📍 Minneapolis, MN · Local Business Specialists

AI Tools & Automation
for Minneapolis Small Business.

Most local businesses — restaurants, dental offices, contractors, salons — run on gut instinct and spreadsheets. HutchGroup brings AI tools, workflow automation, and lead generation that actually works. Enterprise thinking from Medtronic, Target, and Sleep Number. Sized for the Minneapolis businesses that actually need it.

18+
Years of BA Experience
4
Live Products Built
100%
Founder-Led Engagements
$0
Wasted on Unnecessary Meetings
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The Honest Truth

"Running a business is already a full-time job. And if you've got a family at home? Good luck finding five minutes to breathe — let alone keep up with AI."

AI is moving fast. Even spending 40 hours a week with a heavy focus on AI tools and agent frameworks, it's nearly impossible to keep up. That's not a complaint — that's the reality for everyone who isn't fully immersed in this every single day.

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That's where HutchGroup comes in. The last two years have been spent deep in AI tools, automation frameworks, and building out real AI agent teams — learning how to configure and deploy them for actual business tasks. Not demos. Not slide decks. Real production work.

We sit down and have a conversation — completely free to you. We talk through your biggest pain points. Together we build a game plan that delivers real value to your business. You stay focused on what you do best. We handle the AI side. Simple as that.

Book a Free Conversation →
Shannon Hutcheson, CSM
Founder · HutchGroup LLC
What We Do

The right solution
at the right size.

No bloated agency retainers. No software you'll never use. Just the work that moves the needle for your business.

Workflow Automation

Stop paying people to do things computers should be doing. We map your current processes, identify the waste, and automate it — saving real hours every week.

Zapier · Make · Custom Scripts
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Custom CRM

Off-the-shelf CRMs are built for everyone, which means they're perfect for no one. We build you a CRM that fits your actual sales process — not the other way around.

Built for Your Business
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Process Analysis

18+ years of finding where businesses leak time and money. A full process audit reveals what's actually slowing you down — and the specific fixes that pay for themselves.

BA Methodology
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AI Integration

Real AI tools — not hype. We identify where AI can genuinely help your business and build practical integrations that your team will actually use.

Claude · GPT · Custom Models
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Digital Products

Need a customer portal, internal tool, or web app? We design, build, and deploy it. No feature bloat — just what you need, working on day one.

Web Apps · Internal Tools
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Local Business Marketing

Most local businesses are invisible online. We put you in front of the right people — Google, Facebook, Nextdoor, LinkedIn — and track every lead so you know what's working.

Google · Facebook · Nextdoor · LinkedIn
Local Marketing Packages

Get found. Get leads.
No long-term contract.

Flat-rate packages built for local businesses that need real results fast — not a 6-month agency engagement.

Monthly Growth Retainer

Stay top-of-mind every week. Consistent content, managed ads, and monthly reporting — without hiring a full-time marketer.

$650 / month
  • 2× social posts per week (written & scheduled)
  • Google Business Profile kept current
  • Facebook/Instagram ad management
  • Monthly leads report with recommendations
  • Quarterly strategy review call
  • Cancel anytime — no lock-in

💡 Best paired with

Start with the 30-Day Sprint, then roll into the retainer if the results speak for themselves.

See if it's a fit →

Custom Engagement

Need something bigger — landing pages, email sequences, multi-location campaigns, or full strategy? Let's build it together.

Let's talk
  • Local SEO & landing page builds
  • Email list setup & drip sequences
  • Chamber of Commerce & local partnership outreach
  • Multi-platform video content strategy
  • Full lead gen audit with prioritized roadmap
  • Pricing scoped to your specific needs
Schedule a Discovery Call →
Who We Help

Built for the businesses
big agencies ignore.

Enterprise-level thinking for local and small businesses that have outgrown their current systems but don't need a $500K implementation.

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Restaurants & Hospitality

Reservations, ordering, vendor management, staff scheduling — all automated.

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Law Firms

Client intake, document workflows, billing automation, and case tracking.

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Contractors & Trades

Quoting, scheduling, invoicing, and follow-up — running automatically.

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Retail & E-Commerce

Inventory, customer re-engagement, order workflows, and reporting dashboards.

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Healthcare & Dental

Appointment reminders, patient intake, referral tracking, and staff workflows.

How AI is changing healthcare →
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Real Estate

Lead management, listing automation, client follow-up, and deal tracking.

The Process

Simple. Fast. No surprises.

Every engagement starts the same way — with a conversation, not a contract.

1

Free Discovery Call

30 minutes. You tell me what's frustrating you. I listen and ask questions. No pitch, no pressure.

2

Process Audit

We map your current workflows and find exactly where the time and money are getting lost.

3

Build & Automate

Custom solution, built lean. You see progress weekly. We don't disappear for six months.

4

Hand Off & Train

You own it. Full documentation. Training included. No dependency on us to keep it running.

Our Mission

Big business tools.
Small business prices.
Real results.

HutchGroup LLC exists to close the gap between enterprise-level thinking and local business reality. We bring 18+ years of Fortune 500 strategy, AI, and automation to the businesses that need it most — but rarely get access to it. No jargon. No fluff. Just practical solutions that save time, generate leads, and actually work.

