TrueInvoice
An internal workflow system for admissions, invoicing, payments, and student record operations.
The Problem
Institutions managing hundreds of students manually via spreadsheets lose thousands in billing errors
About
TrueInvoice is Startup Lab 24's live subscription product for schools. It replaces spreadsheets, messaging threads, and manual finance processes with a single operational workflow system.
It covers the full path from admission through invoicing, payment verification, scholarship handling, and student record administration.
The product is live at Blackstone School of Law & Business in Lahore — the design-partner school where it was built — and is being made agnostic for the wider education vertical.
Core Features
Full Departmental Workflow
5-department pipeline: Admission → Accounts → Registrar → Student Services → Management
Scholarship & Invoice Engine
Tiered scholarship application with automated invoice generation and fee calculation
Magic Link Auth
Passwordless authentication via email — no passwords, no OAuth, zero friction for staff
Document Management
12 document types, 10MB upload limit, auto-cleanup, role-gated access
Executive Dashboards
Role-based dashboards with period filters, revenue analytics, and officer performance metrics
8 Business Axioms
Core institutional rules enforced at API level — audit trail on every state change
Tech Stack
The studio
Startup Lab 24 builds and owns software like TrueInvoice.
Each product starts as bespoke software for one design-partner business — then we make it agnostic so the whole vertical can use it.
How the studio works →