Small business, technology, and the Owner Economy.
I'm a business owner and former tech leader exploring how people build, operate, and improve the businesses they own.
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Social audience across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Substack.
Asker
Built and launched software for owner-operators.
10+ years
Tech, operations, and people leadership.
Owner
Built and scaled a home service business from scratch.
The Modern Owner · Founding Cohort
Build AI tools for your business.
AI has made it possible for small business owners to build tools that used to require a whole tech team.
A hands-on space for owners who want to use AI to solve real problems in the businesses they already run. Let's see what you can build.
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Launching Fall 2026.
I'll be in touch as the Founding Cohort gets closer.
The Owner Economy
Meet a new owner every week.
Real stories, ideas, and tools from the Owner Economy. Long-form conversations with people about the businesses they built, the decisions they made, the turns they didn't expect, and what they learned along the way.
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Small business
How a small safety business went from bleeding cash to being acquired by a public company.
Recurring revenue, bad inventory decisions, aggressive growth, and a well-timed exit.
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Interior design
How to turn one client into your next five, then build 25 years of business without advertising.
Starting at 40, no advertising, 25 years of referrals.
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Wellness
Why you should build a business around the thing you can't stop learning about.
Acting, spiritual study, and following curiosity into a hypnotherapy practice.
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Short conversations with business owners.
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About Hannah
Hi, I'm Hannah.
I spent a decade in corporate tech before starting a small home services business in Portland. Everything I've done since sits at the intersection of technology, ownership, and building better businesses.
I run a business. I build software for how owner-operators actually work. I talk to a lot of other owners about the same.
The Owner Economy and The Modern Owner both come out of that.
Owner Tools
Things that make owning a business easier.
Useful tools, software, and systems I use, build, or recommend for small business owners.
Asker
Get more Google reviews.
I built Asker because I needed it for my own service business. If you're an owner-operator, you know how much Google reviews matter, and you also know that asking for them is the last thing on your mind while running your business.
Open the app, tap a contact, send a review request via iMessage. Under five seconds. It's the tool I built for myself when I kept forgetting to ask.
Free 7-day trial. Then $14.99/month.
