Businesses constantly need innovative solutions to enhance their operations and stay ahead of the competition; unfortunately, many businesses don't have the option for customized solutions that genuinely improve workflows and processes and enable growth. Fortunately, Power Up Software's co-founders, Chris Picard and Melissa Simpson, offer custom software solutions that foster growth and competitiveness in any market.
Power Up Software starts by addressing common challenges faced by businesses. Melissa explains, "Many businesses lack a comprehensive Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system or face the issue of using multiple tools for various tasks." Chris utilizes his vast software engineering experiences and expertise to create a software solution that seamlessly integrates common business features with specialized functionalities like automation, acquisition, and cloud utilization, in essence, a holistic and efficient approach to business management.
Melissa and Chris's process of developing software for a client involves an initial consultation to understand each individual business's needs. Melissa emphasizes their phased approach, "It allows clients to prioritize features based on their budget and immediate requirements." This approach sets them apart by ensuring clients receive exactly what they need without unnecessary costs but also allows clients to continue to build onto their customizations as their budgets allow and their needs change.
Power Up Software emphasizes flexibility in its solutions, allowing clients to make changes and scale as their business evolves. The company's forward-thinking approach enables easy transitions between different infrastructure plans, ensuring a seamless journey from the initial phase to later stages of growth. "Our collaborative and transparent process helps us avoid over-promising and our clients over-spending," Chris explains. "We also provide our clients weekly updates and clear explanations on the scope of work," Melissa adds, "which leads to happy clients."
Most custom software is out of reach for small businesses due to the high costs of specialized engineers and the time-consuming nature of a custom build. Maintenance, scalability concerns, and the risk of failure further contribute to the challenges for small businesses looking for software solutions. Therefore, Small businesses are often forced to utilize off-the-shelf solutions that rarely meet their needs, improve their processes, or help them scale.
Power Up Software combats those barriers with its groundbreaking coding solutions. Chris is incorporating AI into their development process in order to create a unique, time-saving solution. Unlike the AI, most people are currently focused on Large Language Models (LLM)s; Power Up Software utilizes smaller data sets and a more traditional machine learning approach. "The goal is to blend the advantages of no-code development with customization. Our tech stack allows for unique customization, and we are working on using AI to fine-tune processes. The focus is on training the AI with a wide array set of small business features as a stepping stone for it to understand and replicate my style and other specific developer styles rather than generating generic software. Our goal is to develop specialized and versatile AI capabilities to improve the development experience that can be leveraged by anyone," Chris explains. "And rather than replacing human roles, our customizations are focused on making humans' jobs more efficient and automated."
The company evaluates projects based on how well they align with their current capabilities and the technology stack they employ. With a focus on Java and versatile web front ends, Power Up Software ensures that their solutions can run on various platforms, which offers a lot of flexibility for diverse clients with a full range of growing and changing needs. Chris notes, "That's what we kind of specialize in, providing it as a wholesale solution that you can integrate your kind of more specialty business features with these more very common business features that everybody needs."
Eric, CEO and Founder of New Way Financial LLC, praises Power Up Software. "They were the only company that I talked to that actually listened to what I wanted, stayed within my budget, and completed the project on time. There is no way I could afford to have developed and implemented the new planning software for my company. But with the step-by-step process, I can bring it over a piece at a time, get my clients and employees on board with this small step, allow that step to pay for itself, make sure it works properly, and then build the next one. I look forward to the next 2 years of working with Power Up Software and all that they will bring to my company."
Another important and valued piece of Chris and Melissa's value proposition with Power Up Software is the education and training piece they provide. Chris explains, "We offer training sessions to clients on how to use the software effectively. It is important to us to foster a collaborative and supportive relationship." They also actively educate clients about diverse security profiles for applications on local machines versus public websites. As they onboard clients with specific security requirements, the company plans to enhance security measures further, placing a strong emphasis on the automated maintenance of their solutions.
Power Up Software's innovative approach to custom software solutions is democratizing and transforming how smaller businesses operate and grow. Addressing common challenges, employing a phased development process, emphasizing flexibility and scalability, consulting, and educating the company are setting new standards in the industry. As technology advances, Power Up Software's Chris and Melissa are determined to evolve to help businesses power up their operations for increased efficiency and greater success.
