Thoughts on systems, AI, and building well.

The Dispatch. Short essays on AI as a managed team member, what actually saves time, and what doesn't.

01Recent Writing

Welcome to HoursBackLab

Why I started Hours Back Lab, what we build, and how safe, repeatable systems can change the way you run your business.

Hours Back Calculator · 60 seconds

Pick the work that's eating your week, slide the hours and the rate, see the dollar figure. No email required to see the result.

1. What is taking too much of your time right now?

2. How many hours a week is this taking?

1-40 hrs14 hrs

3. How many people in your business spend time on this?

4. What does an hour of this work cost?

Use the hourly cost of whoever actually does this work. Admin staff might be $80, you might be $300. Pick the person on the keyboard, not the title.

$20-$500/hr$150/hr

5. How long has this been going on?

6. What would you do with that time back? (optional)

The leak

Here's what this is costing you.

$109,200

A YEAR.

14 hours a week. Just you. At $150 an hour.