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Samuel C.

@SamChicquen

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I Turn Owner Dependent Work Into Scalable Systems

$72 USD / Hour

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Canada (7:44 PM)

Joined on May 5, 2026

1 Recommendation

$72 USD / Hour

The business is not failing. It just runs on you. Work moves, clients get served, leads come in, but only because you keep catching what the workflow misses. The moment you step back, things slip. That is not a staffing problem. It is a systems problem. Sam came up the hard way, working real deadlines until systems became second nature. He spent years inside service businesses watching teams waste hours on work that should not require a person. Daubix builds the AI systems that close those gaps.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ How I Work 1. Discover and Diagnose I walk through how work moves through your business and find where time and money are bleeding. 2. Design and Build I pick the highest-impact workflow first and build around your existing tools. Tested with real data before it goes live. 3. Launch and Optimize I monitor the system after launch, catch edge cases early, and expand as the business grows.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Track Record Daubix has built 15+ AI automation systems across lead generation, phone handling, and service-business operations. 1,700+ hours saved across clients. Results have included inquiries moving 3x faster, admin time cut by 60%, and $8,900 per month saved in manual processing. Past builds include a speed-to-lead qualification system filtering 58% of poor-fit leads with sub-60-second follow-up, an AI agent handling marketing replies and social engagement that saved 25 hours per week, and a support chatbot that cut human interaction by 32%. Before Daubix, Sam worked inside real sales and operations. Number one appointment setter at TheHomesHero in under 30 days, 1,000+ homeowners managed in the pipeline, and $15K to $25K per month in consistent revenue generated for the team. Who I Work Best With Founders and teams who already have real work moving but the operation is still too manual. If your business runs on copied data, repeated replies, manual follow-up, missed handoffs, or the founder holding the whole thing together, that is where I can help. The first step is a conversation. I will find where the work breaks down and build from there.

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Sabrina J.

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$250 CAD

25 days ago

Local Lead Router to Trello CRM

Working with Samuel was excellent. He was professional, understood the project quickly, and needed little explanation. He understood the business from a founder and operational standpoint, not just the task. His real estate experience made the process smooth. He delivered early and added helpful dashboard features we had not planned for. We will definitely hire him again and may bring him onto the team as a developer.

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Experience

Founder

Dec, 2025 - Present

5 months, 10 days

Daubix

Dec, 2025 - Present

5 months, 10 days

I founded Daubix as an AI automation agency after watching service businesses waste hours on work that should not require a person. I build the systems that close those gaps. Lead follow-up, phone handling, internal operations. We find where the business is bleeding time and money, build around the existing workflow, and replace the manual weight with automation that runs without the founder in the middle.

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Ottawa, Canada

Dec, 2025 - Present

5 months, 10 days

Sales Representative

Jul, 2025 - Dec, 2025

5 months

The Homes Hero

Jul, 2025 - Dec, 2025

5 months

Operations and Systems Lead Pre-foreclosure sales operation doing around $25K/month. I handled the front end: responding to inbound leads, qualifying them, and keeping follow-up running across SMS, email, and phone. Built an intake system that knocked out about 58% of unqualified leads before they ever hit the closers.

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Ottawa, Canada

Jul, 2025 - Dec, 2025

5 months

Founder

May, 2024 - Nov, 2025

1 year, 5 months

Creative Financed Properties LTD

May, 2024 - Nov, 2025

1 year, 5 months

Founder and Operations This was my own operation. I sourced off-market properties through outbound, qualified them, and ran follow-up until they converted. Built the system that handled first response, nurture, and routing so leads moved from inquiry to booked appointment without me chasing each one. Also managed the deal side: evaluating properties, negotiating offers, and handling disposition.

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Ottawa, Canada

May, 2024 - Nov, 2025

1 year, 5 months

Education

Algonquin College

2021 - 2023

2 years

Automotive Service Technician

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Canada

2021 - 2023

2 years

Qualifications

Building with the Claude API

2026

Anthropic

Provider: Anthropic Issued: April 2026 Certification ID: 6xno9sp2yarx Completed Anthropic's official course covering the full spectrum of working with Anthropic models using the Claude API.

2026

Introduction to Model Context Protocol MCP

2026

Anthropic

Provider: Anthropic Issued: April 2026 Certification ID: 2wopt89w8sfb Completed Anthropic's official course on building Model Context Protocol servers and clients from scratch using Python, covering MCP's core primitives including tools, resources, and prompts to connect Claude with external services.

2026

Claude Code In Action

2026

Anthropic

Provider: Anthropic Issued: April 2026 Certification ID: g5o3zvahs72m Completed Anthropic's official course on integrating Claude Code into a development workflow, covering practical implementation of AI-assisted coding in real projects.

2026

Publications

Business Operations, Growth, and AI

2026

Samuel Chicquen

Five articles on business growth and AI, written for founders and operators. Operations topics: founder-dependent businesses losing leads, why hiring more staff doesn't fix broken operations, what a real growth system looks like, and the thinking behind Daubix. AI topics: Klarna's $60M agent rollout and where it backfired, why most companies use ChatGPT instead of real AI, and why the early AI adoption window is closing.

2026

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Preferred Freelancer Program SLA

Articles

How Founder-Dependent Businesses Lose Leads

How Founder-Dependent Businesses Lose Leads

May 10, 2026

Most businesses do not lose leads because the offer is wrong. They lose them because follow-up depends entirely on the founder's attention.

Why Hiring More Staff Does Not Fix Broken Operations

Why Hiring More Staff Does Not Fix Broken Operations

May 10, 2026

Hiring into a broken system multiplies the mess. Before adding more people, founders need process clarity.

What a Growth System Actually Looks Like

What a Growth System Actually Looks Like

May 10, 2026

A growth system is not a tool, a campaign, or a CRM. It is the connected path from attention to lead capture, follow-up, conversion, delivery, and rep

Most Businesses Aren't Using AI. They're Just Using ChatGPT.

Most Businesses Aren't Using AI. They're Just Using ChatGPT.

May 9, 2026

88% of businesses claim to use AI, but only 5.5% see real financial returns. This article explains the difference between a ChatGPT subscription and a

The AI Window Is Closing. Where Does Your Business Stand?

The AI Window Is Closing. Where Does Your Business Stand?

May 8, 2026

AI adoption is accelerating in 2026, and waiting is no longer a neutral position. Businesses that move deliberately now will compound an advantage tha

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