Growth Partner for Founder-Led and Owner-Led Businesses

8 hours.
$2.4M in tenders.
Real output.

As a business owner, founder, and operator I get it. I built the framework, the logic, and embraced technology to collapse time. Imagine what that output does to your business.

Book a Free 45-Min Call
$2.4M Tenders in 8 Hours
9,586 Line Items Priced
15+ AI Systems Built
20+ Years Commercial Experience
AI. Simplified.

It is not coming.
It is already here.

I have been in the boardroom with owners who know they need to adapt. And I have watched them hesitate. Not because they are not smart. Because everything they built was built a certain way and change is uncomfortable.

That fear is real. And it is completely normal.

But here is what history tells us. The tractor did not ask farmers permission to replace manual labour. Email did not wait for fax machines to feel ready. The internet did not apologise to the Yellow Pages.

AI collapses time.

Just like the tractor. Just like email. Just like the internet.
We are in another lifecycle of innovation. This time it is not coming. It is here.

The question is not whether AI will change your industry. It will. The question is whether you move now on your terms or get forced to move later on someone else's.

You have probably had the conversation. Someone says "we should be using AI." Everyone nods. Then nothing happens. Not because the idea is wrong. Because nobody knows who owns it. Who starts it. Who puts it all together.

That is not a technology problem. That is a people problem. And it is exactly where I come in.

The Reality

8 hours. $2.4M in tenders submitted. 9,586 line items priced. What normally takes weeks done in a day. That is not theory. That is what AI does when it is built properly inside a real business.

The Proof

A Queensland builder was spending 4 hours on every quote. We rebuilt the system. Now it takes under 30 minutes. Same quality. More jobs. Less time. That is what real integration looks like.

Why We Are Different

Most people selling AI are selling it at a surface level. Courses. Frameworks. Generic tools. We listen first. We understand how your business actually runs. Then we build inside it — fast. From conversation to working system at a pace most businesses have never experienced.

You don't need to understand AI. That's my job.

I come in, learn how your business actually runs, find where AI creates the most leverage, and I build it with your team, in your workflow until it works. Not a course. Not a workshop. A system that runs. Yours to keep.

Proof of Work

What I have actually
built.

Case Study — One Session / Commercial Audit in Action
One meeting.
$1.5M in pipeline unlocked.

A Queensland trades business owner had 60 quotes sitting on his desk. Each one taking four hours at his own supervisor rate. The pipeline was backing up. Two $400K jobs were about to land simultaneously. He was the bottleneck in his own business.

In one session I extracted every rate, formula, and rule of thumb he had built over years of quoting — floor area by storey level, truss conversion, wall framing, structural steel, crew costs, equipment hire, travel, accommodation — and built it into a working AI estimator. We quoted live jobs in the room. Highfields Clubhouse. A 5,246 SQM project broken into five individual blocks. A full project pipeline from $20K to $325K — all benchmarked against their internal budgets on the spot.

50% conversion on 60 quotes at an average of $100K to $270K per job. That is $1.5M in winnable revenue that was sitting unactioned. I also identified a major partnership opportunity he had not yet formalised — prepared the strategy, the pitch structure, and offered to be in the room for the meeting.

That is what one session looks like. That is the Commercial Audit.

Commercial Audit AI Estimator Build Pipeline Recovery Partnership Strategy One Session
Case Study — National Manufacturer / AI Operating System
15 AI systems built.
One operator. No IT department.

Inside one of Australia's oldest national manufacturers I built a complete commercial intelligence ecosystem from the ground up. Self-funded. No external developer. No IT support. While managing a team of 14 and a significant national pipeline.

What I built:

  • +Live CRM dashboard built from email data. Traffic light pipeline tracking, relationship mapping, strategic initiative cards, and a full account universe. 32 iterations. Now being considered for national sales team rollout.
  • +Custom proposal engine that reads tender briefs and scope documents and produces boardroom-ready HTML presentations in hours, not days.
  • +Site condition reporting system with live scoring, interactive status selection, and branded export. Built for national field teams.
  • +Closed-loop rebrand workflow covering an entire ANZ dealer network. Survey, quote, production, install, close-out. Bulk ordering built in to reduce programme cost.
  • +Boardroom presentation suite with live data visualisations, revenue analysis, and AI implementation roadmaps formatted for TV display.
  • +Automation layer handling inbound enquiries from email to scoped brief without human touch.
CRM Build Proposal Automation Site Audit System Rebrand Programme Boardroom Intelligence Workflow Automation
Case Study — International Brand / Built From Nothing
A company built
from a blank page.

A creative founder had a vision. A cultural story. An international market. And nothing else. No company. No legal structure. No digital infrastructure. No athlete program. No supply chain. No revenue model.

I built everything around the vision. Registered the company. Set up the legal structure, ABN, ACN, GST, and corporate governance. Built the entire digital platform from scratch. Designed the brand architecture and commercial strategy. Recruited and built the sponsored athlete program. Attended an international trade fair to establish the supply chain. Designed the two-person AI-powered operating model so the business could scale without headcount.

The founder focuses on the creative and cultural heart. I built everything else around it.

Company Build Brand Architecture Digital Infrastructure Supply Chain AI Operating Model Commercial Strategy
Co-Founded Venture

I don't just advise on AI.
I build it.

GetSignQuote is a live AI quoting platform I co-founded with a fellow operator. He had already built Titus CRM from the ground up for service businesses. I brought the AI estimating engine and commercial logic. Two builders. Two proven platforms. One complete product.

