Your business runs on AI now.
Are you sure that's safe?
Your team ships faster than ever. Costs less. Headcount is down. Output is up.
That AI also has its hands on your customer data, your billing, and your live business systems.
You wouldn't hand a brand-new contractor the keys to all of that on day one. Your AI has them by default.
Maybe nothing's broken yet. Maybe something quietly already has. Either way, you find out when your customers do.
CTOConnect / Founding Cohort
CTO-level judgment, on tap. Without hiring one.
Monthly live office hours for the calls you're already making half-blind.
Bring the real question you can't ask your team. Get a straight answer from somebody who's done this for 27 years.
Seats are intentionally limited.
Sound Familiar?
"We saved a fortune replacing engineers with AI. I think."
Your team is half the size it was a year ago. Output is the same. Maybe higher.
Your CFO loves the math.
But you don't really know what's holding the business up anymore.
The next time something breaks, who is actually going to fix it?
→ AI is a force multiplier, not a replacement for judgment. Let's figure out what your business has quietly become dependent on, before you find out the hard way.
"I don't really know what we're shipping anymore."
Features go out before you see them in a demo.
You found out about a pricing change from a customer email.
Your team says everything's fine. They said that before the last outage too.
You used to be in the room for every big decision. Now you're not.
→ Speed and visibility usually trade off. Let's figure out which checkpoints are worth slowing down for, and which ones aren't.
"What happens when the AI screws up our customer data?"
Nobody has walked you through what your AI is and isn't allowed to touch.
If a regulator, a journalist, or a major customer calls tomorrow, you don't have a clean answer.
The horror stories you've read are real. The companies in them didn't see it coming either.
That's not a technical problem. It's a board problem.
→ You don't need to become technical. You need a translator who'll tell you what's actually at stake and exactly what to ask your team.
"I have nobody to pressure-test my technical bets with."
Your CTO is also your co-founder and your friend. That's a conflict.
Or you don't have a CTO. You have somebody who reports to you and tells you it's all fine.
Every quarter you sign off on roadmaps, hires, vendors, and architecture you can't independently evaluate.
→ You need somebody outside the building who has no skin in the game and 27 years of pattern matching.
"We're shipping fast with AI. I have no idea if we're building a house of cards."
Your team is small. You're moving faster than competitors twice your size.
AI does most of the building.
Will it hold up when you 10x the customer base? Are there security holes? What happens when traffic spikes?
Your team says it's fine. You'd love to believe them.
→ You don't need to slow down. You need somebody outside who'll tell you what's actually about to break, and how soon you have to care.
How It Works
Monthly Live Office Hours
Bring your real questions. Is our AI usage actually safe? Is this hire actually qualified? Should we rebuild this thing? Is my team being straight with me?
Real answers. Clear next steps.
Email Access Between Sessions
Something come up between calls? Send it over. I'll queue it up and we'll work through it on the next session.
You never have to wait wondering if you're about to make an expensive mistake.
Recorded Sessions (Members Only)
Every session is recorded so members can revisit discussions or catch up if they miss one.
The collection grows over time as the group builds momentum.
Real Answers, Honest Process
You bring the questions. We work through them together.
Time and money are always the constraints. Whether something's already on fire or you have three months to get it right, we'll find the approach that fits.
This Is For You If:
You're a CEO, owner, or COO whose business increasingly runs on AI tools you don't fully understand.
You're a non-technical founder who used to be in the room for every decision. Now you're not.
You're a business owner whose competitive edge depends on AI working, and not quietly blowing up.
You're a board member or investor who needs to know whether the team's AI bets are sane.
You're tired of being told "it's complicated" when you ask basic questions.
This Is NOT For You If:
You want someone to come in and do the work for you
You're looking for hot takes and LinkedIn guru energy
You're a Fortune 500 (call me for consulting rates)
And to be clear about what this is:
This is not a Slack channel with 24/7 access. Not daily project management. Not someone holding your team's hand on every ticket.
This is structured strategic thinking time. Twice a month. Live.
Your Situation Is Specific
Your AI doesn't need more autonomy. It needs limits. Before something ships that you can't take back.
Your small team isn't slow. They're untested at scale. AI hides the gap until it doesn't.
You're not anti-tech. You're tired of being told "it's complicated" when you ask a basic question.
You don't need to learn to code. You need somebody who'll translate what your team is actually saying.
Reddit and AI give you generic theory. You need answers for YOUR business.
Not one-size-fits-all advice. Real answers for what you're actually facing.
Simple Pricing
CTOConnect Office Hours
$99/month
- Monthly live sessions (bring real problems)
- Email access between sessions
- Recorded sessions (members-only)
- No commitment. Cancel anytime.
30-day free trial. If it's not worth it, cancel anytime. No questions.
Need More?
Deep Dive Session: $600
90-minute private 1:1 session to work through a specific decision, hire, or worry.
Fractional CTO: Starting at $2,000/month
Ongoing guidance, architecture reviews, translation between leadership and engineering.
CTO-level guidance for the price of a SaaS subscription.
I've Been the Adult in the Room
Should we rebuild this thing?
Is our team actually slow, or is something else going on?
Is this hire actually qualified?
How much of our business is now riding on AI? Is that OK?
Let me help you skip the hard lessons.
I've seen $50M rewrites that never shipped. Leaders paralyzed by "senior" hires who made everything worse. Startups that scaled their architecture before finding customers. Owners who handed too much to AI and only found out something was wrong when a customer told them.
27 years. Built and sold a SaaS. Still run production systems. I know what breaks.
What I help with:
- Should you rebuild this? (Usually no)
- Is your team actually the bottleneck, or is something else?
- Is this technical hire actually qualified? How do you tell without being technical?
- How much of your business is now dependent on AI? Is that OK?
- What's a safe amount of speed to ask for, vs what's reckless?
- Where can AI run with less oversight, and where do you absolutely need humans in the loop?
Your next big decision doesn't have to be a guess. Real people. Real answers. No bullshit.
What People Say
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