From Duct-Taping Tools to Managing Multiple Businesses in One Place - Brix's Story

Brix is a digital transformation agency managing multiple businesses across real estate, media, and technology. With different industries, different teams, and different workflows all under one roof, the tools they use either keep up or get in the way.

For a long time, they got in the way. We spoke with Mark, who leads operations at Brix, about how the team found a better way to work.

#The Tool Rotation Problem

Before t0ggles, Brix cycled through Jira, Trello, and Nifty.pm. Each tool worked for some teams but not others, and no single platform could handle the full picture.

"We were constantly switching between platforms, and none of them made it easy to manage multiple businesses from one place. Documentation was often outdated or scattered."

When you're running a real estate operation, a media company, and a technology business simultaneously, "good enough for one workflow" isn't good enough. The team needed a single place where everything lived - not three tools stitched together with workarounds.

#Finding t0ggles

The Brix team discovered t0ggles through AppSumo while searching for a better all-in-one solution. The reviews were strong, but what sealed the deal was the first impression of the interface.

"The visual interface stood out immediately - it looked like something that could actually consolidate our workflows without the usual complexity."

For a team that had been burned by overcomplicated tools, that simplicity was exactly what they needed to see.

#One Platform, Multiple Businesses

Today, Brix manages their entire portfolio through t0ggles - real estate operations, marketing campaigns, and development projects all running side by side. But the story doesn't stop at traditional project management.

The team also integrated personal finance and bill management through the visual interface, and they track issues and pull requests across their development portfolio. What started as a project management tool became the operational backbone of the entire agency.

#What Makes It Work

The Brix team highlights four features that make the biggest difference:

• Automations and AI task generation - "They've replaced a lot of manual work." Instead of spending time creating and scoping tasks by hand, the team uses AI to generate structured tasks and project scopes, freeing up time for the work that actually matters.

• The visual interface - Intuitive enough for both non-technical and technical teams to use without onboarding friction. When your agency spans real estate agents and software developers, that matters.

• Documentation that stays accurate - No more outdated or scattered notes. Everything is where it should be, and it stays current.

• Crew - The autonomous AI coding agents feature lets Brix integrate their existing agent infrastructure directly into their project management workflows - connecting how they build with how they plan.

#The Surprise: It Just Kept Scaling

What caught the team off guard wasn't any single feature - it was how far the platform stretched.

"We started using it for project management and ended up running personal finance, bill tracking, and multi-business operations through it. That wasn't the original plan."

A tool that grows with your needs instead of forcing you to outgrow it - that's the kind of surprise that turns a trial into a permanent fixture.

#What Could Be Better

The team had one suggestion: a visual progress indicator on parent tasks showing how subtasks are progressing. Something like a small bar or percentage showing "2 of 4 subtasks complete - 50%" directly on the main task view, especially in the Gantt chart. It's the kind of at-a-glance insight that matters when you're managing complex projects with nested work.

We're taking note.

#The Verdict

When asked what they'd tell someone considering t0ggles:

"If you're managing multiple projects or businesses and tired of duct-taping tools together, just try it. The visual interface makes onboarding fast, and the automations save real time. It's one of the few tools that actually grew with us instead of getting in the way."

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Thanks to the Brix team for sharing their story. If you're managing multiple businesses and tired of tool-switching, give t0ggles a try.