Independent Technology Advisor to Owners and Founders

One advisor with no stake in the answer

Owners and founders make a few decisions a year that are expensive to get wrong and slow to undo: what to build, which vendor to trust, who to hire, whether AI changes anything, how exposed the business really is. The people recommending solutions usually profit from implementing them. I implement nothing, so my only job is to help you make the right decision.

Where I help

Proposals, contracts and vendors

Which quote is right, what each one assumed about you to reach its number, and how you get out if it goes wrong.

Software, AI and workflows

Which tools earn their subscription, where AI would actually save hours, and when to change the process instead of buying anything. That last one pays nobody, so nobody proposes it.

Apps and digital products

Whether you need one at all, the smallest version that proves it, and who should build it.

Security

What someone could actually do to your business through the software it already runs.

What being in your corner means

Nothing to sell you No software, no development, no vendor commissions, no referral fees. No implementation waiting behind the recommendation.

Permission to say no If the right answer is to do nothing, that is the answer. I have given it more than once.

Your interests only I work for the person who carries the decision. What you tell me stays between us, and the conclusion is yours to use as you see fit.

Seen it before Software and mobile since 2010, for startups, public agencies and household names. The same mistakes show up in every industry, dressed differently.

A consigliere does not run the business. The job is to make sure the person who does is never the least informed one in the room.

How we work

Most owners start with the Second Opinion: one decision, two weeks, $5,000, and a written verdict you keep whatever happens next. The owners who want that judgment every month keep me on retainer, for a fixed fee: their questions as they come up, every proposal and renewal before anyone signs, and someone in their corner through a new system or a change of ownership. The Production Security Assessment answers what someone could do to you, for $16,000. Compare all three.

No decision on the table yet? Tell me where technology feels like it should be helping and is not, and I will tell you whether any of it needs me.

About to sign a technology proposal? What to check before the money moves, and what an independent verdict looks like.

Before you sign

CPAs, fractional CFOs and attorneys often see these decisions before anyone else does. Here is how referrals work.

What owners remember

Clarity

“Working with Giacomo gave us clarity and direction we had not found elsewhere. His insights and strategic approach saved us countless hours and dollars.”

CEO · which option was right

Better judgment

“His strategic insights were invaluable when we restructured our app's subscription model. His guidance helped us avoid an expensive misstep.”

COO · an expensive misstep, avoided

Giacomo Balli

Your Consigliere