“Twice a week I open a spreadsheet someone has broken. I spend an hour looking for the error before I can even start working.”
For companies that have outgrown Excel
What using Excel costs
Most companies with 5–50 people run on 20+ Excel spreadsheets. Every new person, every new client, every new process can mean another tab.
On the right you can calculate live what the part of this work that creates no value costs the company. Further down I show how one spreadsheet turns into a working module in 14 days.
Excel cost calculator
Time lost per month
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Total loss per year
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On paper
Would you like this in writing?
I will send you the full PDF analysis with your numbers — ready to present or forward.
Sound familiar?
Signs that it is time to move on from Excel
Five things I hear most often from managers whose companies run on spreadsheets.
“A new employee gets four days of training — three of them spent learning our own spreadsheets rather than the company.”
“I have no idea how many active clients I have today. I ask the team — and everyone gives a different number.”
“Every month I put together a report. Just assembling the spreadsheets into one whole takes me an hour.”
“I was afraid that changing systems would paralyse the company for a month. So for five years I changed nothing.”
Offer: express start
The first module working in 14 days — at a fixed price of 1 500 €. If it does not work, I give the money back.
We pick one spreadsheet — the one that costs you the most. I turn it into a working module on FileMaker: with your real data, used by the team. Without a big project and without risk on your side.
Scope
1 spreadsheet
I turn the most expensive spreadsheet into a working module on FileMaker, with your data.
Price
1 500 €
Net, payable once the module is live. A fixed amount for my work — the platform separately (see below).
Time
14 days
Working days — from the start to a finished module the team genuinely uses.
Guarantee
30 days
If after a month nobody on the team is using the application, I refund the entire amount — and you keep the code, the documentation and the data model. No questions asked.
A word about the engine. The fixed price of 1 500 € covers my work — designing and building the module. The Claris FileMaker platform the module runs on is a separate, small licence cost on your side: a subscription or a purchase directly from Claris or from their official European distributor, Winsoft International. The price depends on the number of users; current rates are listed at Claris and Winsoft (I can of course arrange the purchase at manufacturer prices). The licence is yours — the data is yours, and if it ever comes to that, any certified Claris partner can take over maintenance overnight. A single Claris FileMaker licence runs multiple applications at once — I have a client who uses 120 applications in parallel.
During the test phase the finished module runs on my Claris FileMaker licence. Only when you decide the module stays in the company for good do you invest in a licence of your own.
No reason to wait
The number of places is limited
As a rule, I run one large project in parallel with a few express starts — exactly those 14-day modules at a fixed price of 1 500 € you read about above. I build them personally, without haste, without handing the work on. That is why the number of places for this format each month is limited — once they fill up, waiting clients move to the next wave.
The sooner you get in touch, the shorter you wait for your slot.
The number updates weekly. Once it drops to zero, the next wave starts the following month.
Before you ask
Common questions after Excel
Isn’t 14 days too little?
In 14 days we build the first module based on one Excel spreadsheet — one specific slice of the application. The whole system takes longer: a complete first base project usually takes 4–8 weeks. The express start is precisely the proof that things can move fast — but in 14 days I will not build you a system that covers every process in the company.
I have 27 spreadsheets — which one should I pick?
We usually start with the one causing the most trouble in the company, but after the first conversation I will suggest myself which one fits best. Sometimes it turns out to be a different one from the one that bothers you most today.
What happens after 14 days? Will you sell me a bigger project?
No. After 14 days you have a working module and a free choice: either it stays as it is and you come back when you need the next one, or we take on a bigger project. No pressure. Whatever you decide, the Claris licence remains yours — the module does not disappear with me.
And if my problem doesn’t fit your modules?
The first conversation is a calm exploration. If I can see that I am the wrong person for the task, I will say so openly. Where I can, I will point you to someone I know and trust.
First step
Book 30 minutes. I answer every email myself.
The first call is a calm conversation to get to know each other. I check whether I can help at all. No slides, no sales pressure. If I see it is a poor fit, I say so directly.
Would you rather talk than write? Pick a slot in the calendar — we will meet on Zoom:
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Phone +48 601 789 966 — you can call, I pick up myself.