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What I Use to Run Multiple Businesses

The actual stack behind several companies, and the rules that keep it from sprawling.

By Chris G Jones · · 3 min read

Fewer tools, better documented

Running more than one business punishes complexity. Every extra tool is another login, another integration, another thing nobody maintains.

My rule: if a tool is used by one person only, it gets cancelled or absorbed.

The core stack

This covers the majority of daily work.

  • Notion for process and documentation
  • ClickUp for project delivery
  • GoHighLevel for CRM and follow-up
  • Xero for accounts, Stripe for payments
  • ChatGPT and Claude for drafting and editing

The real constraint

It is never software. It is whether the process is written down well enough that someone else can run it.

Documentation is the highest-leverage thing I do, and it costs nothing but time.