Business
You've found my business page! Maybe it's by clicking on a link in my email signature or somewhere else on the web. How exciting!
Here's what I do:
I work with businesses to standardize processes and create tools with software they already use. There are two goals. Either help them accomplish more or spend less time in the office.
I do this by speaking plainly and asking simple questions, and here's the key; I listen.
In the last five years I've worked mostly in construction and have learned to say what I actually mean instead of using jargon, though construction has its own. Ask any wood butcher.
The main software that I use is Microsoft Excel, most folks know how to enter data and use it, they just need a little help in having Excel do the heavy lifting. Entering data five times is never necessary.
Your business creates a lot of data, it's time you use it.
My Business Model
I work with people who I enjoy working with. I don't take every job. I've had clients who expect next day delivery with a boatload of changes, that usually doesn't work for either of us. For pricing there are a couple of ways to go about it.
Most people’s time is worth at least $100/hour, if the project will save 5 hours a week here's what I figure, 52*5*$100=$26,000 – this project is probably worth about $2,600.
List of Industries I've helped
- Manufacturing
- Lawyers / Attorneys
- Record Labels
- Small/Medium General Contractors $1-$100 Million
- Large Utility Construction Services +$100 Million
- Farming/Agriculture
- Investment
- Restaurants
- Education
Selected Projects
- Created a flexible 3-week schedule that's been used by dozens of superintendents, here's a link if you're interested
- Google Sheets
- Excel
- Created a tool in Excel that divides revenue among owners based on monthly files
- It saved approximately 100 hours a month
- Created a tool using Power Query and Excel that divided up all the money earned over a quarter among each of the music artists based on unique contract percentages
- Created a projections sheet that reported weighted average margin for dynamic date ranges
- Created a report that divided money among servers and back of house staff for a restaurant.
- Created a complex model for FOREX trading
- Here's a dynamic annual calendar that works amazing. Put a date in the green cell and the next 12 months will be populated.
If you think we would work well together (even if you don't have a project right now), drop me a line, business@danielphayward.com