Runwell Field Notes

Operational intelligence for firms that want to run without the owner in the room.

Field-tested diagnostics, dollarized teardowns, and compliance-safe automation playbooks for law firms, CPA firms, real estate teams, healthcare practices, and agencies in the $1M–$20M band. Written by operators, reviewed by licensed experts, no hype.

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01

The Diagnostic: Find the money

Dollarize the leak before you fix it. Teardowns, benchmarks, calculators.

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02

The Decision: DIY vs. done-for-you

When to build it yourself, when to hire, and when to kill the project.

18 articles →
03

The Implementation: How the best-run firms operate

Compliance-safe build paths, SOPs, change management, team adoption.

31 articles →
04

The Stakes: What operational systems are worth

Valuation, exit readiness, owner extraction, turnover resilience.

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Techie Corner
Techie Corner

How Runwell Actually Builds AI Automations

A technical deep-dive for the engineers, ops leads, and CTO-types who want to know what's under the hood before signing off on a RunWell engagement.

✓ Bar-reviewed
✓ HIPAA-reviewed
Law Firms
Teardown
Teardown

Billable Time Capture: How to turn calendar + email into $50K of recovered revenue

The partner-time math that most firm owners are afraid to run. Plus the compliance-safe build path.

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Law Firms
Playbook
Playbook

The Deadline & Statute of Limitations Guardian: A Malpractice-Grade Automation

How to build a statute-of-limitations watchdog that flags every matter at 45, 30, 14, and 7 days out, without trusting one calendar.

✓ HIPAA-reviewed
Expert quote
All Industries
Template
Template

The AI Vendor Due Diligence Questionnaire: 42 questions to ask before signing

The exact checklist we use to vet AI-automation vendors for regulated partners. Print, send, get clarity.

Template
Healthcare & Dental
Playbook
Playbook

Google Review Response Automation for Law, CPA, and Medical Firms

How to stay HIPAA/bar/AICPA compliant while responding in under 60 seconds. The full approval-gate workflow.

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All Industries
Research Report
Research Report

How Pro Services Firms Should Calculate Automation ROI

The billable-hour-adjusted formula: why standard ROI math understates the real return on ops automation by 40–60%.

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Real Estate & Land
Teardown
Teardown

How I fired myself from intake on a 7-figure land flipping business (the founder teardown)

Every automation, every failure, every dollar recovered, all inside Follow Up Boss, PropStream, and n8n. The raw 9-month build log.

Expert quote
CPA & Accounting
Video Walkthrough
Video Walkthrough

PBC Automation for CPA Firms: The Tax-Season Auto-Orchestrator

How modern accounting firms automate prepared-by-client document collection without a single email chase, built default-compliant with AICPA guidelines.

✓ CPA-reviewed
Law Firms
Playbook
Playbook

The Compliance-Safe Intake & Conflict Check Automation for Law Firms

Full build walkthrough: how to automate client intake in Clio without violating ABA Model Rule 1.18 or your state bar’s conflict rules.

Expert quote
✓ HIPAA-reviewed