AI automation for small businesses

I help small businesses automate the busywork.

No jargon, no enterprise sales pitch. I find the repetitive tasks eating your week, build a simple way to handle them, and hand you something you'll actually use.

Currently taking on a few new projects
Harry Puryear
Real person, not an agency
You talk to me — start to finish.
What I do

Four ways I take work off your plate.

All of it starts the same way: a conversation about where your time actually goes. Then I build the simplest thing that fixes it.

01

Workflow automation

For businesses running on memory, sticky notes, and "the way we've always done it." I write down how things actually work, then automate the parts that don't need a human.

BeforeA 14-truck company with no written SOPs — everything in the owner's head.
AfterA clear dispatch playbook + automated driver check-ins anyone new can follow.
02

AI productivity tools

Feed in your messy call notes or a transcript — get back a polished follow-up email, a meeting agenda, and a branded deck. Built to get you 80% of the way there so you're never starting from a blank page.

BeforeAn hour of writing after every client call.
AfterNotes in → email, agenda & slides out in under a minute.
03

Simple tools for non-technical teams

If half your team won't touch anything complicated, the tool fails. I build little interfaces with one obvious button — the kind your least techy employee can use without a tutorial.

BeforeA clever spreadsheet only one person understands.
AfterA one-screen tool the whole team actually uses.
04

Websites for the under-served

A clean, fast, cheap-to-run site for the small business or owner who's been putting it off. No monthly platform that costs more than rent — just something that works and that you own.

BeforeA Facebook page and a phone number on a napkin.
AfterA real site that shows up on Google and takes bookings.
Why it works

The tools aren't the hard part anymore.

There's a tool for almost everything now — that's exactly the problem. Most of them are sold to people who don't actually run your business. The real skill is understanding how your work happens, then reaching into a big toolbox and pulling out the piece that fits. That's the part I'm good at.

What you'd tell me What I'd reach for

"Everything runs through me, and it's all in my head."

A written playbook plus a couple of automations, so a normal day runs without you in the middle of it.

"My team won't touch anything complicated."

One screen with one obvious button — set up around how they already work, not another app to learn.

"I spend my evenings rewriting the same notes and emails."

A setup that drafts the first 80% from what you already have, so you're never staring at a blank page.

"I've been putting off getting a real website for years."

A fast, cheap-to-run site you own outright — no monthly platform quietly charging you forever.

I'm not selling you one platform. I'm tool-agnostic — I use whatever gets the result and hand you something you own.

How it works

Three steps. No big commitment.

You don't need to know "point A from point D." That's my job. Here's the whole process.

1

We find the pain points

A relaxed call where you walk me through your week. I listen for the stuff you dread, the things that fall through the cracks, and the tasks you keep meaning to fix.

2

I build the automation

I go away and build the simplest thing that solves it — and keep you posted in plain language, not status-report speak. You see progress, not a black box.

3

You get something usable

I hand it off with a quick walkthrough and a one-page "how to use this." It's built to run without me — but I'm around if you want to take it further.

Harry Puryear
About Harry

I'm not an engineer. That's kind of the point.

I started out in sales — thousands of cold calls, building a real book of customers from scratch. You learn fast that people don't buy complicated. They buy from someone who listens and makes things easy.

From there I spent years in transportation tech, onboarding trucking and fleet companies and walking owners through new tools over the phone. I've sat with a lot of businesses that run on whiteboards, paper logs, and one person's memory — so when I say I get it, I mean it.

Now, as a Customer Success Manager, I've gone deep on AI tooling. Not as a programmer — as someone who's genuinely good at figuring out what a business actually needs and using these new tools to bridge the gap. I can sit across from a busy owner, translate "this is driving me crazy" into a plan, and actually ship it — no $200-a-month platform you'll resent, just the practical 80% that gets you unstuck.

Based in St Paul, MN Years in transportation tech Customer Success Manager Plain-English, always
Let's talk

Got a task you're sick of doing?

Availability

Book a free 20-minute call.

Tell me what's eating your week. If I can help, I'll tell you how. If I can't, I'll point you to who can. No pressure, no pitch.

Good questions

Before you reach out.

Per project, not per month — so you're not stuck with a subscription that costs more than it's worth. Most first projects are small and scoped on the intro call, so you know the number before anything starts.
It's who I build for. If you can describe what's frustrating about your day, that's all I need. Everything I hand off comes with a plain-English walkthrough — no manual, no homework.
No. Trucking, trades, local services, shops — if there's repetitive work and a willingness to try something simple, I can probably help. The intro call is where we figure that out together.
Perfect — that's literally step one. Most people don't. We'll talk through your week and I'll spot the patterns. You don't need a plan before we talk; you just need to be a little tired of the busywork.