FOR EAST BAY SMALL BUSINESSES

Websites That Bring In Customers

For contractors, nail salons, restaurants and other local businesses. Designed and built by one designer, with booking and Google set up, and looked after every month once it is live.

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What We Do

What do you need?

Start with the website. Add booking and Google when you are ready. Bring us the bigger systems when you outgrow it.
A New Website
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Websites
A New Website
Designed with you, built for phones, and looked after every month once it is live.
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Online Booking
Websites
Online Booking
Square, Vagaro, Fresha, Housecall Pro, Jobber or Resy, connected to your site.
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Get Found on Google
Local SEO
Get Found on Google
Your Google Business Profile, reviews and local pages, kept current every month.
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Apps & Automation
Software
Apps & Automation
CRMs, apps and custom tools, for when your business outgrows the website.
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Divisions under one group
Technology, real estate and PropTech, digital and operations — run together, not referred out.

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+
Systems shipped and running
Automations, internal tools and property systems still in production.

15

Operators across the group
Small on purpose. You work with the people who do the work.

15

+
Years operating across Asia and North America
Technology, property and digital growth on both sides of the Pacific — as operators, not advisers.
Websites
online booking
Google Business Profile
local SEO
apps & automation
Built to Be Found
Our Work

Websites and systems we have built

Websites, online stores, booking and the systems behind them, for local businesses. No client is named here: what we show is what we built.
A Members' Platform and iOS App - CAO Investment Group case study
A Members’ Platform and iOS App
From Website to CRM and Call Booking - CAO Investment Group case study
From Website to CRM and Call Booking
Rebuilding an Inherited Website - CAO Investment Group case study
Rebuilding an Inherited Website
Brand and Storefront for a Furniture Retailer - CAO Investment Group case study
Brand and Storefront for a Furniture Retailer
Local Business, Run End to End - CAO Investment Group case study
Local Business, Run End to End
OUR SMART PEOPLE

The people behind CAO.

Small on purpose. You talk to the person who does the work.
Peter N.
Peter N.
Founder & CTO
Jack B.
Jack B.
Co-Founder & Head of Engineering
Kim L.
Kim L.
Co-Founder & Head of PropTech
Jonnathan P.
Jonnathan P.
Head of Property Operations
Lily P.
Lily P.
Head of Operations
Katie T.
Katie T.
Head of Marketing

Partnered with operators who are building something

“We invest where we can also operate, so the strategy we recommend is always the strategy we help you actually run.”

"They built the system, then helped us run it."

They mapped how we actually worked, then replaced three manual processes with one platform our team will genuinely use. The reporting alone changed how we make decisions. It is rare to find a partner who understands the technology and the business.

Technology client
Operations lead, 12-person firm

"Our operations finally match our ambitions."

We own property across two markets and had almost no real visibility into either one. They rebuilt our operations on modern systems and now we see problems before our tenants do. The portfolio runs on a fraction of the admin time it used to.

Property client
Owner, two-market portfolio

"The only partner who stayed past launch."

Marketing had always been a line item we could not measure. They rebuilt it as a system with clear attribution, and within two quarters we could tell exactly which work was generating pipeline. That clarity is worth more than the spend itself.

Digital client
Owner, local services business

The return on investment was immediate.

Finding a consulting firm that truly understands both high-level software architecture and practical AI integration is rare. Their tech division didn’t just give us generic advice; they provided hands-on infrastructure strategies that modernized our entire tech stack. The return on investment was immediate.

Marcus T.
Tech Startup Founder

Like having a secret weapon for your business.

Working with the CAO team is like having a secret weapon for your business. Whether we needed to optimize our local marketing strategy or build out complex web automation behind the scenes, they handled it seamlessly. It is incredibly rare to find a partner that delivers such high quality across so many different disciplines.

Elena K.
Serial Entrepreneur
OUR RECENT POSTS

Notes on technology, property & digital growth.

Field notes from the work: what we are building, what is changing in property technology, and where digital growth is actually paying off for operators.
Close-up of a tablet displaying analytics charts on a wooden office desk, alongside a smartphone and coffee cup.
Operations

Booking Tool Local SEO: Features and Costs

  • September 9, 2026
  • Lily P.
Focused business analysis with charts and graphs on a laptop in a modern office setting.
Technology

Hire Developer vs Buy Software: The Real Trade-offs

  • September 7, 2026
  • Lily P.
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Technology

Build or Buy Decision: What Small Businesses Get Wrong

  • September 6, 2026
  • Lily P.

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