Growing up in Naperville, I watched my parents and their friends struggle with their small businesses - spending weekends doing data entry, manually sending the same emails over and over, and staying up late just to keep up with administrative tasks.

That's when I discovered Zapier and Make.com during a summer coding camp. I started by automating my own homework organization system, then helped my mom's friend connect her online store to her accounting software. Word spread around our neighborhood, and I realized I could actually help local businesses with something I genuinely enjoy doing!

Beat the Clock isn't some big corporate agency - it's just me, a high school student who happens to be really good at making computers do the boring stuff so business owners can focus on what they're passionate about.