case studies

Operators who stopped working after dinner.

Roastery + 4 cafés

North & Pine Coffee

26 hrs / wk

owner time reclaimed

"We stopped writing the same wholesale email forty times a week. Claude drafts, I sign."

A two-person founding team running a wholesale book of 84 cafés. Claude reads each new order, drafts confirmation emails in their voice, flags shipping anomalies, and assembles a Friday wholesale digest.

B2B marketing agency

Lattice & Loom

3.4×

proposals shipped / month

"Pitch decks used to take two days. Now the first draft lands in an hour and it's 80% there."

12-person agency. Claude turns discovery transcripts into structured proposals, pulls relevant case studies, and pre-fills the SOW from a templated rate card.

Independent accounting firm

Halberd Books

+18 pts

gross margin, FY24

"Our seniors stopped doing data entry. They started doing advisory. Margins went up."

An 18-person firm. Claude handles transaction categorization first-pass, drafts client-ready monthly narratives, and surfaces variance questions for the partner before the client meeting.

DTC ecommerce, 220 SKUs

Rivet & Cog

22 hrs

saved per 100 SKUs

"Listing copy, return triage, review summaries — all the stuff that used to be 'someday'."

Two-channel ecommerce brand on Shopify and Amazon. Claude generates channel-perfect listing copy, summarizes return reasons weekly, and drafts response templates for tricky reviews.

Boutique strategy, 6 partners

Meridian Consulting

2.1×

engagements / partner / yr

"Research synthesis went from days to an afternoon. We bid on more work."

Claude reads interview transcripts, builds initial findings memos, and assembles client-ready slide outlines that partners refine instead of build.

Local services, 3 vans

Atlas Plumbing Group

11 hrs / wk

after-hours work eliminated

"After-hours dispatch became a non-event. The model triages, I just confirm."

Claude classifies after-hours calls by urgency, drafts the SMS reply, and queues a callback note for the morning. The owner stopped answering the phone at 9pm.