Case studies

Every system, every founder, every number

Fifteen companies run on these systems. Four we own, two clients, and nine Student Works operators running their own businesses. Every client number on this page came out of their own mouth on a recorded call, and where a number is their claim and not ours, it says so.

15
companies running our systems
50+
systems shipped
3
CRMs built
$300K
in 4.5 months at Thirlwell
$500K
added across 11 founders in under 60 days

System by system

Every system, start to finish

Each block shows one system we built: who it is for, the number it produced, the problem we started with and what we built.

01

Claude dashboard: Claude running 3 companies

The system

A Claude dashboard where one person runs a home service company, a consulting company and a brand on systems he built.

The person

Frost Thirlwell

@frostthirlwell, media. A home service company, a consulting company and a brand run on systems he built.

The result

15K followers

in two months. 113 pieces of content leave the system every week, with one person on camera.

The problem

A media team would need an editor, a clipper, a writer, a scheduler and someone on the inbox.

The solution we built

One system doing all of it: it edits, clips, writes, tests, ships and captures, and Taya, our AI assistant, runs the calendar and the inbox. Frost says yes, the system does the work.

02

Thirlwell Property Services

The system

Operator OS, the CRM

The person

Thirlwell Property Services

Pressure washing, Toronto. Our own company.

The result

$300K

in revenue in 4.5 months. Average job size went from $247 to $523, and 1,005 leads were tracked from the ad to the payment.

The solution we built

Custom software built for the business, with every lead, quote, crew and payment in one workspace for owner, setter and crew: ads wired to per ad attribution, a speed to lead call, a 14 day follow up chain, automatic quotes, a job board and a crew portal.

03

The Operator Program

The system

The Operator Program systems, run on Operator OS

The person

The Operator Program

Home service operators. Our own company.

The result

$500K

generated in under 60 days, as reported by the operators on tape, first names only.

The solution we built

We install the systems in their business and they run them: ads, a referral system, reactivation of dead lead lists, sales scripts, speed to lead, Operator OS (the CRM built for home service), a numbers dashboard, a review engine after every job, and playbooks so the operator isn't the bottleneck.

04

The content system

The system

One engine for every clip, caption, post and schedule across the Thirlwell, Summit and Frost Thirlwell accounts.

The person

Frost Thirlwell

@frostthirlwell, media. Also runs the Thirlwell and Summit accounts.

The result

113

pieces of content leave the system every week across YouTube, Instagram, email, LinkedIn, X and Threads.

The problem

A media team would need an editor, a clipper, a writer, a scheduler and someone on the inbox.

The solution we built

Every clip, caption, post and schedule runs through one engine. Editors drop cuts in, the system packages and posts them across every account.

05

Whitby Exterior Cleaners

The system

Meta ads, speed to lead and follow up sequences

The person

Lizzy, Whitby Exterior Cleaners

Student Works operator. Window and gutter cleaning, Whitby ON.

The result

$21K booked

off $255 in Meta ads. Season went from $120K to $220K+.

The problem

Lizzy had a real sales team and a $120K season behind her. At about 30 leads a day, every lead depended on a human remembering to chase it. Leads leaked because nothing existed to catch them.

The solution we built

Meta ads tuned to about $9 a lead, a text back inside a minute on every new lead, and follow up sequences that fire until the lead books or says no. Her sales team closes. The system does the chasing.

06

HRM Home Cleaning

The system

A reactivation engine, follow up and booking automation, and a light paid layer

The person

Selina, HRM Home Cleaning

Student Works operator. Windows and poly sand, Nova Scotia.

The result

$150K to $217K

in one season. About $50K came from reactivation alone.

The problem

Selina already ran a $150K season and a small team. Her problem was not demand, it was leverage. She was sitting on a pile of old leads and past customers nobody was working.

The solution we built

Her entire past list of old leads, old quotes and past customers, pulled, cleaned and put through a text campaign. Every response caught, chased and booked. A light paid layer where $578 of spend turned into about $5K booked.

