We founded one of Australia's fastest-growing trade businesses and run it on our own systems. We build the same AI and operations for fast-growing companies doing $1M+ a year, so they win more work without adding office headcount.
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Quotes wait on one or two people. The slower you quote, the more work goes to whoever answered first.
Each new crew brings more scheduling, timesheets and invoicing, so you hire another coordinator.
Jobs, quotes and costs are spread across tools that don't talk. The same job gets keyed in three times.
You find out a job lost money after it's finished, when you can no longer do anything about it.
Four problems we fix in every trade business. Each one in under 30 seconds.
Set these to match your business. The audit replaces every assumption here with your real numbers.
Conservative assumptions: half of manual admin removed, and 1 in 4 missed enquiries won.
Get your real numberWe bought a trade business so we'd be on the front line: quoting, scheduling, hiring and running ads ourselves. Every system we recommend is already running in our own business.
| Software or AI agency | Marketing agency | PG Automations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operates a trade business | No | No | Multi-million dollar, 7 crews |
| Starts by measuring losses in dollars | Sometimes | No | Every engagement |
| Rebuilds quoting, scheduling and invoicing | Builds to your brief | No | End to end |
| Adds demand once operations can absorb it | No | Leads first, systems never | Guaranteed lead volume |
| Advises on hiring, pricing and crew structure | No | No | From experience |
Over two to three weeks we work alongside your estimators, coordinators, crews and finance team. We follow real jobs from first enquiry to cash received, and put a dollar figure on every point where time or revenue leaks.
More enquiries only pay off once you can estimate, schedule and invoice them without adding staff. So we work in this order.
A working session with Pat on your operation.
Quantified losses and a prioritised roadmap.
We build on Op3ro and connect your existing tools, with AI handling enquiries, quotes, scheduling and invoicing.
We act as your AI and systems team: new builds, adoption, reporting and paid demand with guaranteed lead volume.
Our business · Northern Beaches, SydneyA business run off a whiteboard, rebuilt on our own systems. Every enquiry, quote, crew and invoice now runs through one platform.
and a team of 20, built from zero in 14 months
“Guided us to avoid many problems throughout the project, including saving a considerable amount on our licence costs.”
“Will literally save me hours per week in manual labour, allowing me to focus on growing my business instead of working in it.”
“Like having a Swiss army knife of knowledge at your disposal.”
“Truly a wizard in saving time for business owners.”
“He was able to deliver on everything that he said he would.”
“The best consultant I've worked with so far.”
“Patrick is the best consultant I've worked with so far. He's extremely professional, super knowledgeable and extremely meticulous in his work.”
“A problem I spent weeks trying to figure out, Pat did in a blink of an eye. Truly a wizard in saving time for business owners. Already passed on his details to a few friends. 10/10.”
“He figured out how to do something that was very complex, with lots of moving parts. Probably never been done before. If you are looking for a creative, out of box thinker, I highly recommend Patrick.”
“Pat was sensational. He was able to deliver on everything that he said he would, even when working on a solution for a system that he had no prior experience with.”
“Patrick was always available and was very knowledgeable about Monday.com. Would highly recommend him to anyone needing a hand with process automation.”
“I highly recommend Pat for any automation work involving Pipedrive, Integromat, Zapier, Clickfunnels with emails and SMS marketing. Pat's responsiveness and knowledge was outstanding.”
“Pat and his team are the best in the business and are like having a Swiss army knife of knowledge at your disposal.”
“Patrick was an absolutely brilliant addition to our CRM migration team. He has a deep understanding of both Pipedrive and Monday that helped us deliver a very effective transition. He also guided us to avoid many problems throughout the project, including saving a considerable amount on our licence costs.”
“Pat was great to work with. He is super knowledgeable and efficient. He added tremendous value to the project and our small business.”
“He completed the task effectively and efficiently, but also offered to record a video explaining what he'd done so that I didn't run into the same issue again.”
