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Ventures & Platforms

Practical problems, practical tools.

Each venture starts with one question: what problem are we trying to solve, and what did we create to address it? They are grouped here by the same themes as the map on the About page.
  1. 01

    Leading and operating well

    How do organizations decide and run better?

    ShiftSteward logo

    Volunteer shift scheduling and hours tracking for schools, churches, and volunteer-driven organizations.

    The problem
    Volunteer coordinators get bogged down managing static sign-up sheets, manually copy-pasting recurring dates, tracking eligibility qualifications, and following up on unconfirmed shifts.
    What it does
    Generates recurring shifts in one pass (such as an entire school year) with holiday exclusions, restricts role sign-ups by eligibility (such as parents or certified volunteers), sends automated email and SMS reminders with urgent open-shift callouts, and automatically tracks volunteer hours.
    ExpenseShepherd logo

    Simple reimbursement and expense tracking.

    The problem
    Collecting receipts and processing reimbursements is often slow and manual.
    What it does
    Helps people submit expenses and track reimbursements in one place. Details to be confirmed.

    Description pending verification against source.

    WordBeacon logo

    Real-time speech translation for church services, assemblies, and public gatherings.

    The problem
    Traditional live translation requires expensive interpreter booths, specialized headsets, or dedicated translators, leaving multilingual attendees and congregations struggling to follow spoken services.
    What it does
    Translates live speech from one speaker simultaneously into multiple languages streamed directly to listeners' phones via a quick QR scan—with sub-second latency, zero extra hardware, and support for rooms from dozens to thousands of listeners.
  2. 02

    Preserving stories and culture

    How do we keep what is meaningful visible and connected?

    AutoFame logo

    AutoFame

    Fame familyActive

    Discover and enter premium car-show events, build digital garages, and provide organizers with event and judging tools.

    The problem
    Car-show registration, vehicle histories, and event administration are fragmented across spreadsheets, paper forms, and club posts, while organizers lack unified tools for participant entry, class judging, and awards.
    What it does
    Combines car-show discovery and event entry with digital garage profiles for vehicles, customizable event formats (from non-judged cruise-ins and showcases to heritage-class judged revivals with awards/trophies), entrant management, and organizer judging workflows.
    BoatFame logo

    BoatFame

    Fame family

    Part of the broader Fame family, focused on boats and the stories behind them.

    The problem
    Boats carry histories and communities that are rarely recorded in one place.
    What it does
    Applies the Fame approach to vessel stories and boating culture. A separate product from AutoFame.

    Description pending verification against source.

    QRMapper

    Active

    Dynamic QR codes that never expire: edit destinations anytime without reprinting, schedule redirects, and track scan analytics.

    The problem
    Printed materials—packaging, signage, menus, and flyers—are permanent, but the links, files, and destinations behind them change, leading to costly reprints or broken links.
    What it does
    Encodes permanent short links into customizable QR codes so teams can change the destination URL, file, contact card, or message at any time after printing, schedule automated redirects, set fallback Safe Home URLs, and view live scan location analytics.
  3. 03

    Remaining aligned with Jesus

    If Jesus is our standard, how do we lead and decide?

    Automated daily scripture posts for church social media across Facebook, Instagram, and X.

    The problem
    Church staff and volunteers spend hours each week finding passages, designing graphics, writing captions, and manually posting across social channels.
    What it does
    Writes, designs, and schedules daily scripture posts on branded cards using a curated library of 477 real Bible passages across 21 themes (with zero verses generated by AI), allowing churches to set their themes and schedule while maintaining review control before posts go live.