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Runwork for Founders

Build your business operations without a dev team

Your product needs engineering focus. But running a business requires internal tools, dashboards, and workflows too. Runwork lets you build your entire business operations layer without pulling engineers off product work.

The Challenge

  • Engineering bandwidth is precious - can't spare it for internal tools
  • Spreadsheets and manual processes don't scale
  • Off-the-shelf SaaS tools never fit your exact workflow
  • No visibility into operations across your growing team
  • Admin panels and dashboards always get deprioritized

The Runwork Solution

  • Build internal tools and admin panels with natural language
  • Replace spreadsheet chaos with real applications
  • Custom workflows that match exactly how you operate
  • Unified dashboards across all your business data
  • Iterate instantly as your processes evolve

What You Can Build

Operations Dashboard

Track KPIs, monitor sales pipeline, and see business health in real time

Order Management System

Manage orders, fulfillment status, and customer communication in one place

Team Workflows

Approval flows, task assignments, and cross-team handoffs with full visibility

Vendor & Partner Portal

Manage relationships, contracts, and communications with external partners

Internal CRM

Track leads, deals, and customer interactions your way - not Salesforce's way

Reporting Hub

Pull data from all your tools into unified reports and analytics

Key Features for This Use Case

Apps Data & Entities Integrations Workflows Automations

A Day in the Life

8:00 AM — Morning standup. You open your operations dashboard and immediately see the overnight metrics: 12 new orders came in, fulfillment is running at 94%, and one vendor shipment is delayed. The dashboard pulled this from Stripe, your fulfillment system, and your vendor portal automatically. No spreadsheet vlookups. No switching between five tabs.

9:30 AM — Finance review. Your CFO asks for a revenue breakdown by product line for the board meeting. Instead of exporting CSVs and building pivot tables, you describe what you need to the Work Assistant: "Show me monthly revenue by product category for the last 6 months with a comparison chart." Two minutes later, you're looking at exactly what you asked for.

11:00 AM — Process bottleneck. The sales team reports that deal approvals are taking too long. You open your approval workflow and add a fast-track path for deals under $10K: direct approval from sales manager, skip the VP review. The change is live in five minutes—no ticket filed, no sprint planning, no three-week wait.

2:00 PM — New hire onboarding. Your fourth customer success hire starts Monday. The onboarding automation will handle account provisioning, Slack invites, and training task assignments. You built it once; now it runs every time. Your HR person just adds the name and start date.

4:00 PM — Partner integration. A key vendor wants to send you inventory updates via API. Last year, this would have been a six-week integration project. Today, you create a webhook endpoint that receives their updates and syncs to your inventory tracker. Done before dinner.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Runwork help founders without engineering resources?
Runwork lets you build business applications using natural language instead of code. Describe what you need—a dashboard, a workflow, an automation—and Runwork generates working software. You can iterate by describing changes the same way. No engineers required for internal operations tools.
Can Runwork replace our spreadsheets and manual processes?
Yes. Runwork creates real applications with databases, not spreadsheets with formulas. Your data is structured, searchable, and connected to other systems. Workflows replace manual handoffs. Automations replace repetitive tasks. You get the flexibility of spreadsheets with the reliability of real software.
How quickly can I build an internal tool with Runwork?
Most founders build their first useful application within an hour. Describe what you need, see a working version, then refine through conversation. Complex tools with multiple integrations might take a day. Compare that to weeks or months for traditional development.
Does Runwork connect to our existing tools?
Yes. Runwork integrates with 3,000+ tools through its integration platform. Connect your CRM, payment processor, project management, email, and other tools. Data flows between systems automatically, and your applications can take action across all connected tools.

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