Tools that run real businesses.

Val Dranov builds mobile-first products and AI automations for local businesses. Less software, more work done.

Current projects

Apps Val has built and runs in production. Each one ships with a live interactive demo, so you can judge the product by using it.

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JobFlow

Business platform for field-service contractors

The back office of a trade business, rebuilt for a phone in a work truck. Owners see money and jobs. Crews punch a PIN and see today's tasks. Invoices collect deposits before work starts, and 25% of profit is quietly held for taxes.

Invoicing with deposits Crew PIN access Expense tracking Live job budgets Tax reserve
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JobFlow Consulting

Automation and AI for local businesses

A one-operator practice around Greater Boston and the South Shore. Autonomous agents scout local businesses, build preview sites before first contact, run the outreach, and book the calls. Val shows up to close.

Autonomous outreach 16-play automation playbook Dental offices to bottle shops Live client builds

Use cases in production

Deployed automations from the two practices above, across nine kinds of local business.

Dental office
Recall-list backfill that refills cancelled chairs by text.
Restaurant
Missed-call text-back that catches the reservation the phone line dropped.
Landscaping
Photo-to-quote: yard photos in, an owner-approved estimate out.
Liquor store
A storefront with live inventory and phone-order delivery.
See it work
Liquor store
Rare-bottle drop alerts that sell allocations in hours, not weeks.
Auto shop
Review replies drafted to match tone; the angry ones route to the owner first.
Cleaning company
Recurring invoicing and payment chasing that never forgets a unit.
Bakery
One text with a photo becomes the day's posts, everywhere.
Contractor
A 7 am digest: money, schedule, and flags in one message.

About Val

Val Dranov

Val spent years around crews and small trade businesses, then started building the software they actually open on the job.

That vantage point shapes everything here: interfaces that survive gloves and glare, sign-in flows that do not assume an email address, and money screens that answer a contractor's real questions. Who owes me. What did this job cost. What do I put aside for April.

Before software there was a BA in Economics with a minor in IT from MGIMO, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, and before that, competitive wrestling at a school that fed candidates to the national team. The engineering foundation came the long way too: Codecademy's Front-End Engineer career path, plus JavaScript and Python certificates, all earned before the AI wave, not after it.

JobFlow and JobFlow Consulting are the first two public case studies. The rest of the shelf is being written up now.

Mobile-first product engineering
Interfaces designed for thumbs, gloves, and truck cabs.
Auth without friction
Google sign-in for owners, PIN doors for crews. Right door for the right person.
Business logic that holds up
Ledgers, invoices, deposits, and dashboards derived from a single source of truth.
Agents that work around the clock
Scouting, outreach, and support pipelines that run while everyone sleeps.
End-to-end ownership
From product decision to shipped interface, as a team of one.