CThe expert in your corner

Who is Clarence?

The knowledgeable, level-headed adviser every small business deserves — minus the jargon, the fees, and the airs.

The adviser you’d hire — if you could

When you run a business on your own, you wear every hat. You’re the founder, the marketer, the buyer, the boss and the bookkeeper — often before lunch. The people who could help you carry it — a good consultant, a patient lawyer, a sensible accountant — cost more than most small businesses can justify, and half the time they answer in a language you need a translator for.

Clarence is here to change that. It’s a friendly business guide that gets to know what you do and where you want to take it, then helps wherever you need a hand — branding, customers, suppliers, hiring, agreements and the rest. You ask in plain words; it gives you a clear answer, a simple plan, and the documents to match.

“The expertise of the people you’d love to hire, for the price of a couple of coffees a month — and not a word of jargon.”

Why the name?

Clarence is named after Clarence Darrow — a lawyer remembered not for clever tactics, but for plain dealing and a belief that fairness beats point-scoring every time. That’s the spirit we built into the product: helpful, honest, and squarely on the side of the person asking.

The same Clarence runs quietly behind a family of products — for law firms, for businesses doing their own deals, and for people learning the ropes. This one, Clarence Business, is the version made for you: the owner doing it all, who just wants a straight answer and a bit of breathing room.

What Clarence is for you

Three things you can count on, every time you ask.

On your side

Clarence works for you and no one else. No upselling, no hidden agenda — just the steer you’d get from a sharp friend who happens to know business inside out.

Plain English

Ask in your own words and get a straight answer back. No jargon, no ten-page reports — just what it means for you and what to do next.

Practical

Every answer comes with a short plan you can actually act on, and the documents to go with it — ready to download and use.

Straight with you about the limits, too

Clarence helps with everything about running your business — except the money side, which is its own world. And when something really is one for a qualified professional, it’ll say so plainly rather than wing it. Trust is the whole point.

Meet Clarence for yourself

Ask it anything about your business. 14 days free, no card needed to start.