Zoccio
A plain-English alternative to spreadsheet gymnastics. Describe what you want to track, ask questions in normal English, get answers you can trust. For teams who've outgrown patching spreadsheets.
Visit zoccio.com →BASED IN THE UK · WORKING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS REMOTELY
The job that eats your Friday afternoon. The spreadsheet doing three jobs and none of them well. The chase emails you send every month. Tell me what it is. I'll build the tool that ends it.
Here's the honest version. I've spent thirty years in the software industry shaping and shipping my own products. I'm now taking on direct clients, and that means my case-study shelf is fresh. Fair's fair.
So I'm offering my first 3 direct clients half price on the build. In exchange, I'd ask for permission to use your logo, a written case study, and one short video testimonial when you're delighted with what we've built. That's it. No catch, no monthly fee, no lock-in. You own the code outright the day it's delivered.
2 slots left at this price. Once they are filled, they are gone.
Most of those thirty years were spent inside other people's companies, shaping and designing software that people actually used. I'm now doing the same thing for small businesses directly, on terms that finally make sense for them: fixed price, fast delivery, you own everything.
If you want to know what that approach actually produces, three of my own products are running today. Real users. Paying customers. Built using the exact same approach I'd use for yours.
A plain-English alternative to spreadsheet gymnastics. Describe what you want to track, ask questions in normal English, get answers you can trust. For teams who've outgrown patching spreadsheets.
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№ 03 · Briefs we already recogniseA maintenance tracker for letting agents so tenants, contractors and your inbox stay in sync. A bookkeeping chase tool that nags for missing receipts before month-end. A job-to-invoice workflow so the job in the field becomes the line on the bill without retyping. Internal tools that replace spreadsheets when VLOOKUP is doing three jobs and none of them well. Booking systems that fit your actual rules, not someone else's.
If something on that list sounds like your week, say so in plain English and we'll quote it.
IF YOU'D RATHER TALK FIRST
Custom software is a trust purchase. I get that. The instant quote tool is there because most people want a number before they want a meeting, but plenty of people want it the other way round. Both are fine.
I work with clients remotely all the time. Time zones aren't a problem. Book a call, tell me what's eating your week, and I'll be straight about whether it's something I can help with. No slides, no pitch, no pressure. If it's not a fit, I'll tell you.
robert@forward-x.com or use the form below.
Sixty seconds to a real price. Twenty-four hours to a written proposal. Two to three weeks to a working tool you own outright.
See an instant quote →Robert Ward
Boroughbridge · ForwardX Ltd