Custom software for Canadian small and mid-sized businesses

Signs you’ve outgrown spreadsheets

• Two people keep two versions of the same file
• Staff retype the same details into different systems
• You can’t see where a job or order stands without asking someone
• Customers find your mistakes before you do
• One person holds the whole process in their head

If a few of those sound familiar, my guide on when to replace spreadsheets with custom software will help you decide.

What I build

• Client portals: Customers check progress, download documents and message you in one place
• Internal tools: Quoting, scheduling, job tracking and inventory, shaped around your process
• Custom CRMs: Built around how you actually sell, without the features you never use
• Dashboards: Live numbers from the systems you already have
• Connections: Your website, accounting software and other tools talking to each other

Proof: Appanzee

I spent 30 months working on Appanzee, a Canadian platform that lets teams replace spreadsheets with their own connected apps. Each customer organization gets its own separate database, and access can be controlled field by field. The same thinking goes into smaller projects: keep it simple for your team, and keep your data safe.

Start small

You don’t need to replace everything at once. We start with the one process that costs the most time, finish it, and put it to work. Then you decide what’s next, based on what you’ve seen.

Your data stays yours

Your data sits in your own account. It can be hosted in a Canadian data centre if you need that, access is limited by role, and backups are automatic. If you ever leave, you take everything with you.