Six ventures live and running

Small, sharp software for schools, cities, scenes, and operators.

John Lyman builds practical tools where trust, speed, and local knowledge matter. The flagship is Ask Before You App, a privacy review workflow for K-12 districts.

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Portfolio

Products with a job to do.

Each project is built around a specific bottleneck: approvals, training, discovery, publishing, buying, or practice.

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Ask Before You App

District privacy review that helps schools say yes to teachers faster.

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Tall Order

Privacy-first dating for tall people, with calendar-based matching instead of endless messaging.

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SLC Trips

Trip planning and local travel assets for Salt Lake visitors.

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The Rock Salt

A living index for Salt Lake bands, venues, shows, and scene momentum.

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GMC Magnesium

Magnesium education, recovery, and product demand.

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Drumming Pedagogy

Teaching systems from decades behind a kit.

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Operating Principle

Build the smallest thing that removes the real blocker.

WasatchWise projects start with the moment someone gets stuck. A teacher waiting on approval. A traveler choosing what to do. A band trying to be found. A student needing the pattern to land.

K-12 privacy tooling CRMs and sales systems Dashboards on real numbers Local media platforms AI training and workflows Web and commerce storefronts

Work with me

I build the working version first, then hand you the keys.

One call. I show you the working thing, we scope your build, you see the number.

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