This is not software built by developers guessing what trade businesses need. It was built by two business owners who lived the problem. One who built a CRM because he needed one. One who built an AI estimator because the quoting process was broken.

That is the difference between software that looks good in a demo and software that actually gets used.

My Contribution
AI Estimating Engine
getsignquote.com

A customer visits your branded portal, describes their job in plain language, and the system matches it to your pricing database to produce a three-tier estimate — low, mid, high — in under 60 seconds. Built on the same logic I used to submit $2.4M in tenders in 8 hours.

AI Estimator 60 Second Quotes Branded Portal
Co-Founder's Contribution
Titus CRM
titus-crm.com

A full CRM platform built from the ground up by my co-founder — a business owner who built the software his own business needed. Every lead and quote generated by the AI estimator flows directly into Titus. Pipeline, follow-up, and the full customer journey — managed in one place.

Full CRM Pipeline Tracking Operator Built
GetSignQuote — The Complete Product

A customer describes their job.
You get a qualified lead and a quote.
In under 60 seconds.

No estimator salary. No after-hours gaps. No inconsistent pricing. GetSignQuote works around the clock — every enquiry captured, every quote generated, every lead tracked.

Every business gets their own branded subdomain with their logo, colours, and pricing. It looks like your business. It works like your best estimator.

Works across 9 industries:

Signage Print Commercial Cleaning Shopfitting Electrical Events Automotive Landscaping Joinery
Visit GetSignQuote
Who I Work With

Different businesses.
Same question.

I work with founders and owners across industries and revenue levels. From established 8-figure operations to multi six-figure trades businesses to international brands that have been running for over a decade. Every single one of them comes to me with the same question.

8-Figure
Operation

Revenue declining. Market position slipping. No succession plan. The business needs repositioning and a clear path forward before the window closes.

International
Surf Brand

12 years in business. Respected internationally in their market. Engaged for strategic commercial consultation — not advice from the outside. I travelled to China with the owner to reestablish supplier relationships and rebuild the supply foundation for the next phase of growth.

Owner-Led
Trade

Multi six-figure revenue. Small team. The owner does not have enough time to quote. We took their quoting time from 4 hours down to under 30 minutes. Now the business can win more work without the owner being the bottleneck.

What they all have in common

They know their business. They know their industry. But they cannot see the pain points that are holding them back because they are too close to it. That is exactly where I come in.

How I Work

Four ways to
engage.

01
Free Strategy Call
No cost. 45 minutes.
Tell me what is broken. I will tell you what I see and whether I can help. No pitch. No pressure. Just a straight conversation between operators.
  • Commercial diagnostic of your biggest constraint
  • Honest assessment of where the leverage is
  • Clear next step whether that involves me or not
Book a Call
02
Commercial Audit
$2,500 + GST one-off engagement
Not sure where to start? This is the starting point. I come in, spend time with you and your business, and surface the real constraints. You get a clear picture of what is broken, what the opportunity is, and exactly what to do about it.
  • Full commercial review of sales, systems, and pipeline
  • Pain point identification from inside the business
  • Prioritised action plan with clear next steps
  • No obligation to continue but most do
Get Started
Most Engaged
03
Growth Partner Retainer
From $2,500/month + GST — less than $580/week.
Start with one month. Stay because it works.
Embedded, hands-on, and in your corner. I work directly with you and your team to fix the commercial engine, build the systems, and drive measurable growth.
  • Weekly working sessions not check-in calls
  • Sales system design and pipeline development
  • Team structure and performance frameworks
  • Commercial strategy and deal support
  • Direct access between sessions
Get Started
04
AI Integration Build
From $8,000 + GST per build
Not a course. Not a workshop. I come into your business, learn how it actually runs, find where AI creates the most leverage, and I build it. Custom tools. Real workflow. Real results.
  • Full review of your workflows and bottlenecks
  • Custom AI tool built around how you actually operate
  • Tested inside your business before handover
  • Team training included your people run it
  • Your system. Your IP. Yours to keep.
  • Ongoing support available
Let's Talk
About

I am not a
consultant.

I am an operator. I have spent 20 years building pipelines, fixing sales teams, designing systems, and turning around commercial operations that were going backwards.

I have sat inside broken environments and rebuilt them from the inside. I have co-founded ventures from zero. I have built AI tools in businesses that had never heard the word before. I know what it feels like to carry a business that is not performing and to work out exactly what needs to change.

Most recently I co-founded GetSignQuote — an AI-powered quoting and CRM platform built from the ground up with AI systems embedded from day one. Not bolted on. Built in.

I do not sit on the outside and write reports. I come in, understand the business, and fix what needs fixing. My clients get an operator in their corner not a strategy document.

Based in Noosa, Queensland. Working with founders and owner-led businesses across Australia and internationally.

This is not an AI course.

No videos. No modules. No homework. I embed myself into your business and build the systems with you. Real integration. Real results. You walk away with something that works not something you have to finish yourself.

Book a Free Call
Michael Schwalger

Michael Schwalger

Growth Partner · Noosa, Queensland

20+ Years commercial experience
$25M+ Revenue generated
15+ AI systems built
GSQ Co-founder · GetSignQuote

Ready to fix what's broken?

Start with a free 45-minute call. Tell me what is not working. I will tell you what I see.

Book Your Free Call

No pitch. No pressure. Just a straight conversation.