Flamborough Head · 23 September 1779
Named for a prize taken against the odds
On a moonlit evening off the Yorkshire coast, Captain John Paul Jones took his worn-out converted merchantman, the Bonhomme Richard, alongside HMS Serapis — a brand-new Royal Navy 44-gun frigate, faster and better armed in every respect.
The battle behind the name
Outgunned, ablaze, and taking on water, Jones was asked if he was ready to surrender. His answer became the U.S. Navy's founding legend: “I have not yet begun to fight.” He lashed his sinking ship to the enemy's rail and fought for three more hours — until it was Serapis that struck her colors.
The Bonhomme Richard went down two days later. Jones sailed home in the ship he had captured.
That's the story we named the company for: a smaller, scrappier operation — outspent and outfitted with less — that closes the distance, refuses to quit, and ends up owning the stronger ship. If you run a business like that, this software was built for you.
Standing orders
Coherence over features
A tool earns its place by sharing data with everything else. Every module reads the same customers, organizations, and money — that is the whole point.
Access is a first-class feature
Real businesses have bookkeepers, agents, contractors, and partners. Customizable roles with per-module levels are core product, not an enterprise add-on.
Built by operators
Serapis grew out of running real service businesses — property management, claims, marketing — not out of a pitch deck. The modules exist because we needed them.
One command deck. Every department.
Create your organization, switch on the modules you need, invite your team with the right roles — and get back to running the business.