Features at purchase versus everyday use
Beside whether a feature exists, look at whether the daily work is easy. A billing program can have many reports, and still slow the day down if entering the day’s sales means going round in circles.
Why GrowthFixLab
Good software is not just features, it is the right companion for the work.
Every business works differently. So when choosing software, it is not only the features—how much easier it makes the work, how much help there is in using it, and whether it can improve over time—those matter too.
Let the software fit how your business works
Our belief: software should fit real work
A business runs through people’s habits, local rules, how responsibility is divided, and everyday decisions. A longer feature list does not by itself make software effective. If it does not match the workflow, staff show a stronger preference for working in the traditional or old way, and avoid using the software’s features. So understanding the business context before designing the software is essential.
Often a piece of software that is right in every other way still fails to keep pace with business growth. New situations need new features, which the old software cannot provide. At GrowthFixLab we grow our software with the customer’s need, so our software can always fit the real work.
The three parts of the name
- Growth
- The ongoing growth of your business.
- Fix
- A solution to the new problems that keep coming up in a growing business.
- Lab
- Where those problems are researched and solved.
That Growth Fix Lab is who we are.
Buying software does not finish the work
Getting started versus keeping going
Going live is not the end. People need to be shown the work, someone needs to be there when they get stuck, and the software needs to keep running. A new person at the counter still needs to be shown the work again.
Today’s need versus a changing business
The way accounts or orders work today can change as customers or the work grow. The software has to move with that change. The books that fit one shop no longer fit once a second shop opens.
As the business grows, the software should grow that way too
Most companies want the user to get used to the rules of their software. We walk the other way: the software should fit the user’s work.
A small company cannot keep accounts the way a large company does. If a feature needs a lot of data entry, the small company cannot use it. A lot of the work then stays in the head, without entry. When the company is larger, managing the work with that same detailed entry becomes the more useful path.
| Topic | While you are small | When it is larger |
|---|---|---|
| Data entry | Less. Only what cannot be left unwritten. | Detailed and regular. |
| How the work runs | Mostly in the head and by word. | Written in the system, with responsibility divided. |
| What the software does | Finish the necessary work quickly. | Control, accounts and reports. |
So the software you need while you are small is one kind, and the software you need when you are larger is another. We adapt and build software with businesses of different sizes, so you get the most from the software at every stage of the business.
This is our way of working. In each piece of software it moves forward step by step. If the size of your business changes, tell us. Talk to us
What we look at when building software
Understand before building
First we understand how the work actually happens, where it gets stuck, and which part matters to you. Then we talk about the software.
Make everyday work usable
Counting features is not our measure. The daily screen should be clear, the steps of the work should make sense, and learning it should not take long.
Improve from real use
Publishing is not the end. The software moves forward from the way you use it every day.
Useful to similar businesses
While meeting one need, where possible we build something that also helps other businesses of the same kind. Not a separate piece of software for every request.
Who we build for
People who run their own small or medium business, and who need software that fits the work, with someone beside them.
If this is you
Your accounts are still in a notebook, a spreadsheet, or scattered across separate apps.
You have software, but it does not match the habits of the work, so staff do not use every feature properly.
Easy daily use, being shown the work, and help afterwards matter more to you than a long feature list.
You are using some software now, but you are afraid to change: because of data, teaching, and the thought of work stopping.
Details about leaving your current software
Who our software is for today
See which stage our software is in now, below.
See our software →The path one piece of software takes
Each of our programs is first tested in the real work of a few selected businesses. Only after that testing is it offered to everyone, in packages.
- Upcoming
The stage before it is built. You can tell us what you need; there is no release date or promise.
- Early Access
Testing in real use is underway with a few selected businesses. Terms are set separately for each one.
- Field-Tested
Real-world testing is finished. It is available in set packages. Our support team sets it up.
- Field-Validated
The setup process has been checked through many users. You can start it yourself, and support is available.
- Established
A mature product. Starting it yourself is the usual path; support is optional.
Early Access
Field-Tested
Tell us how your business works.
Talk with us about which ready-made solution fits your need, or whether another path is needed.