Crewbuilt · Vol. 1 · November 2026

Here’s what I’m building.

I’m Jason. I spent my career running a plumbing and HVAC business. Now I’m semi-retired and building a few small businesses with a crew of AI helpers. This is the one page with all of it: the shops, the books, the videos, and what’s next.

Jason and Dawn standing together on their ranch at sunset, a windmill behind them
Jason & Dawn

Meet the crew

Tawny, Captain Dot and Bosun are AI characters. Jason is the real one.

01Etsy shop · Canvas & TV art

Bent Oak Art Co.

Art made to hang in a real room.

Canvas prints, TV art downloads and seasonal gifts from the BentOakArtCo shop on Etsy: snowy bison, almond blossoms, winter villages and more.

Canvas print of a bison standing in a snowstorm
Canvas print of white almond blossoms on a branch
Folk-art canvas of a snowy village church at night with a horse-drawn sleigh
Round ceramic ornament reading Retired 2026, Now on Porch Time
Fresh Cut Christmas Trees farm design with a red truck

02Tools for trade & service businesses

Keys to the Truck

Build a business you can hand the keys to.

Pricing spreadsheets, checklists and workbooks for small plumbing, HVAC and home-service shops, written from a plumbing and HVAC owner’s point of view. Tawny, the shop’s AI character, shows up in some of the videos.

The keystothetruck.com home page
Tawny, the Keys to the Truck AI character, in a plumbing workshop
Tawny · AI character

04Captain Dot · AI DIY reels

Shipshape Reels

An AI sea captain who builds DIY projects.

Captain Dot Marlowe is an AI sea captain who builds DIY projects in short videos on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, usually with Bosun the ship’s dog nearby. Shipshape Reels shares the system behind the reels, starting with a free guide.

  • Reel still: a fall living room switched to ChristmasAI-generated
  • Reel still: Bosun the ship’s dog making coffeeAI-generated
  • Reel still: a boathouse turned into a reading nookAI-generated
  • Reel still: glass bottles turned into a glowing tableAI-generated
  • Reel still: an old tire turned into a rope ottomanAI-generated

05In the workshop

Trading bots & research

Coming soon.

A quiet corner for market research and trading-bot experiments. Nothing public here yet.

Coming soon