About
Software built by an operator.
Cardo isn't a SaaS company that decided to target service businesses. It's a service business that built its own software — and then realized other businesses needed it too.
The story.
I'm Carter Tinnerman. I run Southern Shores Moving, a moving company in Alabama. About a year ago, I went looking for a CRM that could handle scheduling, dispatch, time tracking, SMS, payments, drip campaigns, and crew management — all in one place.
Nothing existed. Or rather — what existed was either ten different tools I had to glue together, or one expensive SaaS with a workflow that didn't match how my business actually runs.
So I built one. I'm not a traditional developer — I built it with AI assistance, one piece at a time, while running the moving company. Twelve months later, it runs the entire business end-to-end.
Then other service business owners started seeing it. A landscaper. A cleaner. Two other movers. They all asked the same question: "Can you build me one?"
That's what Cardo is.
Why this is different.
Most CRM companies are run by people who've never dispatched a crew, never argued with Stripe about a chargeback, never had a customer call at 6am to reschedule. I have. I do. Every week.
When you use Cardo, you're using software that solves problems I've hit in production — not problems someone imagined in a roadmap meeting.