Real Businesses. Real Growth.
Here’s how they did it.
From Facebook Marketplace to Furnishing Restaurants
Mike, Founder · Summit Ski Chairs · Denver, CO
Mike started where a lot of great businesses start — with one product and a hunch. He was building custom chairs out of reclaimed ski equipment and selling them on Facebook Marketplace. The craftsmanship was there. The demand was there. But the infrastructure wasn't.
James Analytics built Summit Ski Chairs' online store, giving Mike a real storefront to match the quality of his work. With a professional presence and the tools to actually manage the business side, things moved fast.
Today, Summit Ski Chairs offers a full line of ski-infused furniture — picnic tables, wall-hanging bottle openers, coat racks, and of course, the chairs that started it all. Mike uses James FP&A to stay on top of his numbers as the business scales, tracking revenue across product lines and planning for what's next.
And what's next is big. Mike recently completed a deal to furnish an entire restaurant for a local chain — tables, seating, the works. That single project opened the door to future large-scale commercial work, turning a one-man craft operation into a brand with serious momentum.
“I went from selling chairs out of my garage to furnishing restaurants. Having real financial visibility through James changed how I think about the business — I'm not just building furniture anymore, I'm building a company.”
From Side Hustle to Full-Time Seller
Mitch, Entrepreneur · Sports Cards & Music
Mitch came to James Analytics the way a lot of our best customers do — he had a business that was growing faster than his ability to track it.
What started as selling a few sports cards on Whatnot turned into a full operation. Regular auction schedule. Growing inventory. Real revenue. The side project had become a profitable business, and Mitch needed financial planning tools that could keep up.
James FP&A gave him the clarity to understand where his money was going, what was actually profitable, and how to plan for growth instead of just reacting to it.
But Mitch isn't just building one business — he's building two. Alongside his sports card operation, he's been producing music. He now has two albums published across Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, and YouTube Music. Managing multiple revenue streams across completely different industries is exactly the kind of complexity that James was built for.
“I needed something that could handle the sports card business and the music side without overcomplicating things. James made it easy to see the full picture across both — what's working, what's not, and where to put my energy.”
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