Business Growth Advisory · Greater Boston

Enterprise-grade systems. Installed inside small businesses.

We bring the operating discipline and AI-native systems that used to be reserved for nine-figure companies into small and mid-sized businesses — installed, integrated, and running.

Founded by Peter Lewis — twenty-five years building enterprise platforms at Verisk and UKG, now operating a 5,000 sq ft franchise in Massachusetts that runs on agentic AI he designed himself.

Tempo
● Live · Cadence Diagnostic
Tempo · 0:00
Hi — I'm Tempo. I'm an AI agent built by Cadence Advisers to run a quick diagnostic on your business. It takes about five minutes. By the end, I'll show you where your business is out of rhythm and roughly what those gaps are costing you. Ready to start?
Yes — let's go.
Tempo · 0:08
Great. First question: what kind of business do you run, and roughly how many people are on the team — including yourself?
Tempo · typing
▸ No call required · No sales pitch · Output emailed to you
Note on the hero Tempo is shown mid-conversation deliberately — the buyer should see the agent working, not just sitting idle. The avatar circle is sized to receive your photorealistic avatar (56x56 in this mock; full implementation should be larger or expand on hover). The pulsing green dot signals "live agent, available now." When the actual agent integrates, the input becomes functional. For the V1 launch, this can ship as a static visual that triggers the real agent on click.
25+
Years Enterprise Tech Leadership
$10M+
SaaS Revenue Built From Zero
100+
Global Enterprise Clients Served
Note on the proof strip These three numbers are pulled from your bio: the 25+ years at Verisk/UKG, the eight-figure ARR built on AIR Cloud (rendered as $10M+ for visual punch), and the 100+ enterprise clients served. As real Cadence Advisers numbers come in (clients onboarded, revenue recovered for clients), these will rotate to reflect Cadence work directly. For launch — when there are no Cadence clients yet — these credential-numbers carry the proof load. They're true, defensible, and uncommon for an SMB consultancy to be able to cite.
What we install

Three outcomes. They compound.

Most engagements start with one. By month three, the systems are reinforcing each other — and the business is operating at a level it couldn't reach by hiring alone.

01 / Revenue

Stop losing the revenue you've already earned.

Most operators we meet are leaking 15–30% of their addressable revenue to missed calls, slow follow-up, dormant prospects, and customers who quietly stopped coming back. We install the systems that close those leaks — and report on the recovered dollars every quarter.

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02 / Operations

Build the discipline that runs without you.

A business that depends on the owner's vigilance has a ceiling. We install the operational rhythm — the diagnostics, the workflows, the AI agents — that executes the right action at the right time, every time, whether you're watching or not.

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03 / Value

Build a business worth more, year over year.

The systems we install don't just fix the daily problems. They create the operating data, the documented processes, and the reduced founder-dependency that quietly increase the business's transferable value — whether you ever sell it or not.

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Note on the three outcomes This is the upmarket reframe of "Stop Losing Calls / Leads / Customers." The original framing was correct for an HVAC operator. For the broader audience — and the kind of buyer who reads "enterprise-grade" in the hero and adjusts their expectations upward — Revenue / Operations / Value lands harder. The third outcome (transferable value) is particularly important because it appeals to the operator who's quietly thinking about a future sale, even if he isn't ready to say so.
Recent work

Three businesses. Three problems. One discipline.

We've installed the same operating model across very different businesses. The mechanics are different per industry. The outcome is the same.

Beauty & Wellness · Multi-Tenant

How a Massachusetts studio location automated its operating model with two AI agents.

30+Pros operating
24/7Coverage, no staff

A 5,000 sq ft multi-tenant facility supporting 30+ independent professionals — running on agentic AI Peter built and operates personally.

[Industry · Project Type]

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$XXKRevenue recovered
XX hrsOwner hours back

[One-sentence description of the customer and the situation, neutral and specific.]

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$XXKRevenue recovered
X.X→X.XReview average

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Note on featured work IMAGE Studios Sharon is set up as the lead case study — described as "a Massachusetts studio location" rather than naming IMAGE Studios directly, per your earlier direction. Once you have at least one external client to publish (with permission), the lead position should rotate to that work, and IMAGE moves to second or third position. The two placeholder cards represent case studies we'll write as you complete client engagements.
The firm

An advisory firm built by an operator who's done both sides.

Cadence Advisers was founded by Peter Lewis, who spent twenty-five years at Verisk and UKG building and running enterprise technology platforms — including AIR Cloud, an eight-figure SaaS business he conceived and launched from zero. In 2024, he turned the same systems thinking on a small business: a 5,000 sq ft multi-tenant location in Sharon, Massachusetts, running on agentic AI he designed himself.

The firm exists to close the gap between what enterprise companies have access to and what small businesses do — now that AI has made the gap closeable.

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Real photo of Peter at IMAGE Studios Sharon. Editorial, desaturated, considered. Not a corporate headshot.
The Operator's Edge

A weekly conversation on running small businesses well.

Short videos and written companions. The challenges of running a small business, the opportunities the AI revolution opens up, and how operators are using both to build something durable.

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Episode 01 · 7 min

Why most "AI strategies" are just expensive distractions.

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Episode 02 · 9 min

The three things every small business should automate first.

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Episode 03 · 6 min

What enterprise companies know about operating discipline.

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Note on Insights These three episode titles are placeholder concepts that match the brand voice. They establish the editorial range: Episode 01 is the contrarian take (positions you above the AI hype), Episode 02 is the practical playbook (helps the operator immediately), Episode 03 is the strategic frame (positions your enterprise background as relevant to small business). When you record real episodes, replace these — but the *pattern* of one contrarian, one practical, one strategic is a strong content rhythm to maintain.

Ready when you are.

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