Data & operations help for small businesses

Less time on busywork. More time on your business.

Cache Consulting helps small businesses fix the scheduling, invoices, and customer lists they run on, so the day-to-day finally runs itself.

Chicago-based, a small independent data & operations team working across data-heavy industries since 2021.
Since 2021
Hands-on with data & software systems
6 industries
From fintech to healthcare to public policy
Small team
You work directly with the people doing the work
Ideas for your business

Not sure what you need? Here are a few ideas.

Every business is different. Here’s the kind of thing we set up for owners like you, even if you’ve never thought about it this way. Don’t see yours? We adapt to almost anything.

Barbershops & salons

Online booking, automatic text reminders, and card payments that all work together, so fewer no-shows and no double-bookings.

Clinics & practices

Appointments and client records in one place, instead of paper files, sticky notes, and a full voicemail box.

Restaurants & cafés

Inventory, orders, and staff hours in one simple system, instead of a late-night spreadsheet.

Contractors & trades

Send estimates, schedule crews, and chase invoices right from your phone.

Shops & retailers

Keep stock, sales, and customers in sync automatically, online and at the register.

Offices & service firms

Intake forms, scheduling, and follow-ups that run themselves, so nothing slips through the cracks.

What we do

Where most of our work lands.

No jargon and no oversized software. Most of what we take on falls into a few simple shapes, and we’ll point you to the one you actually need.

01

Build what you’re missing

A simple, custom system for orders, scheduling, inventory, or clients, built on tools you can actually afford.

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02

Fix & modernize what you have

Slow, messy, or held together with tape? We clean it up or move you off it, without losing a single record.

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03

Automate the busywork

Reports that send themselves, systems that talk to each other, approvals that route on their own. Less typing, fewer mistakes.

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Something new

An AI assistant that works like an extra team member.

Not just software. We can set up a smart assistant that handles the repetitive work for you, so your team spends its time on customers instead of admin.

See if it fits your business
01

Always on the phone

Answers calls and texts, day or night, so you never miss a customer.

02

Handles your scheduling

Books and confirms appointments, and follows up on no-shows.

03

Answers your customers’ questions

Hours, pricing, and availability, without anyone picking up the phone.

04

Chases quotes and invoices

Sends estimates, follows up on unpaid invoices, and nudges the quotes that went quiet.

05

Keeps your records up to date

Logs every call, booking, and message into your system, so nothing has to be retyped by hand.

How it works

Getting started is simple.

No pressure and no surprises. Three simple steps to get going.

1

Book an intro call

A 15-minute chat about what’s slowing you down. No sales pitch, no slides, just questions.

2

Get a clear plan

We look at your setup and send back a clear plan and the next steps, usually within a few days.

3

We build it

We do the work in clear stages, then hand it over with training so your team can run it without us.

Selected work

A few of the systems we’ve built.

Built a client-and-program platform for a health & wellness coaching business, with intake, scheduling, and progress tracking in one place instead of three disconnected tools.

Coaching platform · custom build

Rebuilt a company’s client tracking on Zoho CRM and wired it to their other tools through the API, so quotes and records stop getting retyped by hand.

Zoho CRM · API integration

Designed a web-scraping engine that gathers scattered data on a schedule and drops it into one clean, queryable source the team can actually work from.

Data pipeline · automated scraping

Ready to get your time back?

Tell us what’s slowing your business down and we’ll come back with a clear, no-pressure next step.