07

Uxbridge Exterior Cleaners

The system

An inbound engine, speed to lead and follow up, and a booking and ops flow

The person

Owen, Uxbridge Exterior Cleaners

Student Works operator. Exterior services, Uxbridge ON.

The result

$140K to $200K

in his words, while working about 10 hours a week.

The problem

Owen was the classic owner operator. Every dollar ran through him, including knocking doors for demand. The moment he stops pushing, everything stops with him.

The solution we built

Ads and reactivation that replaced door knocking, speed to lead and follow up so nothing goes uncalled, and a booking and ops flow that runs without him.

08

Stratford Exterior Cleaners

The system

Dead list reactivation, speed to lead and an ads layer on top

The person

Daniel, Stratford Exterior Cleaners

Student Works operator. Exterior cleaning, London and Stratford ON.

The result

$15K in week one

off a 500 person dead list. About $50K from reactivation across the season.

The problem

Daniel had a dead list: past quotes that never closed, past customers nobody re contacted, inquiries that went quiet. Money rotting in a CRM.

The solution we built

His list of about 500 names, pulled, segmented and hit with a text campaign. Every reply caught and chased the same minute. Then Meta ads on top of a funnel that does not leak.

09

Pure Grit Polymers

The system

Meta ads with founder style creative, same day speed to lead and follow up

The person

Hrishi, Pure Grit Polymers

Student Works operator. Poly and interlock, Ottawa.

The result

10x

on ad spend. About $3K in, $30K+ back.

The problem

Poly and interlock is high ticket, which makes ad money feel like gambling. That fear keeps most owners at $20 a day on ads, half committed, getting half results.

The solution we built

Meta ads with founder style creative, a call the same day the lead lands, and automatic follow up on the leads that do not pick up until they book or say no.

10

Ottawa Exterior Cleaners

The system

Reactivation on 700 dead leads, a response system and a booking flow

The person

Maeve, Ottawa Exterior Cleaners

Student Works operator. Poly and patio washing, Ottawa.

The result

$35K

booked off a list of 700 dead leads, with no new ad spend.

The problem

Maeve's bottleneck was time. When you are on the tools all day, the phone is the thing you get to after, and after is where leads die. She had 700 old leads and zero hours to work them.

The solution we built

The whole dead list put through a text campaign, a response system her rep could run so nothing slipped, and a booking flow that turned interested replies into booked jobs without Maeve touching the calendar.

11

Scarborough Cleaners

The system

Reactivation, automated follow up and ads feeding the same rails

The person

Griffin, Scarborough Cleaners

Student Works operator. Home service, Toronto.

The result

$50K to almost $80K

on the season, in his own words.

The problem

Griffin was running a real Toronto home service book, but the machine underneath it was him. Leads came in and waited on him to get to them.

The solution we built

Reactivation on the old list first, automated follow up so every lead is texted and chased whether or not he is on a roof, and ads pointed into the same follow up system.

12

Markham Exterior Cleaners

The system

Tracked Meta ads, reactivation and a scoreboard

The person

Noah, Markham Exterior Cleaners

Student Works operator. Home service, Markham ON.

The result

$27K+

added revenue, tracked through the system in year one.

The problem

Year one is chaos by default: no history, no list, no numbers. Most first year owners cannot tell you what a job costs to get, so they cannot scale anything on purpose.

The solution we built

Tracked Meta ads from day one at $9 to $13 a lead with every booked job attributed to its source, reactivation on his own pipeline, and a scoreboard of source, cost per lead and revenue to date.

13

Ottawa Interlock and Poly

The system

Facebook ads

The person

Kaleb, Ottawa Interlock and Poly

Student Works operator. Interlock and poly, Ottawa.

The result

$20K

off Facebook ads, in his words.

14

Mr Get It Done

The system

A lead pipe, Meta lead sync, automated text flows and junk removal ads

The person

Mr Get It Done

Client. Junk removal.

The result

13 text flows live

and 11 of 11 junk removal ads running. No revenue number yet. We only publish a client number once they say it on tape.

