For trades and professional-service businesses in Ontario

Every business has one leak that costs the most. We find it and fix it.

Quotes that go quiet. Leads nobody calls back. The same data typed in three places. UpShift finds the single most expensive problem in your business, builds a system around how your team already works, and runs it with you every month.

Book a revenue leak audit Estimate your leak
14 yrs
Inside the trades
1 leak
Fixed first, properly
Monthly
We keep it running
The leak, then the fixRunning
Quote sent, never followed up
Signed quote
Lead waits two days for a call
Booked job
Same data typed in three places
Entered once
Invoice sits unpaid
Paid invoice
We start with the one that costs you the most, not all four.
Built for
Contractors
Glazing & envelope
Home services
Clinics
Immigration & legal
How it works

Diagnose. Build. Run.

Diagnose
01
We find the single most expensive problem in your business and put a dollar figure on it.
You get: a short audit with the leak, its cost, and the one fix to make first.
Build
02
We build a custom system around how your team already works. No rip-and-replace.
You get: the fix live in your business, with your team trained on it.
Run
03
We operate and improve it with you every month, so it keeps paying off.
You get: a monthly retainer, a named owner, and results you can see.
Leak calculator

What are quiet quotes costing you?

Most contractors send the quote and wait. Move the sliders to match your business. The numbers are yours, not ours.

Quoted work going quiet / month
$96,000
If follow-up won back 1 in 10
$9,600
A rough estimate from your inputs, not a promise. The audit finds the real number.
Selected work

Systems we built, and still run.

Commercial glazing contractor
Estimating and operations, out of the spreadsheets.
Before: bids, takeoffs and job handovers lived in inboxes and scattered files.
  • Bid tracker and operations dashboard
  • AI-assisted estimating pipeline
  • Accounting and job handover automation
Healthcare training company
One operating system for two brands.
Before: leads, students and campaigns were spread across too many tools.
  • CRM and pipeline built around their process
  • Marketing and email engine for both brands
  • Internal operating system, run on retainer
Immigration practice
One intake form instead of ten.
Before: the same client details were retyped into long government forms.
  • Single client intake form
  • Automatic filling of government application PDFs
  • Less retyping, fewer errors
Client names kept private. References available on request.
About

Built by someone who's worked the floor.

I'm Soroush Shahriari. Before UpShift, I spent 14 years inside commercial glazing and construction: shipping, purchasing, running a curtain wall division, estimating, and project management.

I've seen where the money actually leaks. The quote nobody followed up on. The order typed in twice. The handover that lived in one person's head.

UpShift fixes that one expensive problem properly, then keeps it running, so it doesn't fall apart a month after launch.

Revenue leak audit

Tell me where it's leaking.

I'll review it and come back with where the money is going, what it's costing you, and the one fix to make first. No pitch deck, no 40-page report.

Replies within one business day
Soroush Shahriari, Founder

Got it. I'll review it and reply within one business day.