Practical AI and automation for small businesses
Reduce the work that slows your business down.
I help small businesses improve recurring work with AI and automation, from quote preparation and customer follow-up to document handling and knowledge handoffs. We find the bottleneck, build a practical improvement, and check whether it helps.
Free, 15-minute intro call.
Recurring work
Where does work keep getting stuck?
We start by looking at how the work happens: the inputs, handoffs, decisions, and exceptions. Then we choose an improvement with the people responsible for it.
Quotes wait on information
Someone has to pull details from three places before a customer can get an answer.
Paperwork needs chasing
Missing customer or supplier records lead to repeated follow-up.
The same data gets entered twice
Information moves between spreadsheets and systems by hand.
One person knows the process
Important decisions and exceptions depend on an employee’s memory.
How I help
Start with a clear decision.
An assessment helps when the work needs discovery. A problem you already understand can go straight to a scoped project. Ongoing help is available when there’s more to improve.
$499 fixed fee
AI Workflow Assessment
Review up to three workflows. Get process maps, ranked opportunities, and a scoped first-pilot outline.
Fixed quote after scoping
Workflow implementation
Build one bounded improvement, test it with your team, and put it into use with documentation and employee handoff.
Starting at $2,000/month
AI Operations Partner
Get ongoing help turning priorities into working improvements, within agreed monthly capacity. Month-to-month.
Public workshops · $47
Try AI on a familiar business task.
A hands-on workshop is an accessible way to start. Practice giving AI useful context and checking the result. Join the public AI in Business workshop on October 7, or talk with me about private training for your team.
Illustrative examples
From recurring problem to useful workflow.
These are hypothetical applications. The approach and results depend on the work, available systems, and people responsible for it.
Quote intake
Extract requirements and draft a checklist. An employee confirms details and pricing. Measure hands-on time and quote turnaround.
Supplier records
Track required documents and draft follow-up for review. Measure completeness and time spent chasing missing items.
Customer follow-up
Identify unanswered requests and prepare replies in the current system. Measure response delay and missed follow-up.
Expert handoffs
Capture recurring decisions and exceptions in a reviewed guide. Check coverage and usefulness with the successor. See knowledge capture.
About Julio
I help turn a messy process into a usable system.
I’m Julio Barros. I’ve spent more than 30 years building software, leading technical work, and helping businesses make good decisions about technology.
I work with the people doing the job to define the inputs, build a useful improvement, and decide how to check the result. I also teach practical AI workshops and support the systems I implement.
More about JulioBring one task that keeps taking too much time.
We’ll discuss how it works today and whether an assessment, a scoped project, or training would be useful.
Book an intro call