Customer-facing
Custom AI Chatbots
like Snickers — tuned to your brand
From $1,500 to build
+
$150/mo to run
Like a tech-savvy co-founder for your restaurant — without the salary, the equity, or the corporate BS.
You didn't get into this business to babysit software. You got into it to feed people, build a room that feels like home, and run a place that actually makes money.
But somewhere along the way, “running a restaurant” turned into juggling 14 logins, a POS that doesn't talk to your loyalty app, a website nobody updates, and a stack of AI tools everyone keeps telling you to use. That's where I come in.
I'm a restaurant operator who builds custom tech and AI tools for independent restaurants and small groups (up to 5 locations). I'll sit on your team like a fractional executive — minus the suit, plus the build skills — and turn the chaos into systems that actually run your business.
Two steps. No proposals. No "discovery phase" that bills $8,000 before anything ships.
90-minute working session + written roadmap delivered within 48 hours. We dig into your operation, your tech stack, your bottlenecks, and where AI or automation can actually move the needle (and where it can't). You leave with a prioritized roadmap you can execute yourself — or hand back to me to build.
After the strategy session, you can stop there with the roadmap in hand — or pick one of these two ways to keep working together.
Ongoing partnership. I become your on-call tech brain. Monthly strategy calls, custom tool builds, automation work, AI implementation, vendor wrangling — whatever moves the needle that month. Tiers scale with hours and scope.
Got one specific thing you need built? A custom chatbot. A reservation-to-POS automation. A loyalty integration. An AI tool for your team. I scope it, build it, train your team on it, and hand it over.
Every custom solution has two parts — what it costs to build, and what it costs to keep running. I price both up front, in plain English.
"Run" fees cover the API costs, hosting, and monitoring that keep your tools alive. You only pay for what you actually use, and you can cancel anytime — you own the build either way.
Four things you won't get from a marketing firm or a chain-focused SaaS vendor.
Extra Innings Paninos & Pizza, Marshall, MN. I'm in the weeds the same as you.
Your data, your tools, your accounts. No vendor lock-in. No held-hostage handoffs.
If you don't need me a given month, we pause. If a project's done, it's done.
Fractional access to the kind of tech leadership that used to be only available to chains.
I'd rather lose a fit-check than burn a month of your money on the wrong engagement.
The real stuff — not the marketing-fluff version.
Real examples from real restaurants:
The pattern is simple: I find the thing you wish existed, and I build it. Whatever you're currently doing on a clipboard, a spreadsheet, or in your head — there's a tool to fix it.
That's the entire point of the Strategy Session. You don't have to walk in with a finished requirements doc. We spend 90 minutes mapping your operation, your headaches, and where time is leaking — then I write up a roadmap that ranks what would move the needle most, with build estimates for each item.
You leave with clarity whether you hire me or not.
Two things:
One: I'm a working restaurant operator. I don't need you to explain why the POS-to-loyalty handoff matters at 8pm on a Saturday, because I've lived it. I speak your language, not Silicon Valley's.
Two: I price both the build and the ongoing run cost up front, in plain language. Agencies quote you the build and then surprise you with hosting fees, API costs, and "maintenance retainers" six weeks in.
Almost always, yes. POS systems, reservation platforms, loyalty apps, email marketing tools, accounting software — most have APIs or export options I can hook into. Part of the Strategy Session is auditing what you already have so we build around your stack instead of forcing you to replace it.
If something genuinely needs replacing, I'll tell you up front and explain why — never just to sell more build time.
No. You own everything I build for you — the code, the data, the accounts, the credentials. If you stop the retainer, you keep using the tools.
The "run" fee covers ongoing API costs and monitoring; if you cancel, you can either take that over yourself or hand it to another developer. No vendor lock-in, ever.
Depends on scope. Realistic ranges:
You get a real timeline in the Strategy Session — not "Q3-ish."
Book a Paid Strategy Session and walk away with a roadmap — whether we work together or not.
Thanks for booking your Strategy Session. I'll be in touch within 24 hours to schedule our 90-minute working session and send you a link to handle the $500 fee.
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