“Patrick is extremely knowledgeable about the Gcal and Zoom APIs, and managed to resolve a range of problems for me within an hour consultation.”
“Patrick is fantastic. His communication is second to none, and the work he completed was exactly as briefed. I couldn't recommend Patrick highly enough!”
“Pat really knows his stuff. He did everything to our specifications, he was reasonable with his rates, and was a real pleasure to work with.”
“Patrick did an amazing job that seemed very complicated to me. He knows automations and SMS like the back of his hand.”
“Patrick was amazing and local to me which was great to call and chat about things. He built what I asked to be built and was always contactable.”
“Patrick automated and streamlined my marketing and sales process through Pipedrive, ConvertKit and Asana. The workflow automations that have been put in place and recommended by Patrick will literally save me hours per week in manual labour, allowing me to focus on growing my business instead of working in it.”
“We really appreciate Patrick's ongoing support, skill set and speed to deliver superior automation services for our small business. Highly recommend!”
“I needed help with connecting to Xero/Workflow Max using the Integromat iPaaS automation platform. Patrick responded very quickly and got to work right away. His communication was excellent. His level of understanding of API connection authentication and automation processes is amazing. He worked super quickly, really knows his stuff and was happy to explain things and help me learn along the way.”
“Patrick was amazing in terms of gathering requirements, asking questions and super thorough on the work produced. Will definitely be working with him again on API and data-related projects.”
“Anyone looking for a Monday.com expert, I would not look past Pat!”
“Good at communicating and work standard was A+.”
“Brilliant. Responsive. Knows his stuff! Will be retained.”
“Very easy to work with. Excellent communication and, more importantly, got the job done successfully. Will definitely be keen to re-hire as soon as I have some work again.”
“Pat was great to work with and went the extra mile to get things sorted!”
“Pat was great to work with. He worked quickly and diligently on our project and completed what we requested. I will be engaging him again in the future.”
“Pat was very helpful and helped me set up Integromat in a short time. Also important, he helped me fix bugs I found after the launch. I would definitely recommend working with Pat.”
“Patrick is great to work with. Very easy to deal with and very competent.”
“Really quick response and solved my integration problem perfectly.”
“Excellent work. So pleased to work with someone in my timezone from Australia. Fast too.”
“Quick, reliable and knows his stuff. Pleasure to work together, mate, many thanks.”
“Patrick did a great job in helping us automate our processes. Thank you.”
“Thanks for helping us with our automation. We will use you again soon.”
“Quick and responsive. Great work. It was a pleasure working with Patrick.”
“Very knowledgeable and got the task done quickly!”
“Great work completed really quickly. Many thanks!”
“High quality guy. Lucky to have found. Grateful.”
“Excellent and very skilled.”
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Pat spent eight years building operating systems for more than 300 businesses. He was CTO of Lifestyle Marketing when it was named Pittsburgh's fastest-growing company, and built the systems behind Australia's most popular TV show four years in a row. He then founded Flawless Group and grew it from zero to a team of 20 in 14 months, on those same systems. He leads every audit scoping call himself.
Not necessarily. Sometimes the answer is connecting the systems you already have. Sometimes it's consolidating several into one. The audit tells you which, and what each option is worth.
That usually happens when software goes in before anyone maps how the business really works. We map first, build around how your people already work, and stay on through adoption.
Trade and construction operators with 10 or more staff, usually with multiple crews and a dedicated office team.
Yes, once operations can absorb more work. We run paid demand with a guaranteed lead volume as part of the partnership.
No. We use AI where it removes real work: drafting estimates, answering enquiries, building schedules and preparing invoices. All of it already runs in our own business.
20 minutes with Pat on how you win, run and bill work. If an Operations Audit is the right next step, we scope it on the call. Audits start from $2,000 + GST, credited against the build.
For trade and construction businesses doing $1M+ a year with a team of 10 or more. Not for consultants, agencies or startups.