Founder story
I built Workhand because JobTread was too much and QuickBooks was not enough.
Andrew Bernardo. Project manager at a Florida pool builder. Solo bootstrapped under Innovative Ops LLC.
Andrew Bernardo. Project manager at a Florida pool builder. Solo bootstrapped under Innovative Ops LLC.
I run construction projects at a Florida pool builder. Every day I bounce between the office, three job sites, and a homeowner meeting. The tools our industry has do one of two things: they are enterprise construction software that assumes a superintendent, a dedicated PM, and an office admin (Procore, JobTread), or they are service-trade software that assumes recurring HVAC calls (Housecall Pro, Jobber).
Neither one fits a pool build. Neither one fits a five-person crew building a bathroom addition. Neither one fits a two-truck landscape install crew. So we did what most small construction crews do: we used QuickBooks for invoices, text messages for coordination, and a spreadsheet that someone always forgot to update.
After five years of watching that pattern fail, I built Workhand.
Innovative Ops LLC filed in Florida in November 2023. Workhand is the DBA. Headquarters in Wesley Chapel, FL. Every line of code, every design decision, every support email came from me.
I wrote the app phone-first because that is where the work actually happens. Estimates get built in driveways. Photos get taken on scaffolding. Chat happens while a mixer is running. The desktop dashboard came later, once the mobile app was solid.
I priced it low (free forever, $34.99 Pro, $89.99 Team) because I remembered what it felt like to pay $399 a month for software our crew used maybe 30 percent of.
The entire UI translates when your teammate switches language: English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil). Not just the marketing copy. The actual app. Every menu, button, and error message. Because your crew is bilingual and the software should be too.
Every estimate, invoice, chat message, and daily log lives on the phone. Everything queues offline when the job site has no signal. Stripe payments charge at 2.9 percent plus 30 cents, and Workhand adds zero platform markup. What Stripe charges is what you pay.
The desktop dashboard at dashboard.workhand.app has full parity with the mobile app. Use whichever screen is closest.
More integrations (Xero, Wave, more receipt sources). More languages (starting with Haitian Creole for the Miami crews I know). Deeper QuickBooks sync. Native tablet iPad app. Better reporting dashboards.
If there is something you want, email me. I read every email.
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