We work with owners who are skeptical of AI — and right to be.

Most of our clients came to us after being sold software they never used. We do the opposite: we run the systems ourselves and you judge us on the hours you get back.

Founder
John McIntyre, Founder and CEO of Legacy Business Automation

John McIntyre

Founder & CEO — Legacy Business Automation & Legacy Structure Group

9
seasons playing pro basketball overseas
2
companies founded and still running
Daily
AI use inside his own business — not theory

John isn't a consultant who talks about AI. He's an owner who ran his own company on it first — then built this one so you don't have to figure it out alone.

His career started on the court: an outstanding run at the University of Missouri, nine seasons playing professionally overseas, then collegiate coaching. Two decades of that teaches one thing above all else — talent is everywhere, but systems are what produce results week after week.

From coaching he moved into financial services and founded Legacy Structure Group, helping business owners, executives, athletes and families protect wealth, reduce taxes, plan succession and build something that lasts. As the firm grew, so did the drag every owner knows:

  • Repetitive admin swallowing the week
  • Not enough qualified leads
  • Website builds that drag on for months
  • Marketing that ships in bursts, then stops
  • Follow-ups slipping through the cracks
  • Training new people from scratch every time
  • Costs climbing faster than revenue

The obvious answer was to hire more people. John did the opposite. He rebuilt the business around AI — website, marketing, CRM, content, sales follow-up, client communication, training, operations. Work that used to take days started finishing in minutes. Leads got answered faster and more personally. The team stopped pushing paper and went back to serving clients.

It worked so well that the real problem became obvious: thousands of owners are stuck on the exact same list above, and almost nobody is helping them actually implement a fix. So John built Legacy Business Automation to do it — not sell software, but stand up complete AI systems and run them.

"AI isn't replacing business owners. It's giving them their leverage back. We don't just teach it — we use it every day to build better businesses, and now we're ready to build yours."

Talk to John about your business.

A free 20-minute call. He'll point at the three tasks eating your week and show you exactly what he'd automate first. No deck, no jargon, no obligation.

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Legacy Business Automation was built on a simple observation: the businesses that scale aren't the ones with the best tools — they're the ones where the repetitive work happens without the owner. Everything else is noise.

So we became the team that handles it. Websites and apps built with AI in days rather than months. CRMs that actually get used. Marketing and content that ships on schedule. Customer replies that go out in minutes. And behind all of it, the automations that connect the pieces so nothing has to be remembered.

You stay the expert in your business. We handle everything around it.

What we believe

Technology should disappear

If you have to think about the tool, it isn't finished. Our work should feel like things just started getting handled.

AI is a tool, not a religion

We use it where it saves real hours and skip it where it doesn't. No automation for the sake of a buzzword.

Legacy is the point

A business that only runs when the owner is in the room isn't an asset — it's a job. We build systems that outlast the day-to-day.

Sister company

Automation buys you time. Structure protects what you build with it.

Before John built Legacy Business Automation, he founded Legacy Structure Group — the financial and legacy planning firm behind it. Same team, same standard, different problem: what happens to the business when the owner isn't in the room.

If you've never signed a buy-sell agreement, or nobody can tell you who takes over on Monday if something happens to you, that's the conversation to have first.

Visit Legacy Structure Group

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  • Buy-sell agreements

    So a partner's exit, illness or death doesn't put your company up for grabs.

  • Succession planning

    A written answer to who runs this, who owns this, and how it gets funded.

  • Tax & wealth structure

    Keeping more of what the business earns, and protecting it once it's out.

Let's find out if we're a fit

One short conversation about your business. If we can't clearly save you time, we'll say so.

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