Lightbulb Partners

Consulting services

Custom software for the way your business works.

Hire Lightbulb Partners to build a standalone tool or connect the systems you already use. You can commission a project without a Lightbulb Partners Agent subscription.

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Consulting services

What would you like to build?

Start with the work you want to change. A project can focus on one tool or connect several parts of the same service.

01 / Specialist AI

Custom AI Agents

Give a specialist agent a job and the company context to do it. A finance agent can match a payment to an invoice and show your reviewer where the amounts differ.

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02 / Rules & choices

Product Comparison and Quoting Tools

Help buyers compare products side by side, choose the options they need and request a quote. Show the prices, assumptions and exclusions behind each choice.

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03 / Digital products

Client & partner products

Build a service clients can use online, with a corresponding staff workspace for referrals, requests, progress updates and delivery.

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04 / Connected operations

Data, integrations & reporting

Connect your CRM, partner feeds or finance records. Reconcile the differences and give the people responsible a report they can act on.

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05 / Intake & review

Custom onboarding & case workflows

Give each type of applicant the right path. Collect evidence, return incomplete items for correction and hand approved cases to the next team.

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06 / Modernisation

Modernisation, testing & handover

Move a working process to a new system. Test the cases that matter, rehearse the change and equip your staff to operate and recover it.

Explore delivery & handover
07 / Growth & measurement

Growth funnels & optimisation

Connect the promise in your ads and social posts to the landing page, first useful action and sale. Use the results and customer questions to decide what to improve.

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08 / Software development

iOS, Mac, Windows & web applications

Commission a custom app for your customers or team. Agree the first release, build and test it, then plan delivery, handover and ongoing support around how it will be used.

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09 / Stock & purchasing

Inventory management systems

Track stock across locations, manage purchasing and stock movements, and connect orders with your existing systems. Build around how your team receives, reserves, counts and replenishes inventory.

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Illustrative project

From equipment enquiry to an approved order.

A distributor sources equipment on a customer’s behalf. A single case could connect its sales desk, supplier comparisons, account opening and purchasing team.

  1. 01 / Enquire

    Capture the need

    The customer enters specifications, quantities and the required delivery date.

  2. 02 / Compare

    Check the offers

    Sales compares lead times, exclusions and assumptions side by side.

  3. 03 / Apply

    Open the account

    The chosen offer carries into the application. A new business supplies the evidence it requires.

  4. 04 / Review

    Resolve an exception

    A reviewer requests the missing signing authority and records the approval when it arrives.

  5. 05 / Hand over

    Release the order

    Purchasing receives the approved specification and supplier offer. The customer can follow progress.

Working with us

From the first walkthrough to handover.

  1. Walk through a real case

    Show us where the work starts, which systems it touches and who signs it off. We identify a first release and a measure that matters to your team.

  2. Agree on the first release

    After discovery, we prepare a proposal for your team. It sets out what we will deliver, the milestones and how you can check that the software meets the agreed requirements.

  3. Test it with the people who use it

    Your reviewers try representative cases, including missing evidence and exceptions. We work through the results and hand over the agreed software and operating guide.

Before we start

Two practical questions.

Do we need the Lightbulb product?

We can build a standalone application, integrate with your existing software, or connect a scoped workflow to Lightbulb. We agree on the approach and any licensing during discovery.

How are client data and intellectual property handled?

We document where data stays, who can access it and how project IP will be handled before work begins. Using client data or IP in the Lightbulb product would require a separate written agreement.

Project enquiries

Bring us the workflow you want to improve.

Tell us who uses it, where cases slow down and what a successful handover would look like. A short description is enough for the first conversation.

Send a project enquiry