Ask HN: Can I (a software dev) automate a tedious business process for you?

[solo1preneur]

I'd like to start a consultancy focused on automating / streamlining operational inefficiencies in small/med sized businesses. I've learned through the years at various jobs that I'm good at automating these type of things, but unfortunately I can't use those as part of my portfolio since the projects are not able to be discussed publicly.

What I'm offering:

Do you have a process in your business that requires a lot of manual back-and-forth between humans? For example - when an order is created, I have to update a spread sheet, reach out to my vendor, submit the order, buy a postage label, and send the customer an email update with the tracking information. Specifically, I'm looking for processes that depend upon the coordination of multiple people working on a repetitive process. Anything from order fulfillment, landlord maintenance requests, to customer onboarding processes.

I'm not charging anything. This is just me putting in the work to build up a portfolio of examples I can use for my consultancy. If we do launch an automated version of your process, I may just ask that you pay for the hosting costs (like $10-$20 max) per month.