How I Built a Content Engine That Runs While I Sleep
A solo operator's system for turning daily writing into a week of content across four platforms, with overnight automation and one morning session.
March 2026
I help businesses run with fewer people and higher margins.
Practical AI implementation and lean operating systems for professional services firms. No hype. Just what actually works.
What I do
I get inside businesses, understand how they run, and make them run better.
Claude Enablement Sprint
A focused engagement to get your leadership team using AI effectively. I come in, learn your business, and configure Claude for every function -marketing, HR, finance, ops, leadership. You leave with systems that work, not a training deck that collects dust.
Learn about Sprints →Operating Partner
For businesses that want someone on the inside, ongoing. I work as an extension of your team -redesigning workflows, implementing tools, building systems, and staying to make sure they stick. Not a consultant who hands over a report. A partner who gets things done.
How it works →I work primarily with professional services firms -legal, recruitment, accountancy, training, and education -but the approach works for any business that runs on people, process, and expertise.
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Claude · OpenAI · Make.com · Supabase · Vercel · Next.js · Astro · Airtable
Claude is where the biggest enterprise wins are right now -but the right tool depends on your business, not my preferences.
In practice
7 staff hired · 30% YoY growth maintained · National award winner
Award-winning artisan bakery -owner-operators fully removed
A bakery that had doubled in size and was creaking operationally -forced closures from understaffing, no systems, everything on paper. I stepped in to triage: hired 7 staff, restructured leadership, installed digital scheduling, built a custom revenue and labour cost dashboard, and replaced a legacy recipe costing tool they'd paid for three years but never used -because the data entry was impossible -with an AI-powered system that ingests costs from photos, PDFs, and spreadsheets automatically. Eight months later: both owners fully removed from day-to-day operations, year-on-year growth maintained, and the business won a national craft bakery award for the second time.
2,100+ SEO pages · 5 automated jobs · 1,273 providers listed
Find a Training Provider -1,273 providers, running autonomously
A UK marketplace I built and run connecting employers with training providers. Five automated processes sync government data, generate quarterly provider rankings, and nudge stale profiles. Over 2,100 programmatic SEO pages. Currently transitioning to AI agent-managed operations for content generation, outbound campaigns, and data freshness.
3,400+ companies · 1,500+ contacts · 10 years in sector
Bolt Search -10 years in education & skills recruitment
An executive search and board advisory firm I founded and built in the education, training, and edtech sectors. 3,400+ companies in the network, 1,500+ senior contacts mapped. Proof that I've spent a decade inside the sectors I now help transform -I don't advise from the sidelines.
What people say
"I was working seven days a week and the business was tough to run -we even had to close on one of the busiest days of the year. Eight months later I don't need to be there and it's still growing."
Andrew Cotterell, CEO
"Alex is a tech/AI guru who has built solutions but has the ability to identify a challenge and find an automated way to solve it."
Steve Carter, Principal at Satori Partnership
"Very professional and straightforward to work with, with an impressive network in the learning and skills space."
Mark Smith, CEO
How I think
AI is one tool in the kit, not the identity. I've spent twenty years building businesses -recruitment, marketplace platforms, consulting, autonomous systems. What I've learned is that the best businesses run lean. Fewer people, smarter systems, higher margins. Technology accelerates that, but it doesn't replace the fundamentals.
I believe the future of business is lean. Not zero-human. Not bloated. Lean. AI and modern tools mean individuals and small teams can operate at the scale of companies ten times their size. The goal isn't to replace people -it's to stop wasting their time on work that doesn't need them.
The winners will be the ones who combine good business sense with the right technology in the right places. Build first, subscribe later. Own your tools where you can. Direct access to the decision-maker. No committees, no gatekeepers. Implementation, not theory.
Community
Leanpreneur Community
A private space for founders and operators building lean. Monthly workshops, bi-weekly show-and-tell, office hours with me. Real people building real businesses, sharing what's working.
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