We fix the work that slows your business down.
Orders typed in by hand, and old software that doesn't talk to your other tools. We find what's stuck and fix it. Then we stay to keep it running.
"That's the morning."
A seven-person sampling firm, founded in 1975, keyed every order by hand from email into old desktop software. An agent now reads each email, builds the order, and sorts it into three piles. A person on their team checks the batch before anything goes in.
What we've built since July.
Client names stay off this site until a client agrees. Core Values Recovery is named because it's Clay's own company. Ask us on a call and we'll walk you through any of these.
An AI client to practice coaching on
A coach-training school's students run sessions with an AI client and get scored on the eight ICF skills. Certification practice tests come with it.
Draftwell
Turns a site's Google data into a plain monthly report and finished article drafts in the owner's voice.
Core Values Recovery
A complete online coach-training course: lessons, quizzes, AI practice clients, graded sessions, and enrollment.
A clinical-trial recruiter
A new site, plus a daily copy of every study in ClinicalTrials.gov to spot trials that need help enrolling.
The sampling firm's new site
We rebuilt the sampling firm's website while we built its order desk.
28 people
80 findings
14 projects, in order
Before you buy the new system
A $90 million field builder was about to buy software at $180,000 a year. We told them to fix the systems they have first.
Every agent needs a human.
Agents write the first draft of our code. A person reads a plain-English summary of every change and approves it before it ships. That's how a small team ships every week.
- 01Nothing touches your live system until someone on your team says yes.
- 02We build next to your old software and leave it running.
- 03Fixed scope and a written price. Half up front, half on delivery.
- 04If you don't need us, or don't need AI, we'll say so.
- Today loads in about 4 seconds instead of 45.
- Nothing else on the screen moves.
Three ways to start.
Assess
We interview your people, map how the work moves, and hand you a ranked list of what to fix.
Modernize
We connect old software to new tools so nobody types the same thing twice.
Build
Custom tools and AI agents. A person approves every change, and we stay after launch.
People you can call by name.
Clay Johnson
Lead programmer on Howard Dean's 2004 campaign, co-founder of Blue State Digital, and author of The Information Diet. Clay designs and builds what clients run on.
Dave Liloia
Led product at ConsumerAffairs for five years and grew its reviews from 4 million to 8 million. Dave is who you'll talk to first, and often.
Tell us where the work gets stuck.
A free 45-minute call with Dave. No slides. Or write hello@standardbureau.com.
Call us at (385) 855-1702
Monday–Friday, 7am–7pm PT.
Leave a message anytime and we'll return your call as soon as possible.
- 01We read your note and reply within two business days.
- 02A free 45-minute call with Dave. No slides.
- 03If we can help, a short written proposal with a fixed price. If we can't, we'll say so and point you somewhere better.