Critical processes trapped in spreadsheets
94% of business spreadsheets used in decision-making contain critical errors. Your operations run on files that only one person understands — one corrupted file could cripple your business.
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When the off-the-shelf option makes you bend your business around it, we build the one that fits — and connect it to everything else.
Common Growth Barriers
94% of business spreadsheets used in decision-making contain critical errors. Your operations run on files that only one person understands — one corrupted file could cripple your business.
80% of software features are rarely or never used. You've tried the popular options, but every one of them requires you to bend your process around the software — and you're paying for capabilities you'll never touch.
Employees waste an average of 1.8 hours per day just searching for information. Data is scattered across tools, emails, and people's heads. There's no single source of truth.
How We Work
We define the problem space, map user stories, and produce a detailed technical specification.
System architecture, database design, and UI/UX wireframes — reviewed and approved before development begins.
Bi-weekly sprint reviews keep you in the loop and let us course-correct early.
Full QA cycle, deployment to production, user training, and an ongoing support window.
Business Impact
Data entry errors eliminated
STOA client data~90%
Validated input and automated data flows remove human error.
Hours saved per employee per week
McKinsey, 20249.3
By eliminating time spent searching for information across scattered systems.
Sources: STOA client dataMcKinsey, 2024
Who This Is For
Business owners managing critical processes in spreadsheets because no SaaS does exactly what they need. Teams using three tools to approximate what one custom tool could do.
Get Your Free Capacity ReportYou manage a critical process in a spreadsheet that only one person understands
You've been quoted $100K+ by dev shops for something that should be simpler
Three different tools approximate what one custom tool could do
You need a client-facing portal or internal tracker
You want to reduce dependency on any single person's knowledge
You want to productize an internal process into a client-facing tool
STOA OS
This is Automate, at the build tier — for the processes where no product on the market fits. We only build custom when buying is genuinely worse, and we'll tell you when it isn't.
FAQ
Everything you need to know about how we work, what to expect, and what happens next.
Free Tool — STOA Tools
Free tools that answer the two questions owners ask us most: what's this costing me, and what software should I actually be using? When you're ready for connected operations that don't need you in the middle, the Capacity Report is the front door.
Free, no pitch. We map where your time and money are leaking and hand you the number — hours per week and dollars per year. What you do with it is up to you.
A free Hidden Capacity Report shows where hours and dollars are going. Takes a short conversation.
We show you what we'd fix first, what it's worth, and what it costs. No obligation.
Most partners hand you a system and leave. We stay on as your operations team.