Claude Implementation · For Small and Midsize Businesses

You have Claude. We make it work.

We help businesses move from experimenting with Claude to running on it.

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The Problem

Access isn't the problem.
Implementation is.

Claude is extraordinarily capable. The bottleneck is almost never the technology — it's the translation from raw capability into how your business actually runs.

01
Experimenting, not implementing You've tried Claude. Maybe your team has too. But there's no system — just occasional use that hasn't changed how the business runs.
02
Generic prompts, generic results Out of the box, Claude is general-purpose. The work that turns a general-purpose tool into something tuned to your business is configuration: prompts, review steps, the way your team actually uses it.
03
No one owns it Claude implementation falls between IT, operations, and whoever suggested it. Without a clear owner, it stalls — every time.
What we believe
Small businesses move fast.
With the right implementation, Claude moves with them.
Named for Claude Shannon — the mathematician who founded information theory — we treat working with Claude as a learnable, systematic practice. Small and midsize businesses deserve that method as much as anyone, and move faster once they have it.
Not magic. Method.
Services

Scoped for small and midsize businesses. Clear deliverables, no enterprise overhead.

Pricing reflects scope and team size. Every engagement starts with a conversation.

Retainer

Fractional Head of AI

Ongoing Claude strategy and implementation — your embedded specialist without the full-time hire.

  • Monthly workflow audit and prioritization
  • Prompt library development and maintenance
  • Team enablement and adoption coaching
  • Quarterly implementation roadmap
From $4,000 / month
3-month minimum
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Engagement

Scoped Engagement

One high-leverage workflow, fully implemented. Fixed scope, fixed timeline, clear deliverable.

  • Workflow discovery and process mapping
  • Custom prompt system design
  • Tool integration and testing
  • Documentation and handoff materials
  • 30-day post-delivery support
From $7,500
4–6 week delivery
✓ Money-back guarantee — if the workflow doesn't work as scoped, you pay nothing.
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Workshop

Team Workshop

Half or full day, in person or remote. Your team leaves as capable Claude practitioners, ready to build with Claude, not just chat with it.

  • Needs assessment before the session
  • Prompt engineering for your specific use cases
  • Live workflow building exercises
  • Custom reference guide and prompt templates
  • Follow-up Q&A session
Half-day · Up to 8 peopleFrom $3,500
Full-day · Up to 12 peopleFrom $6,000
In-person engagements: travel billed at cost.
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Industries

Built for specific industries.

We work in specific industries and go deep on each. The pages below cover the workflows, terminology, and decisions that shape the work in that field.

Small business
Claude for Small Business

Reconciliation, month-end close, the Monday-morning brief, and campaign launches, configured for how a small business actually runs.

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Financial services
Claude for Financial Services

Portfolio reviews, meeting prep, planning deliverables, and client follow-up, configured for how a small advisory practice works.

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Nonprofits
Claude for Nonprofits

Grant proposals, year-end fundraising, program reporting, and board decks, configured for nonprofits running on one team.

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Legal
Claude for Law Firms

Document review, intake, drafting, and matter management, configured around how legal practice actually works.

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Approach

Specific. Testable. Measurable.

1
Diagnose before prescribing
Every engagement starts with a workflow audit. We find the leverage before recommending anything.
2
Build for your context
Prompts, systems, and workflows built around your specific business — not someone else's template.
3
Test against real outputs
Does it save time? Does it improve quality? We iterate until the answer is clearly yes.
4
Transfer capability, not dependency
We're done when your team can run and extend the implementation on their own.
Founder
John Crowley

John Crowley is the founder of Shannon Advisory. He is a graduate of West Point, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Kennedy School, with experience across some of the world's leading institutions and venture-backed startups, and works with small and midsize businesses on Claude implementation.

West Point Harvard Business School Harvard Kennedy School
Goldman Sachs Blackstone McKinsey & Co.
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Partner
Ryan Kashtan

Ryan Kashtan is a partner at Shannon Advisory. He began his career as an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell before moving into management consulting at Boston Consulting Group. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School, where he graduated cum laude, and a BA in Public Policy from Duke University.

Duke University Harvard Law School
Davis Polk & Wardwell Boston Consulting Group
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Claude can do more for your business once it's configured for how you run it.

No pitch deck. Just an honest conversation about where you are and whether we can help.

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