Owners first
Every feature is judged by one question: does it help an owner make a better decision tomorrow morning?
About us
We build the tools that make a small business legible to its owner.
Pillars Business Consultant exists for one reason: too many good businesses fail while the warning signs sit unread in a notebook.
Our mission
Make world-class business advice ordinary for every owner.
A large company can hire a finance director, an analyst and a consultant. Almost every other business runs on a notebook, a phone calculator and the owner's memory.
We built Pillars to close that gap. A few taps a day produce a true picture of revenue, cost, profit and cash. One question produces advice grounded in those figures. One export produces a report a bank will read.
We are deliberately not accounting software. Ledgers, filings and payroll are well served elsewhere. Our entire attention is on the decision the owner has to make tomorrow morning.
What we believe
Six commitments that shape the product.
Clarity over cleverness
We ship tools someone can use after a long trading day, without training.
Evidence, not opinion
Advice comes from your own recorded figures, and we show our working.
Respect for small margins
Most businesses we serve run on thin margins. We price and advise accordingly.
Security by default
Tenant isolation, audit trails and least privilege are not optional extras.
The owner decides
AI analyses, explains and recommends. It never acts on its own authority.
Our story
How Pillars got here.
- 2024
The problem
Two decades of working with small businesses made one thing obvious: owners were not short of effort, they were short of visibility.
- 2025
First build
The daily profit dashboard and AI advisor were prototyped with shops and salons in Lagos and Manchester.
- 2026
Version 1
Sales, expenses, reports, the AI Business Consultant and multi-tenant security ship as one platform.
- Next
Version 2
Cash-flow forecasting, inventory, invoicing and the grant and funding centre.
Leadership
The people behind the platform.
Emmanuel Adeyemi
Founder & Chief Executive
Two decades building and financing small businesses across three continents.
Rachel Ntow
Chief Product Officer
Former SaaS product lead; builds tools non-technical owners can actually operate.
David Kimani
Chief Technology Officer
Platform engineer focused on multi-tenant security and applied AI.
Grace Bello
Head of Customer Success
Business coach and trainer; runs onboarding for every new account.
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