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Custom Apps

Apps built around the operation.

Custom Apps is for owner-operators, founders, and teams at small and mid-sized businesses, usually running on spreadsheets, group chats, and willpower.

Four30 Studios designs, builds, and deploys the software an operator-led business runs on: scalable, secure, and designed around how the business actually works.

An engagement starts with a conversation at four30.co/contact; then we map the operation, build the system, and hand over the keys with the training to run it.

01 / Custom Apps

What we build

The software an operator-led business runs on day to day. Custom apps that take over the work currently held together by spreadsheets, group chats, and willpower. Scalable, secure, and designed around how the business actually works.

Every system we ship has been load-tested in production. The goal is an operation that runs without depending on heroics.

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How an engagement works

It starts with a conversation. Book one at four30.co/contact and describe what is broken. That conversation is about what is costing you the most right now and whether we can build something that fixes it.

From there we sit with the operation and learn it cold, then build the system and ship in weeks.

At the end we hand over the keys and train the team to run the system themselves.

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Who does the work

Four30 Studios is a small, deeply embedded studio. Tony Blount is Owner and Executive Director. He runs the company and directs a team of contractors; he does not personally build everything.

Questions

What kinds of businesses do you build custom apps for?
Owner-operators, founders, and teams at small and mid-sized businesses: SMBs, ecommerce, retail, logistics, franchises, food and beverage, and service businesses.
Do we need a spec or a list of requirements before we talk?
A description of what is broken is enough to start. Mapping the operation is the first step of the work.
What does the work look like once the build starts?
We sit with the operation, learn it cold, and ship in weeks. Every system we hand over has been load-tested in production.
We run on spreadsheets and group chats today. Is that who you work with?
Yes. The businesses we work with are usually running on spreadsheets, group chats, and willpower. They know what is broken and are short on time to fix it.
What happens after the app ships?
We hand over the keys and train your team to run it. The goal is for you to need us less.
Book a conversation

Every engagement starts with a conversation. Scope, timing, and who is involved are set after it.