I build technology solutions for small businesses — websites, apps, and the automation tools that take the busywork off your plate. So you can get back to real work.
A site that loads fast, works on a phone, and says clearly what you do. You own it outright — no monthly subscription to a builder, no getting locked out of your own domain.
The repetitive parts handled — reminders, follow-ups, intake that lands already sorted. And your bank, invoices and spreadsheets pulled into one place, so you can finally see what is actually making money.
When the software you use does not fit how you actually work — or when there is a spreadsheet holding the whole operation together — I build the thing that replaces it.
Most small businesses find out they are short the week it happens. Runway forecasts daily cash flow account by account, so the cliff is visible months before you reach it. Built from scratch — product, interface and engineering.
A volunteer team was paying a monthly subscription for four pages on a template builder. I rebuilt it as a fast static site they own outright, and rewrote it around the thing that actually recruits people: the story of one family that kept going back.
An app that plans meals, builds shopping lists, and compares what is in your basket against local prices so you know where to buy it.
Half an hour, no charge. I want to understand what you do and where it is breaking down. If I am not the right person, I will say so.
A written scope and a number, before any work starts. No hourly meter, no surprises at the end.
You see progress as it happens rather than waiting weeks for a reveal. Changes along the way are expected, not billed as extras.
Code, domain, accounts, all in your name. I am around afterwards if you want me, not because you are stuck.
I spent eighteen years leading product at Microsoft, Disney and Comcast — figuring out what to build, for whom, and why, before anyone wrote code. Build Beautiful is that experience pointed at businesses small enough to talk to the owner directly.
I live in Wayne with my wife and four kids. I answer my own email and I do the work myself. If we work together, you are not getting handed to an account manager.
More about my background at johnkoehnen.com.
Describe the problem in your own words. I will reply within a day, and if it is not something I should take on, I will point you somewhere better.