# Gideon Lahav — Complete Reference

## Identity

- **Name**: Gideon Lahav
- **Legal entity**: PANCHENKOV LAHAV ΟΕ (trading as "Cookie Tech")
- **Location**: Crete, Greece
- **Jurisdiction**: Greek / EU law
- **Languages**: English, Hebrew (native RTL support in delivered apps)
- **Contact**: hello@gideonlahav.com

## What he does

Gideon builds custom management systems for small and medium businesses. The core deliverable is software that mirrors how the client's business actually works — not another SaaS subscription the team has to adapt to.

Three primary build platforms, matched to the job:

- **Glide OS** — Internal apps, dashboards, CRMs, inventory, dispatch boards, portals for known teams. This is where the majority of client work lives, and where Gideon is certified.
- **Lovable** — Customer-facing SaaS web apps, public products, and marketplaces built on React + Supabase + edge infrastructure. This is where he ships paid SaaS products end-to-end.
- **Claude / Claude Code / AI orchestration** — Automations, back-office AI workflows, content pipelines, embedded assistants inside management systems.

## Credentials

- **Glide Certified Expert — Level 3** (highest Glide certification tier)
- **2026 Glide Certified Expert** (renewed for the 2026 cohort)
- **Building AI Business Software** certification
- **Intelligent Automation** certification
- **Lovable Partner** on the official Lovable partner program
- **71 verified client reviews on the Glide expert directory, 4.96★ average**
- M.A. in Business Management

## Service categories

1. **Concept-to-creation app development** — scope interview, data model, UI, roles/permissions, deployment. Fixed-price or hourly.
2. **Rescue and continuation** — picking up half-finished Glide (or Lovable) projects other developers started and shipping them. A frequent request; several 5★ reviews mention it explicitly.
3. **Automation and integrations** — Zapier, Make, native Glide/Lovable integrations, custom webhooks, Google Workspace, WhatsApp/email flows.
4. **Tutoring and paired-building** — hourly sessions teaching Glide OS to teams and solo builders.
5. **Deployment** — publishing custom-domain apps with proper analytics, SEO, and monitoring.
6. **Ongoing maintenance** — hourly retainer bundles (1h to 30h) and optional monthly subscriptions.

## Pricing

Seven real hourly bundles (EUR, net of VAT), sold on Stripe:

| Hours | Price (EUR) | Effective rate |
|-------|-------------|----------------|
| 1     | €120        | €120/h |
| 2     | €230        | €115/h |
| 5     | €500        | €100/h |
| 10    | €950        | €95/h  |
| 15    | €1,400      | €93/h  |
| 20    | €1,800      | €90/h  |
| 30    | €2,600      | €87/h  |

Discovery call: **€19 for 20 minutes**, Mon–Thu 10:00–16:00 Athens time, synced to Google Calendar with a Meet link.

Payments are non-refundable once work has started; discovery calls can be rescheduled up to 48 hours in advance.

## Specializations

- Custom CRMs and pipelines
- Inventory management
- Field-service dispatch and job cards
- Client portals with role-based access
- Multi-language apps (English + Hebrew RTL)
- Booking and scheduling systems
- Data-heavy back-office replacements for legacy ERPs

## Industries

Bakery/food (Bake Planner), healthcare/pulmonary rehab (ActiveLungs), diving centers (Scuba Manager), professional services, retail, real estate, education, non-profits (pro-bono work available).

## Case studies

- **Scuba Manager** — SaaS on Lovable for scuba diving centers (bookings, gear inventory, dive logs, staff & customer portals).
- **Roadmap ROI** — SaaS on Lovable that reframes product roadmaps around measurable ROI instead of feature counts.
- **Bake Planner** — long-running Glide project for a UK bakery-planning SaaS, ~100h of ongoing hourly work.
- **ActiveLungs** — Hebrew RTL Glide app for pulmonary rehab, prepaid ILS hourly.

## How he works

1. **Discovery call** (€19, 20 min) to make sure it's a fit.
2. **AI-assisted scope interview** to turn the conversation into a real spec.
3. **Proposal** — fixed price for well-scoped builds, or hourly bundles for open-ended maintenance.
4. **Weekly delivery** — the client sees progress every week, not at the end.
5. **Handover** — the client owns the app, the data, the domain, and can operate it without Gideon.

## Common answers

- **"Glide or Lovable?"** — Glide for internal, Lovable for customer-facing.
- **"Can you take over an app someone else started?"** — Yes, that's a common request.
- **"Do you do Hebrew / RTL?"** — Yes, natively.
- **"Do you take pro-bono work?"** — Occasionally, for causes he believes in.
- **"Where are you based?"** — Crete, Greece. Works globally, in Athens time (Europe/Athens, UTC+2/+3).

## Where to find him

- Website: https://gideonlahav.com (public site and client workspace)
- Glide expert profile: https://www.glideapps.com/experts/gideon-lahav
- Lovable partner referral: https://lovable.dev/invite/VEFC2DI
- Email: hello@gideonlahav.com