The call that hits voicemail is a job for the next guy.
We fix the leaks costing local businesses calls, follow-ups, and evenings — starting with the cheapest one first. Trades, restaurants, and service businesses across the Northland — and beyond. Tech Stars University · Duluth, MN · remote US-wide.
The $297/mo package has no setup fee and no long contract — website included, month-to-month. The $1,000 consultation is money-back and credits 100% toward your build. Questions? (218) 522-4466.
You don't have an AI problem. You have a time problem.
A call hits voicemail and the job goes to whoever answered. The follow-up you meant to send never went. The evening disappears into invoices, scheduling, and admin.
None of that needs a bigger team. It needs the leaks closed, one at a time, with tools that already talk to what you're running — Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, Jobber, or a phone and a notebook.
Start here
Start small. See it work. Earn your way up.
Every entry point is priced before you ever talk to us. No free trials, no "book a call to find out" — and no long contracts, ever.
Website + AI Front Door
We build your website — included in the monthly — and run the machine behind it: every missed call gets an instant text-back (only calls already going to voicemail — live callers still get a real person), every web lead gets followed up, and your Google reviews get worked with a funnel plus a managed campaign off your customer list. You do nothing: we set it up, we test it, we fix it.
Month-to-month, no long contract. Just want the text-back alone? $500 one-time, no monthly fee — call (218) 522-4466.AI Consultation
A 45-minute call on how your business actually runs. Within 48 hours: an 8-slide plain-English report — the 3–5 highest-payoff tools, ranked, with a 4-day plan. Then a 30-minute review call.
Credits 100% toward any build. Comparable audits run $2,000–$8,000.From the report
We build what the numbers say will pay off: AI receptionist, speed-to-lead, follow-up, reviews, CRM automation, custom AI. You own everything we set up.
One client at a time. Month-to-month.We watch, you work
Once the first build proves itself: we monitor the metrics, tune what drifts, and layer in the next automation on your map.
Pitched only after a win — never before.What we build.
Off-the-shelf where it makes sense, custom where it counts — every automation points at the calls, leads, and hours that pay you.
AI Receptionist
Answers every call with a human voice, books jobs, routes urgent calls — even after hours.
Missed-Call Text-Back
When you can't pick up, an instant text keeps the lead warm before they dial your competitor.
Automated Follow-Up
Texts and emails that re-engage cold leads and revive past customers — without you lifting a finger.
Review Generation
After a job, the right customer gets a short text asking for a Google review — at the moment they're happiest.
CRM Automation
Every call, form, and booking lands in your CRM with the right tags and next step, automatically.
Custom AI & Company Brains
Assistants trained on your manuals, price books, and job history — built for how your business runs.
What sets us apart
Anyone can install a chatbot. We build AI trained on your business.
AI built on the shore of Lake Superior. And this page is the demo — we build websites that move, too.
An assistant that answers from your own manuals, price books, SOPs, and job history — not generic internet answers.
Techs ask it mid-job — "spec for this unit?", "warranty on this model?" — and get your answer, on their phone.
Qualify leads, quote jobs, book calendars — agents built around your rules, in your voice. The automations above are the foundation. This is the moat.
See it in action
Don't take our word for it. Ask the AI.
The chat bubble in the corner isn't a contact form — it's our AI assistant, live on this page right now. Ask it what we do, what things cost, or whether we can help your business. It answers in seconds and can book your consultation on the spot, around the clock, no human in the loop.
This is the kind of assistant we build for your business. You didn't read about the product — you just used it.
What it looks like when a missed call doesn't get missed.
Illustrative conversation — this is the system the $500 sets up.
The $1,000 consultation ends in an 8-slide plain-English report — tools, ranked payoff, and a 4-day plan. Ask on the call and we'll walk you through a real one, redacted.
Derek builds. Anthony answers the phone. When you call Tech Stars, you're talking to the people who build your system — an established Duluth business that started out fixing the Northland's computers.
We're early on the AI side, and we'd rather say that than fake it. It's why the risk sits with us: money-back on the consultation, no monthly fee on the text-back. First client results will be right here, with real numbers.
Pricing
Two ways in. Both priced before you talk to us.
Website + AI Front Door
Website built and hosted (included in the monthly), missed-call text-back, web-lead follow-up, and Google reviews — funnel plus a managed campaign. Month-to-month; your number, your data, your reviews stay yours.
AI Consultation
45-minute discovery → 8-slide report in 48 hours → 30-minute review call. Payment by invoice after the call — nothing is charged at booking.
And the fee credits 100% toward any system we build — so if you move forward, the consultation cost you nothing extra.
Comparable AI audits run $2,000–$8,000. We price at $1,000 on purpose — the report has to earn the build. And if all you want is the missed-call text-back on its own: $500, one-time, no monthly fee, ever.
Questions
Straight answers, no jargon.
What does the $1,000 AI Consultation actually include?
A 45-minute working call about how your business actually runs — calls, dispatch, follow-up, reviews, admin. We take notes; we don't pitch. Within 48 hours you get an 8-slide plain-English report on the 3–5 highest-payoff tools for your business, ranked, with a 4-day plan. Then a 30-minute review call to walk through it.
What if you can't find anything worth automating?
Then you get the $1,000 back — that's the guarantee. If we can't find at least 5 hours a week you can recover, you don't pay. And if we do find it, the fee credits 100% toward any system we build.
Is this a robot answering my customers' calls?
No. The text-back catches calls that are already going to voicemail — the ones getting nothing right now. Customers who call when you can answer still get a real person, every time. The AI only works the dead zone.
What's actually in the $297 a month?
Your website, built and hosted — included in the monthly, no setup fee — plus missed-call text-back, follow-up on every web lead, and your Google reviews worked for you: a review funnel plus a managed campaign off your customer list. Google Business Profile optimization is a separate $500 one-time add-on when you want it.
Am I signing a contract?
No. The $297/mo package is month-to-month — cancel anytime, no lock-in. The standalone $500 text-back setup is one-time with no monthly fee at all. Your phone number, your website, your customer data, and your reviews are yours from day one; if you walk, everything goes with you.
Do you only work with trades businesses?
Trades are today's focus — HVAC, plumbing, restoration — but they're not the ceiling. The same playbook works for any business that runs on calls, leads, and follow-up, and we take on work outside the trades too. We're based in Duluth and work remotely US-wide.
Pick a slot. Nothing is charged at booking.
45 minutes on Zoom. You'll leave with a written map of where AI saves you time — and where it doesn't.
Prefer a person? Call (218) 522-4466 or email help@techstarsuniversity.com.