In 48 hours, you'll have a plan to change that — in plain language, no tech jargon.
Book a CallThe Problem
You spend 15–20 hours per week on estimating — manually doing takeoffs from plans, calling suppliers for pricing, building spreadsheets, writing proposals. At 10pm. At the kitchen table. After 14 hours on site.
You can only bid on 10–15 jobs per month with a 15–20% win rate. Every bid you skip is revenue left on the table. Every bid you lose to a faster competitor is proof the market is moving without you.
You're the bottleneck. You're the ONLY person who can estimate. If you stop estimating to run jobs, the pipeline dies. If you stop running jobs to estimate, quality suffers.
You can't find an estimator to hire — 92% of contractors can't fill positions, and 41% of the workforce retires by 2031. You can't hire your way out of this.
Your competitors using AI are bidding 3–4x more projects. And when GCs start expecting faster turnarounds and more professional proposals, you need a real answer.
The Shift
The estimating tools we recommend typically compress takeoffs from 6–8 hours to under an hour. That means bidding 8–10 projects a month instead of 4–5 — without hiring an estimator you can't afford and can't find anyway.
What You Get
Delivered within 48 hours, updated monthly. In plain language — here's the estimating tool that fits your trade and job sizes. Here's how to get it running. Here's what to tackle first. Typically identifies $50K+ in time savings and bid capacity.
5-minute read, plain language. Which AI tools are changing takeoffs, estimating, bid management, and project controls. What big GCs are adopting before they require it from subs.
5–8 non-competing contractors at your level. GCs and specialty subs sharing what's actually working. No tech jargon. No vendor pitches. Just straight talk from people who know what it means to be up at midnight doing a takeoff.
Which AI tools actually work for construction — estimating, project management, sub management, proposal generation — with guides written for people who'd rather be on a job site than at a computer.
Question at 9pm after a long day on site? Get an answer within 24–48 hours from someone who understands you don't have time for hour-long onboarding calls for every new piece of software.
Configuring estimating software for your trade, training your PM on new tools, connecting your project management and accounting systems — specialists who work with contractors. People who've seen a takeoff sheet.
Industry Bonus
The 3 AI takeoff and estimating tools that actually work for your trade and job size — with honest reviews from contractors using them, real pricing, and a comparison of what each one does well and where it falls short. No affiliate bias. No vendor BS. Just a straight answer.
Your Cohort
A good strategy gets you started. The right people around you keep you moving. Every BusinessOwners.ai member joins a small, curated group of owners in their industry — matched so every conversation moves everyone forward.
Your action plan is built for your business — your tools, your team, your bottlenecks. Updated monthly as you implement and as AI evolves. You always know what to do next.
Monthly live sessions with 5–8 non-competing owners at your level. Not a webinar. A working session where people share real results, real failures, and real decisions — and you leave with something you can use immediately.
Weekly briefings. Async support when you need a quick answer. Vetted specialists when you need hands-on help. You’re never Googling at midnight wondering if a tool is worth the demo.
How We Build Groups
Every cohort is hand-built. We match by industry, revenue range, market, and where you are with AI — so you're never explaining your business model before you can get to the real question.
The result is a room where every member makes the conversation better. When someone shares a result, you can steal it. When someone hits a wall, three people in the room have been there.
That's why it starts with a call — we need to understand your business before we can place you in the right group.
Matching Criteria
30 minutes. We learn about your business, you learn about the program, and we both decide if it's a fit.
Book a CallNo pitch. Just fit.
Who This Is For
Who This Isn't For
You didn't build a $5M company to spend every night at the kitchen table doing estimates. The contractors with a clear technology plan will have full backlogs while everyone else rides the feast-or-famine cycle.
Cohorts are capped at 5–8 non-competing businesses. Once your niche fills, you wait.
Who We Are
BusinessOwners.ai was founded by operators and engineers who went all-in on AI years ago. We didn't just learn to use the tools — we build them. We develop AI-powered businesses across dozens of verticals, and we teach AI workshops at Washington University and UMSL. We understand how AI works at every level — from an individual workflow to an entire operation — because we build and test these systems every day.
When you tell us the workflow that's eating your time or the tool gap that's costing you money, that doesn't just go into your action plan — it goes into our product roadmap. You're not just getting advice. You're getting a seat at the table with the people creating the solutions.
We work with contractors at your level every week. We know you don’t want a course or a coaching program — you want someone to tell you which estimating tool actually works for your trade, and how to get it running this week. That’s what we do.
The Guarantee
No further commitment. No questions asked. You keep the plan, and you owe nothing more. We build your AI Action Plan first because we're confident it'll speak for itself.
Book a 30-minute call.
We'll tell you if the program is a fit — and if it's not, we'll tell you that too.