02. AGENCY SITE · 2026
Sardonyx Software
The parent brand — an SDVOSB-track software agency for enterprise and government work. Full brand system, production site, and operational infrastructure, shipped in three weeks.
Sardonyx Software LLC — my software agency, filed as a Minnesota LLC in April 2026 and positioned for SDVOSB (Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business) certification to serve federal and enterprise clients.
THE PROBLEM
Spinning up a credible agency identity from zero: brand system, production site, LLC formation, phone line, email infrastructure, and the operational scaffolding a prospective enterprise client would vet before signing anything. All of it had to land before SDVOSB certification started and before the first prospect conversation.
THE APPROACH
- Brand system: red + gold palette drawn from the sardonyx stone, typography, voice, full kit documented in a shared style guide.
- Production site built on Astro + Vercel for a fast, static-first marketing surface — full security headers, structured data, accessibility pass, OG + Twitter cards.
- Operational stack: MN LLC filed ($155), Quo phone line at (218) GET-SITE, M365 mailboxes for jesse@ / hello@ / support@, Stripe integration, compliance tracking for the SDVOSB application.
- Entity structure planned for holding-company separation: a future WY Holding LLC will own Sardonyx (MN) + Nova (MN) + property LLCs — clean tax flow, clean liability boundaries.
STACK
- Astro
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Vercel
- Stripe
- Resend (contact form)
- Vercel Analytics
- M365 (email)
- Quo (phone)
RESULTS
~3 weeks
TIME TO BUILD
full stack
SECURITY HEADERS
Apr 2026
LLC FILED
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