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IT and business set-up for startups

Starting a business means a hundred decisions about tools you've never used.

What’s included

With 15+ years in technology and business transformation, I'll help you choose the right systems from day one, so you don't have to rip it all out later.

New businesses, founders and sole traders who want to start properly without wasting money on tools they don’t need.

Not sure it’s for you? Ask me. You’ll get a straight answer.

  • Picking the right email, file and collaboration tools
  • Process and workflow design that fits how you work
  • Your website and brand basics
  • CRM and customer follow-up, set up simply
  • Practical marketing on a small budget
  • AI and automation, where it genuinely helps

Tools involved

Microsoft 365Google WorkspaceHubSpotChatGPT

Starting out

A typical first month

Roughly how I get a new business set up without wasting money on things you do not need.

Week 1

The basics

Your domain, business email and accounts.

Week 2

Your tools

The right software, chosen to fit, not oversold.

Week 3

Safe and backed up

Security and backups switched on from the start.

Week 4

Review

We check it is working and trim anything you do not need.

How it works

Start properly, without overspending

The first few months of a business are full of decisions about tools you have never used: email, files, a website, a way to take bookings or payments and somewhere to keep your customers. Pick badly and you end up paying for software you do not need, or rebuilding everything a year later.

I help you choose what is genuinely needed now and what can wait, set it up so it works together, and leave you with a simple system you understand. As you grow, we add to it, rather than starting again.

A clear starting point

A short list of what you need on day one, and what you can safely leave until later.

Website, email and tools

Domain, email, website and the essentials set up together, on one bill.

Someone in your corner

A named person to ask as things change, with no multi-year agreements.

Quick questions

No. The earlier the better. It’s much easier to set things up well from the start than to fix them later.

Yes. I do practical, budget-friendly marketing, drawing on my business analysis and transformation background.

Ready to get started? Let’s have a chat.

Tell me a little about your business and you’ll hear back from me personally, with clear next steps.

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