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Projects That Moved the Needle

These are real tools we built for real companies. Some generated thousands of leads, others saved millions in margin, and a few led to acquisitions.

What These Projects Have in Common

Most involve taking something manual and making it automatic. Contra needed job listings - we built a Chrome extension that let 30,000 users find them. Fingers on Pulse was watching YouTube manually - we automated 800+ channels. getBenson was losing margin to discount extensions - we blocked them. The pattern: find the repetitive work, automate it, measure what changes.

The Numbers

2x

Marketplace inventory growth for Contra

200x

Faster content processing

90%

Time reduction in auditing

30,000+

Active extension users

By Industry

Marketplaces: Contra’s Chrome extension for crowdsourced job discovery Content: YouTube monitoring that processes 800+ channels automatically Analytics: DevTools extension that cut audit time by 90% E-commerce: Extension blocker that recovered 15% margins, and affiliate automation for 100,000+ brands Media: Video platform that generated 5,000+ leads

What Our Clients Say

“They’re smart, fast, and trustworthy!” Shelby Stevens, Founder, Snacker.ai
“Doug was incredible to work with and a great communicator. He operated quickly & efficiently, and even proposed ways to improve the feature to exceed our expectations. 10/10!” Allison Nulty, Head of Product @ Contra
“Doug is a pro. I’d hire him again for any future marketing & technology initiatives.” Brian Tighe, Head Of Technology @ Fool.com

Common Questions

Most were 2-4 week sprints. Contra’s extension launched in 3 weeks. GrowthRunner’s DevTools took 2 weeks. Vouchernaut was an 8-week build before acquisition.
If you’re a marketplace, look at Contra. E-commerce companies relate to getBenson or Vouchernaut. Content businesses see themselves in Fingers on Pulse. B2B SaaS connects with GrowthRunner.
Contra added features based on user feedback. Snacker scaled from concierge to self-service. getBenson expanded to multiple platforms. Most projects evolve after the initial build.
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