18+
Years of Expertise
Fortune 500
Experience, Local Prices
Zero
Bloated Retainers
About Hutch

You get the person
who does the work.

Career Background
Target Corporation · Medtronic · Sleep Number · M-RETS · API Group

Shannon Hutcheson, CSM — Senior Business Analyst and Certified ScrumMaster with 18+ years of experience bridging IT and business strategy across healthcare, financial services, and renewable energy. Most agencies hand your project to a junior consultant after the sales call. At Hutch Group, you talk directly to the person who's actually done this — at scale, at companies like Medtronic, Target, and Sleep Number.

That career included leading a $600M+ contact center modernization at Medtronic — a multi-year LLM and IVR program that automated patient call outcomes and cut E2E project cycle time by 20%, saving over $300K annually. At Target, he designed data validation frameworks for 65TB legacy migrations. At Sleep Number, he drove mobile app strategy and pioneered Agile adoption across IT teams.

All of that experience — diagnosing how work actually flows, finding where it breaks, and fixing it — is now available to small and local businesses that have never had access to that level of expertise. And unlike someone who just consults, Hutch Group actively ships real products: AI-powered tools, web apps, and digital platforms — built and running in production today.

Let's talk about your business → See What We've Built
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18+ Years as a Business Analyst

Healthcare, financial services, renewable energy, and retail. Process mapping, requirements translation, and cross-functional delivery at enterprise scale.

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$600M+ Program Leadership

Led Medtronic's multi-year contact center LLM modernization. 20% reduction in E2E cycle time. $300K+ in annual cost savings.

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CSM · BS Computer Science

Certified ScrumMaster, Scrum Alliance (2014–present). BS Informatics / Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington.

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AI-Native — Not AI-Curious

LLM prompt engineering, workflow automation, and AI integration — built into real products running in production, not just in slide decks.

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Operator, Not Just Advisor

Ran HutchGroup LLC: $1M+ inventory, $565K annual revenue, eBay Top Seller, Shopify Gold Star. He's been on your side of the table.

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Founder-Led, Always

Every discovery call, every audit, every build. You're never handed off to someone who doesn't know your business.

Not sure where to start?
That's what the call is for.

30 minutes. Free. We'll figure out together whether there's something worth building.

Book Your Free Discovery Call →

No commitment. No sales pitch. Just a conversation about your business.

Live Products

We don't just consult.
We build things too.

Active digital products — proof that the methodology works beyond the whiteboard.

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AI · Sports Cards · Portfolio

CardVault AI

Photograph a binder page and AI identifies every card — player, set, RC status, parallels, autos, serial numbers, eBay comps, and grading recommendations. (Goodbye, spreadsheet.)

🟢 Live Claude Vision eBay API PWA
Launch App ↗
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Automotive · Consumer

MyWindowSticker

Retrieve your vehicle's original manufacturer window sticker — the one from before the dealership got creative with the numbers.

🟢 Live Node.js Stripe
Launch App ↗
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Web3 · NFT Collectibles

Greedy Geckoz 2.0

2,222 procedurally generated digital collectibles with a built-in lottery system. The geckos are fictional. The value is real. (We're as surprised as you are.)

🟢 Live Web3 v2.0
Launch App ↗
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Analytics · Internal Tool

Shuffle Tips Portal

Internal analytics dashboard tracking crypto tip activity — flow analysis, counterparty breakdowns, and transaction history. The net position is best described as "a learning experience."

🟢 Live Chart.js Analytics
Open Dashboard ↗
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Investigation · Crypto Fraud · True Story

On The Case: Shuffle.com

$8.4M in crypto jackpots announced. Zero on-chain payouts found. HutchGroup LLC followed the money through three suspicious draws — and documented everything on the blockchain.

🔴 Active Case Blockchain Analysis Crypto Fraud Animated Story
View The Case ↗
Insights

Straight talk about
automation and AI.

No fluff. Practical takes on what actually works for small and local businesses.

Series Complete ⚡ No Industry Is Safe — 6 articles, 6 industries

AI isn't replacing your profession. It's replacing your busywork. Here's industry by industry proof.

Healthcare. Law. Finance. Education. Construction. Real Estate. Six deep dives into what's actually happening — and what it means if you run a business in any of these spaces.

🏥 Healthcare ⚖️ Law 📊 Finance 🎓 Education 🏗️ Construction 🏠 Real Estate
Get in Touch

Let's talk about
what you're building.

Start with a free 30-minute discovery call. We'll talk about your business, what's slowing you down, and whether there's something worth fixing together.

Book a Discovery Call →

Or email directly: dev@hutchgroupllc.com

HutchGroup ⚡
The Operator Brief
Weekly · Free

You're running the whole show.
You shouldn't have to figure out AI alone.

You're handling marketing, sales, operations, and product — all of it. Meanwhile AI is changing every week and you barely have time to breathe, let alone implement any of it. The Operator Brief cuts through the noise.

  • One AI tool per week — tested and broken down for a real business owner, not a developer
  • Automations under an hour — things you can actually implement without an IT department
  • Real examples from real businesses — restaurants, contractors, salons, dental — not tech startups
  • The shortcut — 40 hours of keeping up with AI, distilled into a 5-minute read
Join the operators who stay ahead.
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