Founder-led technology · Minnesota
Tell us what isn't working. We'll help figure out the technology.
Practical help for businesses with no in-house IT — AI, websites, accessibility, and custom software. Start with the problem. Build on a solid foundation.
Eridean · er·i·DE·an — a citizen of Eridu, the first city. To build from the ground up, on ground that lasts.
Sound familiar?
You don't need to know what technology you need.
Most people come to us with a business problem, not a technology request. That's the right way to start — we'll tell you the simplest sensible fix, and when the answer is "you don't need that."
"We spend every Friday rebuilding the same report by hand."
→ Workflow automation
"Customers keep calling because our website confuses them."
→ Web & UX fixes
"We heard AI could help, but we have no idea where."
→ AI opportunity review
"Someone said our site could get us sued over accessibility."
→ Accessibility audit
What we do
Five ways to solve a technology problem.
One senior person, twenty-eight years of building software, across the whole picture — so you're not handed between specialists.
Web accessibility audits & remediation
Most small-business websites fail WCAG, and the legal exposure is real and growing. We test properly — keyboard, screen reader, contrast — report what's actually broken, and fix it. Not a legal opinion; a technical one you can act on.
Remove the manual work
Document processing, workflow automation, internal assistants — and honest advice about where AI helps and where it doesn't.
Sites that support the business
New builds, rescues, forms, booking, analytics — made to work on a phone and actually convert.
The tool you can't buy
Dashboards, portals, quoting tools, spreadsheet replacements, progressive web apps — built to be maintained.
Senior judgment on call
Vendor review, software selection, "is this $20k quote reasonable?", roadmaps — independent, with nothing to sell you.
THE ENTRY POINT · $395 · 90 MINUTES
The Small Business Tech Checkup
A paid, low-risk way to get senior eyes on your whole operation — and a plain-English plan you can act on, whether or not you hire us next.
- 90-minute working session on your real workflows
- A prioritized list of 5–10 opportunities, scored by value and effort
- Your top three next actions — and what's not worth spending on yet
- Written up and delivered, yours to keep
Useful even if you never hire us again — which is exactly why we can sell it honestly.
Book a CheckupA genuine specialty
Is your website a legal liability?
Most small-business sites have real accessibility failures the owner has never been told about. We find them, explain the risk plainly, and fix what a scanner can't — the things that actually keep people out.
We report conformance against WCAG 2.2 AA as of the audit date. We don't sell overlay widgets — they don't fix the problem and have drawn lawsuits of their own. And we're not attorneys: legal questions belong with yours.
Who you're hiring
Senior help, without enterprise overhead.
Eridean is founder-led on purpose. You hire the person who plans the work, builds it, and stands behind it — not a sales team who hands you to juniors. Twenty-eight years as a software engineer, web developer, and delivery lead, plus teaching introductory AI to people who've never written a line of code.
That last part matters more than it sounds. The job here isn't to dazzle you with technology — it's to explain it plainly, recommend the simplest thing that works, and tell you honestly when the answer is to spend nothing at all.
The name says it: Eridean means "of the first city" — building from the ground up, on ground that lasts.
Latest writing
Plain-language notes on technology.
You probably don't need an app
"We should have an app" is one of the most expensive assumptions in small business. Usually there's a faster, cheaper answer that does the same job — here's how to tell.
Is your website a legal liability?
Most small-business websites have accessibility problems the owner has never been told about — and the lawsuits have moved down-market. Here's what that actually means for you.
Start here
Tell us what isn't working.
Send a note about the problem — no charge, no sales pitch. We'll reply within one business day and point you to the right next step, even if that's someone else.
Prefer to talk?
Book a free 30-minute intro call. We'll ask about the business problem, not the technology, and point you to the right next step — even if that's someone else.
Book an intro callOr email hello@eridean.com
Twin Cities · Minnesota