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Content systems, outreach automation, ad iteration. AI compresses the work behind acquisition so a small team produces like a large one.
AI implementation. Operations-first.
I build AI systems that run the operations small businesses are too busy to fix.
Legal operations. Home services. Commercial real estate. I find the leak, build the fix, and stay long enough to make sure it holds.
PracticeAI implementation
Operating fromCharleston, SC
Entry pointWorkflow Scan, $500
Engagement modelScan · Audit · Project · Retainer
02 · The cost of doing nothing
What is a leak costing you?
Most operators know the leak exists. Few have priced it. Run the numbers on a single repetitive task.
Annual cost of this single leak
$84,240
That's the annual labor cost of this workflow. Typical AI recovery is 50 to 70 percent, and most engagements find three to five leaks of this size. We size the real number in the Scan.
Show me where this money is going03 · Diagnostic frame
Profit only moves three ways.
Every engagement starts by identifying which lever has the most slack. We pull that one first.
More revenue per customer
Premium services AI now makes economical: 24/7 intake, instant quoting, white-glove follow up at scale, faster proposal turn.
Lower costs
Automated workflows, document handling, reporting. The hours that used to fund overhead become margin or capacity.
04 · How we work
Workflow Scan. Audit. Project. Partner.
Prices visible because transparency disqualifies tire-kickers.
01Stage
Workflow Scan
- Price
- $500 to $1,000
- Duration
- 60 min plus 1-page report
- Deliverable
- Opportunity hypothesis. Go or no-go on a full audit. No upsell pressure.
02Stage
Audit
- Price
- $2,500 to $5,000
- Duration
- 2 to 3 weeks
- Deliverable
- Workflow map. Dollar-quantified opportunity register. 30/60/90 plan.
03Stage
Project
- Price
- $5,000 to $15,000
- Duration
- 4 to 8 weeks
- Deliverable
- One implemented system with before-and-after metrics. Built, deployed, documented.
04Stage
Retainer
- Price
- $2,500 to $15,000 per month
- Duration
- 3 to 12 month minimum
- Deliverable
- Ongoing AI partner. Roadmap, builds, training, measurement on a monthly cadence.
Start with a Workflow ScanMost engagements graduate up the ladder. Nothing requires the next step.
05 · Proof
What this looks like in practice.
Editorial scenarios, not case study fiction. Each one mirrors a workflow we have built or scoped this year.
Case AMid-market accounting firm
12 staff. 120 hours per week spent chasing client documents and reconciling intake.
hrs / week recovered
$185,000 in annual labor capacity unlocked and reassigned to billable work.
Case B$2.4M HVAC operator
45-minute quote process. 40-plus quotes per month. Owner the bottleneck.
lead conversion lift
30-plus owner hours back each month. Faster quotes converted more jobs at higher tickets.
Case CCommercial real estate portfolio
CAM reconciliation across 18 properties. Tenant disputes stacking up.
shorter dispute cycles
$120,000 in previously unrecovered CAM identified and billed in the first cycle.
Composite scenarios drawn from current and prior engagements.
06 · Where we focus
Built for operations-heavy operators.
Industries where margin lives or dies on workflows. The system has to run after I leave.
01Primary
Legal Operations
Mid-market insurers, law firms, and corporate legal departments. Built on years of legal ops work at a Fortune 500 insurer.
02Primary
Home Services
HVAC, plumbing, roofing. $1M to $5M revenue. Missed-call recovery, quote automation, dispatch AI.
03Primary
Commercial Real Estate
Office, retail, industrial, mixed-use. 10 to 100 property portfolios. Lease admin, CAM, critical dates. Productized through Meridian Gable Corporation.
Secondary
Accounting / CPA firms
High-margin, repetitive workflows. Document handling and client comms first.
07 · About
Built by an operator.
Legal operations technology at Guardian Life, a Fortune 500 insurer. President of Meridian Gable Corporation, a commercial real estate operations company. Building ResWift, an AI property operations tool. Based in Charleston, SC.
Practitioner first. Advisor only as a side effect. I build, deploy, and run the same systems I sell. Nothing on this site is a framework I have not shipped to production.
I build the systems I write about. Every framework on this site has been deployed in production.
08 · Book
Book a Workflow Scan.
60 minutes plus a one-page report. $500 to $1,000. If it does not pencil out, you walk with the report and we both move on.
- Operating from
- Charleston, SC
Prefer email? charles@charlesashe.ai with your company, role, and the workflow you want scanned.
Also building ResWift, an AI property operations tool. Not accepting beta users yet.