01 / Accountability
People own the handoff.
During a founding trial, technology can help carry the detail while the agreed team responsibilities and human handoffs are confirmed with the shop.
About & the Kitchen Sink
The field shouldn’t stop
for the office to catch up.
ATKS is an office support service for trade businesses. A founding trial may include agreed calls, scheduling, documents, or follow-up, using connected tools and your shop’s rules. Exact coverage is confirmed before work begins.
Where this started
We know the work
after the work.
Built around the work that follows every job. The calls between jobs. The schedule changes. The invoice you remember after dinner.
Those aren’t separate inconveniences. They’re connected office work, and when no one owns the connection, it lands back on the owner.
So we built around a different idea: agree on the people, tools, and follow-through before a founding trial begins. Let the owner stay the owner.
Current operator
Ricky O’Neal
Ricky is the current operator responsible for ATKS service direction, agreed scope, and accountability. He keeps the shop owner’s rules and judgment separate from the office work the ATKS team is asked to carry.
How we work
Useful beats impressive.
ATKS editorial publishes the Office Notes. Ricky is responsible for service direction and accountability; that operator responsibility is distinct from article authorship. The measure isn’t how many tools we can show you. It’s whether the next step has an owner.
02 / Control
Your shop sets the rules.
Your pricing, your service area, your judgment. Work outside the agreed rules comes back to you.
03 / Honesty
Fit before a sale.
We define what we can take on before starting. No borrowed testimonials. No results we haven’t earned.
Starting close to home
Help build a better
workday for your trade.
We’re building for trade businesses, with founding conversations starting in Chicagoland. We confirm fit, coverage, and scope before offering a trial; applying does not guarantee a place. Founding shops can try an agreed scope for free and give us honest feedback. We’ll ask permission before sharing anyone’s experience publicly.
Apply for the founding trial