studioJune 25, 2026Issue #44

TradeWork: Work platform for the trades

If you run a painting, plumbing, or electrician business, you know the drill. Estimates live in your phone notes. Invoices pile up as PDFs. Crews coordinate over text like it's 2008. Payments arrive by check, then by Venmo, then by Zelle, then by whatever the client decided to do that day.

The heavy CRMs are built for office workers who sit in front of a screen. The trade-specific apps are usually built for the office, not the truck.

TradeWork was built for the truck. It's a mobile-first platform that brings jobs, crews, invoices, and payments into one place. It's bilingual, so the office, the foreman, and the helper can all read the same job without decoding each other's notes.

Estimates, crew schedules, invoices, and payments live in one app. No more jumping between three different tools to figure out who's on call and whether the client paid.

Why this matters for us:
When the trades get organized, they stay in the neighborhood, and la gente who depend on them can actually count on getting work done right.

https://tradework.work

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