The busywork grew faster than anyone planned for.
It arrived one workaround at a time. A spreadsheet somebody built because the software couldn't do it. A step that only exists in one person's head. Three systems holding three versions of the same number. Every one of them made sense on the day it appeared — and together they now consume the time of people you hired for an entirely different set of work.
Most of what looks like a staffing problem is a process problem.
The audit comes first.
We don't design from a description of your work. We get into the systems your team uses every day and run the job ourselves, until we can see exactly where it grinds — then we map every handoff, approval and workaround, before anyone touches a tool.
The Dopenomics Effect — What We Take On
The operational audit
We map how work actually moves through your company, not how the org chart says it does. That means getting into the systems your team uses daily and working in them ourselves — the fastest way to find what people have stopped noticing because they've worked around it for years.
Your A.I. brain
One place that holds how the business operates, and answers questions about it. Your team asks it where a job stands or what a number is, in a tool they already have open, and it answers from your own data. Access is set by role, so people see what their job needs and nothing more.
Systems and infrastructure
The tools, data and integrations underneath the work. We fix the places where information is rekeyed by hand, lives in someone's inbox, or exists in three versions that disagree — and we build what doesn't exist yet, rather than bending your company around a software that clearly doesn't fit.
Processes and procedures
Written procedures that survive turnover and vacation. Updated to match how the job actually gets done. Owned, and kept where everyone on the team can get to them. Usable and active, instead of a twenty-year-old process no one knows how to use or why.
Internalizing and restructuring
Work scattered across vendors, contractors and departments comes back in-house, and the structure around it gets rebuilt rather than reassembled as it was. We set it up internally and make sure your team can run it before we step back.
Automation
We automate a process once it's sound. Automating a broken one gets you the same mess faster, which is why it comes after the rebuild rather than instead of it.
How an engagement goes
The form
A few questions about the company, about you, and about where the systems aren't flowing. It takes a few minutes and doesn't commit you to a call.
Who you'll be working with
Eric Waisanen learned to read risk counting cards, and he's been pricing it ever since. A philosophy graduate, he has founded and led companies in digital finance since 2017, and he serves as Chief Strategy Officer at AlphaGrowth, where he runs DeFi operations and the liquidity desk. He designs token economies, risk models and market-making strategy, and he advises businesses across crypto, finance and healthcare, from Mr. Shrimp, a South Florida restaurant chain, to the A.I. now being built for law firms and healthcare offices. His work has appeared in leading financial and crypto press, including CoinDesk and the New York Post, and he has lectured on tokenomics at the University of Nicosia.
Katie Frost is a business operator who builds companies from the ground up. Her experience spans law practices, startups, digital businesses, marketing and advertising, and as C.O.O. of Dopenomics she runs the operation end to end: development teams, projects, contracts and coordination. As a startup herself, she ran a social media agency for seven years, crafting marketing, design and branding campaigns for small businesses. With a rich tech background, she has assisted in classes teaching adults how to use emerging technologies, led podcast teams and hosted X Spaces for crypto companies. Her favorite part of business is coming alongside founders, finding where their processes, workflows and management can run better, and implementing improvements that make everyone's day-to-day lighter.
Eric is the brains behind Dopenomics. He started the company, runs the high-level infrastructure, vision-casts and high-level builds and maps. Katie runs the operation — dev teams, projects, tasks, coordination. Based out of Madison, AL, together they lead an international team of developers that develop software and structure and build across many different industries.
FAQ
Info dump. & Let's get nerdy.
Start with the form. Tell us how your company runs and what's giving you the most trouble. We read every submission and respond personally.
If it looks like a good fit, we'll send you a link to book a call.