Pillar Incentive · Calgary, AB · Est. 2026
Dreaming the Future
I build things that work.
Websites, brands, and AI automation for people with something worth building. Calgary, Alberta.
The founder
Nick Kernaz spent fifteen years building with his hands — and years more rebuilding his life from about as far down as a life can go. What he carried out is a rare kind of sight: he sees the friction in a system before anything else — the cracks that people fall through, the doors that quietly mean no.
Pillar Incentive is that sight put to work — client builds that fund the machine, and ventures that give people the leverage they’re currently denied. Dreaming the future — and waging war on poverty and pain.
Read the full story →15+
Years in trades & construction
3
Client builds delivered
5
Ventures in motion
What I do
Whether you have a half-formed idea, a business that needs a brain upgrade, or you just want to live and work more efficiently — this is what I bring to the table.
01
Fast, polished, production-ready. Built to match your brand, not a template. From landing pages to full multi-venture portfolio sites — designed and shipped in days, not months.
02
Products businesses subscribe to — designed, built, and run. If you’ve got the industry knowledge and the itch, I’ve got the build system: from first mockup to a live product your customers log into every day.
03
Personal systems or full business automation. If you're drowning in admin, repeating yourself, or leaving efficiency on the table — AI fixes that. I map the gaps, build the workflows, and hand you back your time.
04
Idea to live product. Brand, site, systems, strategy — end to end. You have the dream. I have the infrastructure. If you're serious about building something real, this is where we start.
05
Some people see a business. I see the dead loops, the missed dollars, the thing everyone stopped noticing three years ago. I do this inside every build whether anyone asks or not. Sometimes it’s the most valuable part.
06
Strategic advisor. Thinking partner. The person who figures out what you actually need before you do. When everything’s moving and the stakes are real, I’m the steady hand. I’ve been in the storm.
Client work
Real businesses, real builds — these are the actual sites, not mockups. Every one designed, coded, and shipped end to end.
The ventures
Things I’m building because they need to exist.
Incarcerated
Canada
Every Prairie facility, five answers each — visits, money, mail, video, family time. Verified against official sources, receipts attached. Families get handed a different rulebook at every institution. This is the one wall that keeps the file on all of them.
Live · incarceratedcanada.ca
↗Clicket Ticket
Experience & Travel Auctions
Ultra-luxury charity experience auctions. Real-time bidding on donated travel, events, and athlete access — 70% to the charity, every time.
Building · Phase 1 validation
↗TSP
Timeless Streetwear Project
Premium streetwear rooted in identity and craft. Timeless cuts, intentional drops, zero filler. Community-first from day one.
Building · Contest live
↗Yes I Can
Initiative
AI Resource Navigator
An AI navigator that connects people to the help that already exists — benefits, programs, and community supports — in plain language, in minutes.
Live · i-can.app
↗Honey
The AI You Can Just Phone
A voice assistant for farmers and trades that works on any old landline — built first for my grandpa. No app, no account; your phone number is the password. She remembers your equipment, walks you through fixes one step at a time, and stops talking the moment you say her name.
Building · In family testing
↗"The universe tells a story. We are characters who have remembered we are also the author."
— Nick Kernaz, Founder
Founder, contractor, charity, or someone with an idea that won’t leave you alone — if it needs building, automating, or fixing, let’s connect. No pitch deck required.
Location
Calgary, AB · Canada
Studio
pillarincentive.com
Slogan
Dreaming the future.