02Weeks 1-4
SYSTEM
- Full data model — projects, pipeline, tasks, invoices, expenses
- Mobile + desktop UI built end-to-end
- Project P&L + studio cash position dashboards
- Migration from 5 legacy tools
Internal — we eat our own cooking
Itqan Studio CRM
Delivered in 6 weeks
industry average 4-6 monthsReplaced 5 tools. Friday P&L: 8h → 15 min.
Timeline
6 weeks
Scope
Studio CRM, invoicing, financial reporting, e-invoicing
Industry
Internal — we eat our own cooking
Outcome
Replaced 5 tools. Friday P&L: 8h → 15 min.
Before Itqan
I was running the studio across five tools. Every Friday I rebuilt the project P&L by hand. I was losing a full day a week to reconciliation.
We were running Itqan across five disconnected tools. Every Friday I rebuilt the project P&L by hand. Invoices lived in one place, expenses in another, project health in a third. A full day of every week disappeared into reconciliation.
The bridge
What we actually built.
03Weeks 5-6
AUTOMATION
- UAE-compliant e-invoicing built in (not bolted on)
- Automatic credit notes + expense categorization
- Real-time KPI digests piped to founder phone
After
From invisible to inevitable.
Friday reconciliation collapsed from 8 hours to 15 minutes. Every metric — pipeline value, project margin, cash position — live, on phone or laptop. The studio runs on one system instead of five, and the tool now ships as a product to other studios.
What we shipped
We didn't adapt our workflow to fit a tool. We built the tool to fit how we actually work. The difference is felt every single day.