Poda
Automate boring tasks, let humans make wonders
How many hours a year does your business lose to work that doesn't make money?
A 15-question diagnostic tells you how many, where they go, and what to do about it.
Take the assessment8 MINUTES · FREE · NO EMAIL UNTIL THE END
The cost of doing nothing
Another year at the same ceiling.
Growth that needs a hire instead of a fix.
Good people quitting over work they hate.
None of it shows up on a P&L. That's why nobody has ever counted it.
EXAMPLE · RAMÍREZ & CO., 11-PERSON AGENCY
Annual hours
540
What the diagnostic gives you
01 · YOUR NUMBER
Annual hours
540
Hours lost per year, and what they cost at your real loaded rate.
02 · RANKED
- Certificate and document requests220 hrs/yr
- Chasing invoices150 hrs/yr
- Client intake95 hrs/yr
Every task scored, ordered by what's actually worth fixing first.
03 · THE HONEST PART
Client intake
AutomateAt least one thing we tell you to leave alone. Usually more.
You're not disorganized. This work is structural — it's built into how your industry runs. Nobody has ever handed you the number.
PORTRAIT · FOUNDER, PODA
A free 15-question diagnostic returns real hours and real dollars before you ever talk to us. If we build something, it's a fixed fee, never hourly — you know the number before we start. And every report includes at least one honest “don't automate this,” because sometimes the right answer is connecting two systems, not buying more AI.
Automation should raise the ceiling on what your team gets to do, not lower the headcount. The tedious work is a floor people never get to step off. Clearing it is how they get to the part they're good at.
How it works
01
Measure
Take the 8-minute diagnostic. 15 questions about how your business actually runs.
02
See the number
Your report, immediately: annual hours lost, what they cost, opportunities ranked, and what to leave alone.
03
Prune
We build and deploy one workflow. Fixed fee, agreed up front.
04
Grow
Keep pruning — next workflow, next quarter, on retainer. Or don't. Your call.
A sample report
EXAMPLE · RAMÍREZ & CO., 11-PERSON AGENCY
Annual hours
540
Annual cost
$18,900
Certificate and document requests
Same request, same format, every time. A strong first build.
220 hrs/yrAutomateChasing invoices
AI drafts the follow-up; someone still decides when to escalate.
150 hrs/yrAssistClient intake
The intake form barely changes client to client.
95 hrs/yrAutomateRe-typing data into three systems
This isn't an AI problem. Connect the systems before you build anything.
75 hrs/yrDon't automate — integrate
What you're agreeing to.
- Fixed fee, never hourly
- You know the number before we start.
- We'll tell you what not to automate
- Sometimes the honest answer is connect your systems, not buy more AI.
- One workflow at a time
- No 18-month transformation programs.
- Your data stays yours
- Taking the diagnostic doesn't put you on a drip campaign.
- English or Spanish
- Whichever your team actually speaks.
Before and after
BEFORE
PHOTO · OWNER BURIED IN PAPERWORK
- The same certificate requests, every week.
- Hours nobody has ever added up.
- Growth that means hiring, not fixing.
AFTER
PHOTO · OWNER WITH A CLIENT, NOT A STACK OF FORMS
- The paperwork runs itself.
- Hundreds of hours back, provably.
- The same team, doing the part they're good at.
Find out what it's costing you.
Descubre cuánto te está costando.
Take the assessment8 MINUTES · FREE · NO EMAIL UNTIL THE END
Skip the diagnostic
Some people don't need the diagnostic.
If you already know which task is eating your week — the certificate requests, the invoice chasing, the same data typed into three systems — skip the questions and just tell me about it. Two sentences is plenty.