Positioning
Who the company is for, what to stop saying, and how to make the offer easier to buy.
Founder mentorship
A second brain for founder decisions.
I work with bootstrapped SaaS, civic tech, govtech, and small-business founders who want a frank outside read on a real decision.
Where I can help
I am not a fundraising coach, and I am not building a consulting firm. Book me when you want a frank outside read from someone who has written code, sold early customers, led teams, and been through a sale.
- Bootstrapped SaaS and service businesses
When you need to make the business work without the VC playbook. - Civic tech and govtech
Positioning, trust, procurement, and selling to local, county, and public-sector buyers. - Founder and CTO decisions
Product, technical leadership, remote teams, culture, sales, marketing, and operations. - Preparing for a sale
Thinking clearly before and during buyer conversations, without paying someone a success fee.
Why me
I was ReCollect's CTO and one of the people shaping the culture. In the early days I wrote code, sold, worked tradeshows, led engineering, and helped grow the company to about 40 people.
When ReCollect sold to private equity, I got a close look at how a buyer thinks. Since then, I have seen several company purchases and transactions play out up close.
- Former CTO
Used to making tradeoffs across product, people, architecture, customers, and cash. - Writing code since 2001
Technical enough to understand the product and engineering reality. - Bootstrapped company builder
Experienced with durable revenue, not just startup theatre. - Founder-side sale experience
A useful perspective when a sale becomes possible or unavoidable.
Things we can talk through
Business model
Pricing, packaging, margins, sales motion, and what kind of company the model is creating.
Founder judgment
Whether your instincts are right, what is fear versus evidence, and which decision matters now.
Technology leadership
CTO decisions, engineering priorities, technical debt, hiring, remote teams, and product delivery.
Government sales
Why a city would trust you, why it may take longer than expected, and how public-sector buying actually works.
Transaction readiness
How to think before a sale, what buyers may care about, and when to bring in lawyers, accountants, or bankers.
Public offer
Founder Sounding Board
A focused 90-minute session for a founder or owner with a specific decision, stuck point, or big question.
$275
CAD
- Short intake before the session.
- We schedule it manually if it looks like a fit.
- Optional short written recap.
Ongoing advisory is by fit
Some founders benefit from talking to the same outside person more than once. If the first session shows that would help, we can scope something small and explicit.
I keep this deliberately limited. I am retired, and I am more interested in good conversations than a large client roster.
Mentorship and advisory services are not legal, tax, accounting, investment, valuation, or brokerage advice. I do not guarantee introductions or outcomes.
Request a session
Send a short note through the form: who you are, what your company does, and what you want to talk through. I will follow up manually.
- Company context
What do you sell, to whom, and how far along is the business? - The hard question
What are you stuck on or deciding? - Useful outcome
What would make a 90-minute conversation worth it?