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A small business team working together in a bright office
AI set up inside your daily work

Your team's busiest hours, handled quietly by AI.

For owners and teams at small and mid-sized businesses. We look at how your team actually spends its week, then build AI into the inbox, the invoices, the follow-ups and the reports. We do the setup and the training, and we stay on for support.

Sound familiar?

We copy data from one system into another by hand. Our reports live in spreadsheets someone rebuilds every month. Only one person knows how the database actually works. Approvals get lost in email threads. We pay for software we use at 10% of its capacity. Leadership asks for numbers we can't pull without a week's notice.
Every one of these, handled

Each one of these is a task AI can take on, with a person on your team still clicking yes on anything that matters.

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Who we work with

Businesses that outgrew their systems before their IT budgets.

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Mid-sized businesses

Established businesses running on software chosen a decade ago, where growth now means hiring people to move data between tools.

Small businesses

Owner-led teams without an IT department, who need one accountable architect to design, build and explain the whole system.

Mission-driven organizations

Nonprofits and social enterprises that need grants written, funders researched and program, donor and finance data pulled into one place. This is where we began.

What we do

From a clear-eyed audit to AI running your routine, with coaching so your team owns it.

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01

Infrastructure audit

A full read of your current stack: systems, data flows, integrations, licences and the manual work in between. You get a map of where time and money leak, and a prioritized roadmap.

Systems inventory · Data-flow mapping · Roadmap
02

Custom technical environments

End-to-end architecture built around how your organization actually runs: integrated CRM, finance, program and reporting layers, engineered to be maintained without us.

Architecture · Integration · Migration
03

AI in your daily tasks

We set AI up inside the work itself, reading the inbox, processing invoices, drafting replies, filling the CRM, writing the weekly report, with a person approving anything that matters.

Done-for-you setup · Staff training · Ongoing support
04

Coaching for owners and teams

Hands-on coaching so your people run the new systems with confidence: working sessions with owners and managers, AI literacy for staff, and a standing check-in as the business changes.

Leadership coaching · AI literacy · Team enablement
05

Grant writing for nonprofits

Where Chronicles began. Funder research, written and submitted proposals, and the strategy, governance and clean program data that make a grant fundable.

Grant writing · Funder research · Nonprofit strategy See the nonprofit services →
06

Custom software and dashboards

When off-the-shelf tools stop fitting, we design and build what does: live dashboards and analytics, internal web apps, customer portals and mobile apps, full-stack and connected to the systems you already run.

Dashboards · Analytics · Web & mobile apps · Full-stack development
What we set up

The week's routine, finished before you sit down.

Inbox. Requests read, sorted and answered in draft, ready for your approval.
Invoices & receipts. Captured, coded and posted to your accounting, you review exceptions only.
Customer follow-ups. Every call and email logged in the CRM and the next step drafted.
Weekly report. Numbers pulled from your systems and written up before Monday.
Live dashboard. Revenue, operations and people in one view for leadership.
Operations · Sample dashboardIllustrative data
Revenue MTD
$184k
+12%
Cash
$96k
42 days
Overdue
3
Reminders sent
Quote #1042 · Example Co.Approve
Invoice #883 · reminder draftedApprove
Weekly report · Monday 7:00Open
How it works

Four steps. Fixed scope, quoted up front.

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1 Week 1–3

Audit

We inventory every system and interview the people who use them. Where does data enter, where does it get retyped, where does it stall?

2 Week 3–4

Architect

A target design that keeps what works, retires what doesn’t and connects the rest. Reviewed with leadership before anything is built.

3 Week 5–12

Build

Integrations, migrations, dashboards and AI agents delivered in weekly increments, live in your environment from the first release.

4 Week 12+

Automate & tune

Agents take over routine decisions with human sign-off. We monitor, measure hours returned, and adjust quarterly.

★★★★★

“Chronicles Consulting helped us strengthen our systems, clarify our direction, and operate with more confidence. Their team truly understands grassroots nonprofits and supported us with compassion and practical tools that made an immediate impact.”

Straightening Reins · Strategy and leadership engagement
★★★★★

“Chronicles Consulting brings the perfect blend of heart and strategy. Their guidance helped nonprofits refine their voice, grow their leadership, and build stronger foundations for long-term impact.”

Leo Buscaglia Foundation · Strategy and leadership engagement

Your business has a story. Give it systems that can carry it.

Start with a 30-minute discovery call. Bring the three tasks that eat your week.

A 30-minute discovery call Bring the three tasks that eat your week Fixed scope, quoted in writing
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