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Giacomo Balli
Complex decisions. Clear thinking.

Independent advice for business owners navigating technology decisions, challenges and opportunities.
Fluent in business. Grounded in technology. Paid only by you.

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Building technology products since 2010 · 100+ apps

Get a Second Opinion

Most owners start with one question or one decision: a proposal to check, an app, a security worry, or an opportunity they cannot judge yet. Here is how an engagement works. This is not a strategy call. It is how you find out whether I can help with what is in front of you, or whether you do not need me.

Send a short note. If there is a decision, tell me what you are about to spend, what it is for, who recommended it, and when it has to be signed. If there is only a question, such as whether AI is worth it, whether you need an app, or which of your tools to keep, tell me what the business does and where technology feels like it should be helping and is not. I read every one of these myself. If I am not the right person, or you do not need anyone, I will say so.

Bring the decision or the question

The proposals, the contract, the project that is late, or the thing you keep meaning to figure out. As it is, not tidied up. Everything you send me stays with me; I have no vendor to pass it to.

Get a straight answer

Whether I can help at all, and what I would look at first if I can.

Keep your leverage

Nothing I tell you is designed to lead to a build or a platform, because I sell neither. The review stands on its own whether or not you ever hire me again.

Leave with a next step

A yes with a start date, a no with a reason, or a “do this instead” that costs you nothing.

I sell advice, never your implementation. If the answer is that you do not need me yet, that is a normal outcome of this and I will say so.

Best way to reach me:
Use the button in the header and send a short note about the decision or the question, what is at stake, and who is pushing for it.