“He listens carefully, translates needs into execution, and follows through—consistently. Jesse is a doer and a systems thinker, and he brings real operational discipline to community-driven initiatives.”
Atlas Atlantic — venture studio & operator advisory
The operating system that keeps your business running when you're not in the room.
We help small business owners replace operational chaos with systems that hold — so growth stops stalling every time you step away.
Led by Jesse Sharratt — a decade co-founding and operating LAUFT, including winning a $13.8M Government of Canada contract.
What is a business operating system?
A business operating system is the set of processes, information flows, and decision rules that lets your company run consistently without you holding it together. It is not a piece of software — it is the structure of how your business actually thinks, moves, and learns. Most small businesses don't have one; they have a founder carrying it all in their head.
See the full guideFrom your idea to your operating business
One clear offer: we build your company end to end, hand it to you running, and stay on retainer to keep it growing. You keep control — we only win if your company works.
1
Apply
Tell us your vision. We pressure-test the idea together and decide if it's a fit — we take on a few builds per year, not a client roster.
2
Scope
We define exactly what version one is — product, brand, and launch plan — and sign a simple agreement before anything starts.
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Build
Roughly 90 days of focused building: software, brand, payments, analytics, and documented operations, with weekly check-ins.
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Launch & run
You take the wheel of an operating business. We stay on retainer to maintain it, fix things fast, and plan what's next.
LAUFT
ActiveLAUFT is a coworking and proptech company operating seven locations across Ontario. The company designs and manages flexible workspaces supported by technology for booking, access control, and operations. LAUFT serves individuals, teams, and public-sector organizations, with a focus on proximity, flexibility, and efficient use of real estate.
Permagent.ai
Active / ExperimentalPermagent is a local-first AI agent desktop OS for macOS Apple Silicon. The agent, its memory, and your data live on your own hardware—privacy as a fact of the architecture, not a promise. A persistent, inspectable knowledge graph (the Brain) lets the agent learn over time, while a verified, auditable loop lets it act autonomously with machine-checkable evidence. Local models handle the always-on background work; frontier models are reached only when a task justifies the cost. Jesse Sharratt started the project with Henry and took the lead early on, captivated by the potential of powerful local AI—which is why he built both Spectral (the open-source memory engine behind the Brain) and Permagent itself as open source, to make it easy for others to benefit too.
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Kinrows
IncubatingKinrows is a family household management app that brings the coordination of modern, multi-generational households into a single place. It combines a shared color-coded calendar, collaborative lists, polls and voting, household messaging, trip planning with live ETAs, budget and gift tracking, and step challenges via Apple Health—plus a "Care Cascade" for requesting coverage and an optional AI Concierge. The goal is to make the invisible mental load of family life visible and shareable: "Family life, moving together." The core app is free with no ads or data sales and a privacy-first architecture that isolates each household's data.
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Founders we've built for
They brought the vision. Atlas Atlantic did the full build — and handed them their company.
“Jesse has a rare combination of qualities that's hard to find in one person. He's visionary enough to see where you're trying to go, and grounded enough to get you there with integrity, focus, and clarity.”
Founder-led, operator-run
Atlas Atlantic is a founder-led, operator-run studio. Deep systems thinking meets practical execution experience.
Jesse Sharratt
Sharratt = “Share it”Founder & Operator
Jesse Sharratt is the founder and sole operator of Atlas Atlantic.
He builds ventures and advises founders at the system level, drawing on experience across public-sector pilots, infrastructure-heavy products, and long-horizon venture building.
Advisory work is conducted through Sidecurrent, while Atlas Atlantic serves as the venture studio for deeper build partnerships.
Already running a business?
Sidecurrent puts an operator on retainer for your business.
A monthly advisory retainer: we audit how your business runs, find where AI and automation genuinely pay, and give you honest guidance on tools and vendors. When something needs building, it's scoped as a separate project.
Guides
Practical help with AI, automation & building real products
Free, no-fluff guides on adopting AI, automating busywork, and turning early ideas into durable products—plus a free AI Audit when you're ready to act.
AI Adoption for Small Business
Where to Start With AI in Your Atlantic Canada Business
A practical guide to starting with AI in your Atlantic Canada small business — no hype, no jargon. Real steps, local context, and honest ROI framing.
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Your Vibe-Coded MVP Is Not a Product Yet. Here's the Gap.
Learn how to make a vibe coded app production ready: the 6 gaps founders miss, what breaks first, and how to cross from prototype to durable product.
Read guideWork with Atlas Atlantic
Whether you're a founder with an idea, a business that needs systems built, or an investor exploring the approach, Atlas Atlantic would like to hear from you.
Founders
Have a vision but no team to build it? The Venture Build takes you from idea to operating business — one build fee, an equity partnership, and a monthly retainer.
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