ROUTE 45
ROUTE 45
You drive. We navigate.
AI consulting for owner-run businesses · $500K–$5M

The 45-minute route to a business that runs itself.

Route 45 finds the hours your business is losing to busywork — quoting, follow-ups, scheduling, paperwork — and hands you a plain-English route map to get them back with AI. Everything we do happens in 45-minute sessions. That's the name. That's the promise.

The 5-Hour Guarantee: if we can't find at least five hours a week worth reclaiming, the trip's on us.
45 minutes is all we need up front
Your route map in under 10 pages, plain English
4-day quick-start you can drive yourself
Independent & local — we answer our own phone
Sound familiar?

Running a business shouldn't feel like rush hour, every hour.

"I retype the same info into three different systems."
That's not a job, that's a traffic jam. It's usually the first thing we clear.
"Quotes and follow-ups eat my evenings."
AI drafts them in your voice; you review and send. Hours become minutes.
"Customers ask the same 12 questions on repeat."
Answer them once, perfectly — then let the system take the wheel.
"I know AI matters. I just don't know where to start."
Nobody drives somewhere new without a map. Start with the map.
How it works

Four mile markers. About a week. Zero detours.

MILE1

We ride along

One 45-minute conversation about how your business actually runs — where your time goes, what breaks, what you dread.

MILE2

We chart the route

We map every recoverable hour and match each one to a specific, affordable fix — favoring tools you already own.

MILE3

You get the Route Map

A short, plain-English report: top moves ranked by effort vs. impact, the dollar math, and a 4-day quick-start.

MILE4

We hit the gas

A live 45-minute review with a working demo on your real work. Then you choose: drive it yourself, or we ride shotgun.

The Route Map Assessment

One flat toll. No hidden fees, no upsell ambush, no 40-page consulting deck. Just the map.

  • 45-minute discovery session — video or in person
  • Full analysis of your workflows, tools, and time sinks
  • Written Route Map with 3–5 specific moves & exact ROI math
  • 4-day quick-start plan you can run without us
  • Live review session with a working AI demo on your real work
⬢ Exit here · reclaim 5 hrs/wk
$999 flat
One toll · credited toward any build
The 5-Hour Guarantee: if the Route Map doesn't identify at least 5 hours/week you can win back, you pay nothing. The risk rides with us.
Book your Route Map
After the map

Set it to Cruise Control.

Most clients have us build the top items from their Route Map — and many keep us riding shotgun. Cruise Control is the monthly program: month-to-month, no contracts, cancel anytime.

Ask about Cruise Control
  • Two 45-minute working sessions a monthAnd we ship a working automation on every single session. Not slides — working things.
  • Unlimited roadside assistanceStuck at 9pm? Send it. You'll hear back within 12 business hours, guaranteed.
  • Your own gloveboxEvery automation, recording, and how-to lives in a shared workspace you own — even if we part ways.
  • From $1,500/monthLess than a part-time hire, for a capability your competitors are still merging toward.
Postcards from the road

Plain wins, in our clients' words.

"Quoting used to take my whole evening. Now it's 20 minutes with coffee. I didn't believe it until I watched it happen on my own laptop."

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"The Route Map was short enough that I actually read it, and specific enough that I did Day 1 that same afternoon."

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"Two agencies quoted me $20K to 'transform' us. This was $999 and a week, and it moved the needle more."

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Before you merge

Questions owners actually ask.

Is this going to replace my people?

No — and we won't recommend anything that would. Route 45 takes the robotic work (retyping, chasing, drafting) off your team's plate so the humans can do the human parts: customers, craft, judgment.

We're not technical at all. Is that a problem?

You're our favorite kind of client. Every move on your Route Map comes with plain-English steps, and the quick-start is designed for a busy owner, not an IT department.

What if you can't find 5 hours a week?

Then the assessment is free — that's the 5-Hour Guarantee. In practice every business we've sat with has more than that hiding in email, quoting, scheduling, and follow-up. But the risk rides with us, not you.

Why "Route 45"?

Because everything we do fits in 45 minutes: the discovery session, the review session, every Cruise Control working session. You run a business — you don't have time for all-day workshops. 45 minutes, real progress, back to work.

Will you try to sell me expensive software?

We favor tools you already own and options under $50/month. We take no commissions from software vendors — our only client is you.

What happens after the assessment?

Your call. About half our clients drive the Route Map themselves; the other half have us build the top items or set it to Cruise Control. Your $999 is credited toward any build within 30 days.

Is my business data safe?

We sign an NDA before the discovery session, use business-grade AI accounts that don't train on your data, and never move customer information anywhere without your sign-off.

Your five hours are out there. Let's go get them.

Book a free 15-minute intro call. If it's a fit, we'll schedule your Route Map. If it's not, you'll leave with one useful AI tip for the road either way.

Start your route

Prefer email? hello@route45.ai