"Three and a half years ago, I died twice in one day. This is what I built after."
Get In TouchI'm Jeff Melvin — 49, a lifetime martial artist and combat sports competitor, and the founder of Less Than Basics. About three and a half years ago I survived a violent attack that nearly took my life. What came after — the physical recovery, relearning how to feel safe, rebuilding from the ground up — taught me more about starting over than anything before it.
Roughly a hundred days ago, I started using AI to build something real: a freelance content and training business, put together on an iPad and a phone, no formal team, no shortcuts. This is that build, out in the open.
General safety awareness training built for real work sites — eye safety, ladder safety, fall protection, electrical, and more. Straightforward training your crew will actually sit through.
Practical, no-nonsense guidance for people who can't or won't carry a traditional firearm — real options, explained plainly.
Freelance voiceover and content creation, demo-first. You don't buy a car without driving it, and you shouldn't hire a voice without hearing it.
Physical repair work paired with real content built around it — for creators and small shops who need both the fix and the story.
Demo it, then sell it. Everything here is built the way I'd want to be sold to — see it work first.
This page is that demo. Nobody touched it but me — same AI-assisted process, same iPad and phone, day 90. What you're looking at is the proof, not a promise.