We build companies the right way.
Simple enough to trust. Powerful enough to matter. Honest enough to last.
Est. 2026 · Marietta, Georgia
Who We Are
ShraderWorks is a holding company. We build, acquire, and operate businesses across industries — united by a single standard: they must be honest, well-run, and built to genuinely serve the people who depend on them.
We started ShraderWorks because we believe most industries have room for a company that puts customers first — not as a marketing claim, but as an operating principle. The businesses we build don’t extract value from the people they serve. They create it.
We are long-term owners. We don’t build to sell. We don’t optimize for headlines or press cycles. We invest in the fundamentals — quality, simplicity, and integrity — and trust that those things compound over time. They always do.
GravyWorks is our first venture. It won’t be our last. Whatever we build or acquire next will be held to the same standard: does it leave the people it serves more capable, more independent, and better equipped to do their best work?
Our Principles
Honest over clever.
We’d rather build something straightforward that works than something impressive that doesn’t. If honesty about what we offer makes it harder to sell, we tell the truth anyway.
Ownership matters.
Every venture we build is designed around one conviction: the people we serve should come away owning more of their work — not less. We don’t build dependency. We build capability.
Simple is harder than complex.
Anyone can build something complicated. Building something simple enough to get out of the way — something that lets people do what they do best — takes real work. We do that work.
Built to last.
We don’t build for exits. We don’t build to impress. We build companies we’re proud to own in twenty years, and ventures our customers are proud to be part of for just as long.
Our Promise
If you do business with any company under this roof, here is what you can count on — not as a marketing claim, but as the standard we hold ourselves to.
You’ll own what you pay for.
No structures designed to trap you. No price increases to cover our poor planning. What’s yours stays yours.
We’ll tell you the truth.
About what we built. About what it can’t do. About when we got something wrong. Honesty isn’t a differentiator for us — it’s a baseline.
You’ll leave stronger than you arrived.
Every product, every service, every interaction under the ShraderWorks name is designed to make you more capable and more independent — not more dependent on us.
If we fall short, we make it right.
No fine print. No runaround. We fix it.
Our Ventures
Each company we build or acquire earns its place under this roof the same way — by meeting our standard. Nothing less.
Our flagship venture.
Field service management for the trades —
built for the people who built America.
The Builder
Jacob Shrader
Founder, ShraderWorks LLC
Jacob Shrader is an entrepreneur and operator based in Marietta, Georgia. He founded ShraderWorks on a simple belief: honest, well-run businesses serve people better than clever ones.
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Marietta, Georgia · United States