We run our own companies on the software we sell.
Every app and automation we offer was built for a business we own first. These companies find their own customers, chase their own invoices and report on themselves each morning. Here is what runs each one, and the idea behind it.
- 3 companies
- 1 paper marketplace
- 16 automations running
StarterBox Studios
A print brand run almost entirely by software.
Golf courses need scorecards, yardage books and pro-shop branding, and most buy them the same way they did twenty years ago. StarterBox finds the course, designs the card, proves it and takes the reorder, with one person approving what matters and the system doing the rest.
- Lakeside municipal course
- Private club, 27 holes
- Wants a yardage book
- Asked for samples
- Bifold, 4-color, foil logo
- 2,500 scorecards · reorder
StarterBox Studio
The company's hub and CRM: every course, order, invoice, proof and sample packet in one place.
- CRM for golf courses: contacts, history, open orders and reorder dates
- Orders for scorecards and accessories, with live shipping rates
- Invoices with card payments and an aging view of what is owed
- Design mockups with click-to-comment proofing
- Customer links to review a proof, request a design, upload files and reorder, no login needed
- Sample packets tracked from request to doorstep
| Automation | When | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Inbox readerReads new mail and files it to the right course | Reads new mail and files it to the right course | Every 5–15 min |
| Hot-reply alertsPings the team the moment a prospect says yes | Pings the team the moment a prospect says yes | Every 5–15 min |
| Outreach senderSends the next approved email in each sequence | Sends the next approved email in each sequence | Hourly |
| Vendor cost syncKeeps production costs current on every order | Keeps production costs current on every order | Hourly |
| Reply & mailbox digestsOne summary instead of a cluttered inbox | One summary instead of a cluttered inbox | Every 3–4 hrs |
| Lead finder & enricherAdds new courses and finds who to talk to | Adds new courses and finds who to talk to | Weekdays |
| Payment sync & invoice remindersMatches card payments and nudges what is late | Matches card payments and nudges what is late | Weekdays |
| Proof & design remindersKeeps proofs from stalling with the customer | Keeps proofs from stalling with the customer | Weekdays |
| Bounce re-finderFinds a new contact when an email bounces | Finds a new contact when an email bounces | Weekdays |
| Morning & evening ops briefWhat shipped, what is owed, what needs a person | What shipped, what is owed, what needs a person | Daily |
| HeartbeatRaises an alarm if any scheduled job stops running | Raises an alarm if any scheduled job stops running | Always on |
- 01Find
Lead finder pulls new courses each weekday
- 02Enrich
Finds the right contact and verifies the email
- 03 · personApprove
A person approves who gets contacted
- 04Send
Outreach and follow-ups from a real inbox
- 05Sort replies
AI reads every reply and routes the hot ones
- 06Mockup
Interested courses go to the design queue
- 07Order
Approved proof becomes a draft order