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Our story

We built Synclo because
we were drowning.

This is the story of a team that stopped growing, the long nights that followed, and the ERP we built so no founder would have to feel that way again.

Chapter 1 · The Monday meetings

Every Monday, the same question: where are we?

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We were a group of people from different departments. Sales, finance, HR, operations. Good people, working hard.

But every department had its own spreadsheets, its own systems and its own version of the truth. So every week we sat in a room for hours, just to find out what was happening in our own company. By the time we walked out, it was already out of date.

Our calendar, every week
Mon
Weekly statusSales syncWhere are we?Hiring updateNumbers again
Tue
Finance reviewHR updateChasing numbersStock checkLate payroll
Wed
Ops check-inProject statusBudget recapWhere are we?Client update
Thu
Dept syncReport reviewWhere are we?Training planFix the report
Fri
Board prepWeekly wrap-upFix the sheetTargets missedPlan next week

Hours in meetings. Nothing moving.

Chapter 2 · The wall

Then the growth stopped.

COMPANY PULSETARGETQ1Q2Q3Q4GOALS SLIPPING AWAYGROWTH: FLAT

Not because of the market. Not because of our customers. Because we were spending our days tracking work instead of doing it.

The goals we set kept slipping away. Our founders worked late every night and still could not see the whole picture.

We had the people. We had the customers. What we did not have was one version of the truth.
Our growth

Same team. Same customers. No progress.

Chapter 3 · One night, one question

Late one night, someone asked a simple question.

02:14AM · EVERYONE ELSE WAS ASLEEPnotes — untitledWhat if the company could justtell us where we are?

“What if the company could just tell us where we are? No meetings. No chasing. No spreadsheets passed from desk to desk.”

It sounded impossible. It was also the only idea that made sense.

One night, one question
What if the company could just tell us where we are?
No meetings.
No chasing.
Chapter 4 · Days and nights

We went looking for the answer everywhere.

United States · 123UK · 12Ireland · 5TürkiyeUAE · 13Pakistan · 35Africa · public sectorCOMPANIES STUDIED188PLUS GOVERNMENT TEAMS IN THEMIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

We left our desks and went to other companies. 123 small and large companies in the United States. 35 in Pakistan. 13 in the UAE. 12 in the United Kingdom. 5 in Ireland.

We worked with government and semi-government organisations across the Middle East and Africa, and with research partners in Türkiye who helped us go deeper. We ran surveys and sat with HR officers, accountants, warehouse managers and CEOs. Day and night. For months.

Months of research
188companies, small and large, studied first-hand
United States123
Pakistan35
United Arab Emirates13
United Kingdom12
Ireland5
Plus government and semi-government organisations across the Middle East and AfricaAnd research partners in Türkiye who helped us go deeper
Chapter 5 · The same story

And every one of them told us the same story.

INTERVIEW188/ 188“”Where are we?ENGLISH · UNITED STATESأين نحن؟ARABIC · UNITED ARAB EMIRATESہم کہاں ہیں؟URDU · PAKISTANNeredeyiz?TURKISH · TÜRKIYEOù en sommes-nous ?FRENCH · WEST AFRICA

Different countries. Different industries. Small family businesses and large government organisations.

The same meetings. The same spreadsheets. The same tired founders. 188 companies, and one problem.

We were not alone. We were the rule.
What companies told us
HR officer“I copy attendance into payroll every single month.”
Finance manager“I wait a week for numbers I need today.”
Warehouse manager“I phone three warehouses to find one item.”
CEO“I just want to know where we are.”
Same story, everywhere
Chapter 6 · The second wall

And then we hit a second wall: people.

CANDIDATESHIREDOPEN ROLESFinance managerOpen for41daysHR officerOpen for63daysWarehouse leadOpen for28daysNEW HIRE TRAININGWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6of system trainingReal work: not yet

Hiring the right people was almost impossible. And when we finally found them, we had to spend weeks training them on complicated systems before they could do the job they were hired for.

That is when it became clear. The software itself was the problem.

If people need weeks of training to use software, the software is not helping them.
The second wall
Open roles still unfilled
New hire: system training week 1 of many
Real work started not yet

Weeks of training. Before any real work.

Chapter 7 · Building it

So we built what we wished we had.

synclo — build$synclo connect --dept hr✓ connected$synclo connect --dept finance✓ connected$synclo connect --dept sales✓ connected$synclo connect --dept supply✓ connected$synclo regions --follow local-rules✓ every country$alci learn --from history✓ learning$synclo status→ one living systemHRFinanceSalesSupplysyncloONE LIVING SYSTEM

Day after day, night after night, we built one ERP that connects every department and every country into one living system.

It reads the data you already have. It runs by plain words. And it learns how your team works. One organisation. Global operations. All of it connected.

What we built
SalesFinanceHR and PayrollOperationsSupply ChainEvery countryProjects
synclo
Chapter 8 · The first quiet Monday

Then came the first Monday without a status meeting.

COMPANY PULSE · STEADYMON · 09:00Monday status meetingCANCELLEDSales ▲Cash ✓Payroll ✓Every country ✓17:30MONDAYAlciAll handled. Go home.

Our CEO typed one question: “Where are we?” The answer came back in seconds. Sales, cash, people, stock, every country.

That evening, for the first time in a long time, our founders went home on time.

The first quiet Monday
CEOWhere are we?
ALCISales are up 12%. Cash is healthy. Payroll is ready. Two deals need you today. Everything else is handled.
No meetingneeded
Secondsto the answer
Every countryin one view
On timehome tonight

☾That evening, the founders went home on time.

Epilogue

This is what is in front of you.

We built Synclo for ourselves first. Now we have built it for you, so founders and CEOs can finally relax, and every team can get back to the work they were hired to do.

Our mission

To let every founder and CEO run their company by just asking, so their people can get back to the work they were hired to do.

Our vision

One connected organisation, wherever in the world it operates.

One version of the truth

Every department and every country in one live system. Nobody should need a meeting to find out what is happening.

Simple beats complicated

If people need weeks of training to use software, the software has failed, not the people.

Meet companies where they are

Excel, SAP, Oracle or nothing at all. Nobody should have to rip everything out to move forward.

AI that does the work

Alci does not just answer. It acts, it learns, and it gives people their time back.

Local everywhere

Every country has its own rules. Synclo follows them, so global teams can grow with confidence.

Founders go home on time

We measure success in meetings cancelled and evenings returned, not in features shipped.

The road so far

From one spreadsheet problem to a global ERP.

2013

Spreadsheets hit their limit

Our own teams ran on spreadsheets, and felt what disconnected, manual work costs a growing business.

2015

Our first internal tool

We built a CRM for ourselves to replace the spreadsheets.

2018

One tool became a platform

HR, projects and more joined, all sharing the same data.

2021

AI joined the roadmap

The focus moved from storing records to helping teams act on them.

2023

Alci was born

An assistant that does the work, not just answers questions.

2026

Synclo goes global

The AI‑native ERP anyone can use, launched for companies everywhere.

Your quiet Monday
starts here.

Upload one Excel file and ask Alci where you are.