Australian SaaS & Software Product Studio

Practical software, built around real work.

eRichLabs creates focused SaaS products that simplify operations, reduce repetitive administration and give business owners clearer control over the work that matters.

Illustration of business work moving through organised software, owner approval and completion.

Software should fit the business—not the other way around.

Too many businesses are forced to reshape their work around rigid software. eRichLabs starts with the real workflow, removes unnecessary complexity and builds practical systems people can understand and control.

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Built for real workflows

Products begin with the way people actually quote, organise, communicate, approve and complete work.

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Useful automation, clear control

Automation should remove repetitive effort while keeping important decisions visible and accountable.

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Designed to grow responsibly

Strong foundations, clear permissions and measured expansion help products scale without sacrificing trust.

Products from eRichLabs

Founding product — in development

MyTradieOS

MyTradieOS is being developed for Australian tradies and small trade businesses that want a more practical way to manage quotes, invoices, payments and everyday administration.

Availability, features and pricing remain subject to the founding-customer release.

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Illustrative MyTradieOS concept showing a job workflow across laptop and mobile.
Illustrative MyTradieOS product concept — final features, interface and availability remain subject to development and validation.

More practical software is in the lab.

eRichLabs will expand carefully into business software opportunities where repetitive work, disconnected systems and poor user control create genuine problems.

From operational problem to dependable product

Four-stage product process from understanding a problem through building, validation and improvement.

Understand the work

Map the real process, users, constraints and points of friction.

Build the smallest useful solution

Prioritise a safe, professional product over feature bloat.

Validate with real users

Learn from actual working conditions

Improve with control

Expand capability with testing, monitoring, permissions and accountable release practices.

Product capabilities

SaaS product strategy and validation
Workflow and operations software
Responsive web applications
Customer and business portals
Secure API and integration design
Payments and business-process integrations
AI-assisted workflows with owner approval controls
Product analytics, monitoring and iterative improvement

AI should assist—not quietly take control.

eRichLabs explores AI where it can prepare work, surface what needs attention and support approved actions. Important business decisions should remain understandable, permissioned and auditable.

Capability is introduced carefully, with people able to see what the system is doing and when they need to step in.

AI capabilities are introduced only where they provide practical value, with clear permissions and owner oversight.

Illustration of a software suggestion requiring human approval before an action is completed.

Founder-led. Product-focused. Built with ambition.

eRichLabs is an Australian software product studio founded by Eric Hardess. It combines practical business experience, product strategy and modern software development to create tools that make everyday work simpler and more manageable.

The studio's first major product is MyTradieOS, developed around the needs of Australian trade businesses. eRichLabs is being built as the home for a growing portfolio of focused SaaS products with the potential to serve customers well beyond Australia.

Founder-led software studio workspace with product research, interface planning and workflow design.

Have a business-software problem worth solving?

We are interested in practical product opportunities, early users, experienced collaborators and partners who value useful software and responsible growth.

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