The Lost Co

Stop Building Brittle Automations

Transform your automation approach from fragile one-offs to a disciplined practice. Our structured onboarding program builds the foundations, governance, and first high-value workflows that actually scale with your business.

Automation Onboarding Investment

Clear pricing for automation practice build & handover

Discovery Phase

$2,200

3-week assessment of your current processes and automation opportunities

  • Process mapping & waste analysis
  • Automation opportunity scoring
  • Governance framework design
  • Implementation roadmap & quote
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Full Program

$11,000-15,000

Complete automation practice build, deployment & handover (6-8 weeks after discovery)

  • Foundation & standards setup
  • First 2-3 high-ROI automations
  • Team training & governance setup
  • Comprehensive team training & handover

Optional Support

From $800/mo

Premium support tiers for ongoing partnership (optional)

  • Essential: Monitoring ($800-1,200/mo)
  • Professional: + development ($1,800-2,400/mo)
  • Managed: Full partnership ($2,800-3,500/mo)
  • Most clients operate independently

*Program pricing depends on team size and automation complexity requirements

Program Phases

Clear stage gates accelerate adoption and ensure measurable lift.

Ready to Accelerate Automation Onboarding?

Unlock rapid value with a structured, metrics‑driven enablement track.

Automation Onboarding Flow

SMB / Mid-Market Operations: From initial discovery to governed production workflows with monitoring & cost control.

Discovery & Intake

Process inventory, stakeholder interviews & idea backlog capture.

1
Step 1 progression node

Scoring & Prioritisation

Effort / impact / feasibility scoring & roadmap draft.

2
Step 2 progression node

Foundation Build

Naming, secrets handling, logging, error routing & retry patterns.

3
Step 3 progression node

Pilot Automations

Ship first 2–3 workflows with observability & rollback safety.

4
Step 4 progression node

Governance & Handover

Playbook, dashboards, promotion checklist & capability uplift.

5
Step 5 progression node
<60 daysFrom zero to governed practice