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We work out where AI pays in your business, then build it.

Have you ever rewritten a proposal you've already written ten times?

The good one from last spring is somewhere. Finding it takes longer than starting again. So you start again, after hours.

Who this is for

  • Each proposal or bid eats days of senior time.
  • Your best past answers are buried in old files and email.
  • Drafts wait on one person to sign them off.

When we'd tell you not to bother

A few proposals a year? A good template will do. If every bid is truly new work, a person should write it.

Where it breaks

  1. Opportunity
  2. Requirements read
  3. Past work foundSkipped, because searching takes too long.
  4. Draft written
  5. Reviewed
  6. Signed off
  7. Sent
  8. Followed up

So each draft starts blank, then waits for sign-off.

After it's sent, follow-up depends on memory. Deals go quiet, and nobody notices until the forecast.

Contractors write bids with project sheets and safety records. Accounting firms write advisory proposals after tax season. Staffing firms answer vendor requests. Manufacturers send capabilities packets to new buyers.

What we'd build: a first-draft proposal desk

It writes the first draft from proposals you've already won.

What changes

  • A first draft is ready the day the request arrives.
  • It pulls your strongest past answers for this client.
  • Every requirement is ticked off or flagged as missing.
  • Sent proposals are tracked, so none go quiet unnoticed.

What it's worth

Count last year's proposals and the hours each took. Multiply by the hourly value of the people writing them.

Then count the requests you turned down for lack of time.

Draft ready · clinic fit-out bid

34 requirements found in the request

Answered29 from past bids, including two similar clinics
Needs a person4: schedule, site visit, local subcontractors, start date
Missing1: the owner's insurance form

Nothing has been sent. The owner edits and approves the draft.

How it runs

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When it starts

When a request or opportunity arrives.

What it works with

Your shared drive or document system, your CRM and the sales inbox. We confirm each one with you first.

The steps

  1. Reads the request and lists every requirement.
  2. Finds your best past answer for each one.
  3. Drafts the proposal in your format and voice.
  4. Flags requirements with no good past answer.
  5. Passes the draft to its owner for review.
  6. Tracks it after sending, and flags it if it goes quiet.

Who signs off

The owner reviews, edits and approves every draft before it goes.

What it never does

It never sends a proposal. It never invents experience, references or numbers. It never changes your terms.

What we'd need

Your past proposals, won and lost. Your standard terms. One person who owns proposals.

Goes well with

  • A same-day quote desk, for the smaller jobs.
  • Lead follow-up, so every enquiry hears back while it's warm.
  • Finished jobs written up, so each bid carries fresh proof.

You become the firm that answers every request well.

Every proposal starts from your best work, and none gets written twice.

Yours will differ. The first conversation is where we work out how.

Next: a first conversation.

One of our co-founders. About an hour. Free, and no access needed.

Ask for a first conversation

A person writes back, usually within one working day.