Workflow audit + redesign + actual SOPs + automations + dashboards — shipped in 2 to 8 weeks, not 6 months. $100/hr or fixed-scope $4-15K. No partner overhead, no associates, no decks. Built and operated by someone who's actually run operations. Direct line: 858-461-8054.
Every line below is a concrete artifact you'll receive. No "strategy" without shipped output.
Drawn in Whimsical or Mermaid. Every step, owner, tool, hand-off, and decision point. Editable file you keep.
Where time and money are leaking, quantified. Hours/week and dollars/quarter, not vague "inefficiencies."
New workflow with named accountable owner per step, SLA per hand-off, exception path documented.
Notion / Confluence / Google Docs — wherever your team already lives. Written for the operator running it, not the executive reading it.
Zapier / Make / n8n / Airtable Automations / native API integrations. Credentials transferred to you. Documented runbook for failures.
Airtable / Retool / Looker Studio / Google Sheets. Shows the metric the workflow exists to move.
Manager-facing rollout plan: how to introduce, common objections, week-1/4/12 review schedule. Practical, not academic.
One follow-up session 30 days after rollout to fix what isn't sticking. Free if engagement was fixed-scope.
Operator honesty: there are 5 situations where SideGuy is the wrong call. Naming them upfront so you don't waste a discovery call.
Posted prices because operator-honest means you should know the cost before the discovery call.
For ongoing optimization work, one-off audits, or scope-uncertain engagements. Tracked in 15-min increments. Invoiced weekly.
Best when: you have a single open question, want a second opinion, or need a few hours of build help.
Audit + redesign + 1 automation + SOP for a single workflow. ~2 weeks.
Best when: one team, one process, one obvious bottleneck.
Audit + redesign for 3 connected workflows + 2 shipped automations + SOP library. ~4 weeks.
Most common engagement. Best when: ops department needs a coordinated reset.
Department-wide audit + SOP library + 3-5 automations + operator dashboard + manager rollout. ~6-8 weeks.
Best when: full department reset, COO-led initiative, multiple connected workflows.
Comparison to typical alternatives: Big-4 process consulting (Deloitte / McKinsey / PwC) starts at $40K-$150K for the same scope, mostly delivered as deliverables-without-implementation. Boutique San Diego ops consultancies typically run $25K-$60K. SideGuy is structurally cheaper because there's no partner overhead, no associates billing $400/hr, no travel + expenses, and no one ghostwriting a deck for someone else to present.
Week-by-week reality of a typical Tier 2 engagement (3 workflows, $8K, ~4 weeks). Other tiers compress or expand from this baseline.
The 5 questions every prospect asks on the first call. Answered upfront so we can spend the call on your specific situation.
$100/hr hourly or $4K / $8K / $15K fixed-scope. Tier breakdown above. For comparison: Big-4 starts at $40K, boutique consultancies $25-60K. SideGuy is structurally cheaper because there's no pyramid.
Workflow map + bottleneck analysis with $/hr cost + redesigned workflow with named owners + SOP docs in your tool + built and tested automations + dashboard if relevant + team rollout script + 30-day check-in. Concrete artifacts, not slides.
Skip us if you need a 200-person change-management program (Deloitte), ISO 9001 certification (specialist), a board deck (different consultant), or you actually have a people problem (exec coach / HR). We're for operating-change work shipped in 8 weeks or less.
Operator vs analyst (PJ has actually run ops, not just analyzed them). Implementation vs recommendation (we ship the SOP / automation / dashboard, they hand you a binder). Cost structure (no partner overhead, no associates). Trade-off: we can't field a 12-person team for 6 months. If you need that, hire Deloitte.
E-commerce order-to-fulfillment, sales-handoff at SaaS companies, compliance evidence-collection, real-estate transaction coordinators, recruiting pipelines. SaaS, e-commerce, real estate, professional services, healthcare-adjacent (no PHI), fintech. Industry-agnostic; the bottleneck patterns rhyme.
Text PJ a paragraph about the workflow that's eating your team's time. We'll reply within a few hours with a yes/no on fit and a recommended tier — no discovery-call gauntlet, no email funnel.
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