version
A first version could look like this
- List every place a follow-up should happen: inquiries, quotes, invoices.
- Draft the messages once, in your voice, and schedule them.
- Get a short daily list of the ones that need a personal call.
Illustrative example built from made-up answers. Your report uses your own.
Works with what you already use
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Gemini
- Copilot
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft 365
- QuickBooks
- Your CRM
What you get
Your own AI department, without the hire.
One person who finds where AI pays off in your business, builds it, trains your team and checks in every month.
01
Find
Map where the hours actually go, rank what's worth fixing, and say plainly what isn't worth building.
02
Build
Working tools inside software you already use. Not a slide deck or a report that sits in a drawer.
03
Train
Hands-on sessions over video, on your team's real tasks, until they can run it without me.
04
Review
A short written summary every month: what's running, what changed and what's next, in your own numbers.
How it works
From a one-minute quiz to your own AI department
Each step stands on its own. Nothing ongoing starts until the numbers make sense to you.
- 01Free · about a minuteStart the quiz
Take the quiz
Tell me where your week goes. You get your likely #1 AI opportunity and a rough estimate of the hours involved, right away.
- 02One-time · quoted to your sizeWhat's included
AI Opportunity Assessment
A working session with you and whoever does the work, plus a look at real examples. You get a written, ranked roadmap with estimated hours and a recommended first build. It's yours to keep whether or not you hire me.
- 03Monthly · month to monthSee the plans
Your AI department
I build the workflows from your roadmap, train your team to use them and check in every month. You choose how many things move at once.
What the work looks like
Small tools aimed at the jobs that eat your week
Typical first builds for a small business. These are examples of the kind of work, not client case studies.
Follow-up automation
Drafted, scheduled follow-ups after inquiries, quotes and invoices, plus a daily list of the ones that need a personal call.
Quotes and proposals
Your prices, options and terms in one sheet, with AI drafting the wording from your notes. You review before anything goes out.
Booking and reminders
Appointments booked against your real calendar, with automatic reminders and a reschedule link.
Intake that fills itself in
One form that creates the customer record, the folder and the first email, instead of typing it three times.
Answers from your own documents
An assistant that answers staff questions from your policies and price lists, with a link to the source so anyone can check.
Team training
Your staff using ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot on their own real tasks, set up safely for a business.
Free guidesPractical AI guides with real pricesWhat the tools cost and how to set them up, checked against each vendor's own pages.Read the guides
Open methodThe quiz shows its mathYour hours, a 30–50% reduction and your own hourly cost. No black box, and you can change the numbers.Try it
Who builds itOne person, start to finishThe person on the call is the person who builds it. No account managers, no hand-offs.About me
Monthly plans
One relationship. Three depths.
The only thing that changes is how many things I build at once. The assessment tells us which fits, and every plan is quoted to your business.
Busy
The same roadmap, reached faster.
Two builds in parallel
- Everything in Steady
- Two team trainings a month
- Up to 3 hours of coaching a month for you and key staff
- Fixes to anything I built go to the front of the line
Full
When several parts of the business need help.
Three builds in parallel
- Everything in Busy
- Three team trainings a month
- Up to 6 hours of coaching a month across your team
- A short weekly check-in call
No price list. You get a written quote before anything starts. How pricing works
The fine print, up front
What I promise, and what I won't
I promise
- A written quote before any work starts
- You keep the assessment roadmap whether or not you hire me
- Month to month, with 30 days' notice
- Everything I build stays yours, in your accounts
- Software billed to you at cost, with no markup
I won't
- Guarantee hours saved or a return on investment
- Invent case studies, reviews or client counts
- Ask for your passwords
- Build something AI is bad at. If it's the wrong tool, I'll tell you
You'll work with me, Brendon.
Five to Nine AI is one person, working remotely, evenings and weekends. I'm starting out, so I don't have a client list to show you and I won't make one up. What you get instead is a direct line to the person doing the work.
Questions
Questions, answered
What does it cost?
It depends on the size of your business and how much you want built, so I quote it rather than publish a price list. The quiz is free. The assessment is a one-time fee quoted to your size, and monthly plans are quoted from what the assessment finds. You get the number in writing before anything starts, and a short call is usually enough to give you a ballpark.
Why don't you list prices?
Because a five-person office and a twenty-person shop need different amounts of work, and a menu price would be wrong for most people. I'd rather spend ten minutes on a call and give you a real number than show a figure that changes once we talk.
Is the quiz really free? What happens after?
Yes. You answer eight questions and the report appears on the page straight away. Your answers come to me so I can follow up personally, once, by email. There's no mailing list and I don't share your details.
Do I need to be technical, or buy new software?
No. Most first builds use what you already pay for: email, Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, spreadsheets, your accounting or booking software. If a new tool is worth it, I'll explain why and you pay for it directly, with no markup.
Do I have to sign up for a monthly plan?
No. Each step stands on its own. You can take the quiz and stop, or do the assessment, keep the roadmap and build it yourself. Monthly plans are month to month with 30 days' notice.
Do you guarantee results?
No. I'll give you estimates in your own numbers and show you what's running each month, but I don't promise hours saved or a return on investment. That depends on your business and how the tools get used, and anyone who guarantees it is guessing.
What kinds of businesses do you work with?
Small, owner-run businesses of almost any kind: professional offices, home services, retail and e-commerce, healthcare and wellness practices, agencies, trades and more. What matters is where the hours go, not the industry. If AI isn't a good fit for your problem, I'll say so.
What about my data and passwords?
Tools run in your own accounts, and I don't ask for passwords. Where I need access, you add me as a user and can remove me any time. Don't send customer records until we've agreed to work together.
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