The solution we built

A lead pipe from their website straight into their own Operator OS workspace, Meta lead sync so a lead from an ad shows up in the CRM by itself, 14 automated text flows written for their business (13 armed and running), and 11 junk removal ads, all live.

15

Kodiak Builds

The system

Two websites, 20 ads and their own Operator OS workspace

The person

Kodiak Builds

Client. Junk removal.

The result

Pending

Case study pending. We only publish a client number once they say it on tape.

The solution we built

Two websites, built and live. 15 image ads and 5 video ads. Their own Operator OS workspace, so every lead and job lives in one CRM.

The companies

Companies running our systems

Our own

Clients

Student Works operators

Whitby Exterior Cleaners logo

Whitby Exterior Cleaners

Student WorksStudent Works operator

Lizzy, Window and gutter cleaning, Whitby ON

$255 in ads, $21K booked

Season went from $120K to $220K+

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HRM Home Cleaning

HRM Home Cleaning

Student WorksStudent Works operator

Selina, Windows and poly sand, Nova Scotia

$150K to $217K in one season

About $50K from reactivation alone

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Uxbridge Exterior Cleaners

Uxbridge Exterior Cleaners

Student WorksStudent Works operator

Owen, Exterior services, Uxbridge ON

$140K to $200K, in his words

Working about 10 hours a week

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Stratford Exterior Cleaners logo

Stratford Exterior Cleaners

Student WorksStudent Works operator

Daniel, Exterior cleaning, London and Stratford ON

$15K in week one off a dead list

About $50K from reactivation on the season

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Pure Grit Polymers logo

Pure Grit Polymers

Student WorksStudent Works operator

Hrishi, Poly and interlock, Ottawa

10x on ad spend

About $3K in, $30K+ back

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Ottawa Exterior Cleaners

Ottawa Exterior Cleaners

Student WorksStudent Works operator

Maeve, Poly and patio washing, Ottawa

$35K off 700 dead leads

From a list they already had

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Scarborough Cleaners

Scarborough Cleaners

Student WorksStudent Works operator

Griffin, Home service, Toronto

$50K to almost $80K

On the season

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Markham Exterior Cleaners logo

Markham Exterior Cleaners

Student WorksStudent Works operator

Noah, Home service, Markham ON

$28K sold in two weeks

$27K+ added revenue, fully tracked in year one

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Ottawa Interlock and Poly

Ottawa Interlock and Poly

Student WorksStudent Works operator

Kaleb, Interlock and poly, Ottawa

$20K off Facebook ads

In his words

Read the case study

The group chat

What they text us the day it happens

MMeera

1.3k but closed a 20 and a 4.8 today who also got the text !

OOwen

3 leads this morning tho lolol

OOwen

Just booked a 3k off fb

LLiam

The client I’m on the phone with just booked 4K and I got him from a reactivation referral

LLiam

Also we’ve got our first Facebook sale boys

DDaniel

the ads that I’m currently running seem to be a bit smoother though. Going to some estimates this weekend that we’re ballparted upwards of 10k off Facebook!

HHrishi

It’s died down after booking around 5-6k

LLizzy

1st call... estimate booked 😎

MMeera

First estimate booked from reactivation!!

OOwen

First FB booked by my girl 🤑 2.5k

OOwen

14 scheduled calls for tomorrow, 7 estimates, so hype for Facebook. LFG!

LLiam

Got another reactivation booking

LLiam

First job off the reactivation came in today

DDaniel

lmao like 15 leads already. So fire

HHrishi

BRO 4 leads alone

NNoah

Great, just booked a $2.5k job from it

OOwen

“how much you make off us”

About 35k so far

OOwen

Facebook poppin today 3 leads 15 hours

OOwen

43 leads to follow up on tmr

LLiam

2k

LLiam

Converted 5 off the reactivation

HHrishi

js booked a 7k job, and getting like 2 leads a day

LLizzy

I think I’ve booked 9-10k on fb

NNoah

got 7 quotes already booked in

Voice notes

Hear it in their voice

Owen57 sec
Daniel29 sec
Kaleb14 sec
Griffin21 sec
Selina16 sec
Hrishi19 sec

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