One question, answered
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Should we build it, and when does it pay back?
Bring one decision. You get a short written answer: cost, savings, payback.
If customers only pay you for the output, like a dashboard, a report, a summary or an answer, AI tools will soon give it to them for less. And whatever AI makes cheaper for you, it makes cheaper for your competitors too. So I look at what comes before the model:
That’s where to put your money.
The company works where waste passes from one company to another. The product was in reporting, and AI tools are starting to write reports for free. So we moved it to the handover itself, where the data is first created. I set up the first version and ran the pilots. We held off building a full interface and took “AI-first” out of the pitch. Next: an AI agent at each handover, so no company has to log in to someone else’s system.
Fixed price, agreed before we start.
Taking new work from March 202701 / 04
Should we build it, and when does it pay back?
Bring one decision. You get a short written answer: cost, savings, payback.
02 / 04
What do we build now, and what can wait?
Part-time, month to month: product direction, positioning, pricing, and what stays manual.
03 / 04
We have a plan and nobody to build it.
I build the first working version, so your team can test it with real users.
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What’s my next step, and who pays for it?
1:1 sessions for experienced people: your path, your offer, and how to make it pay.
Topics: business and positioning (what to sell, to whom and at what price), your next move, design thinking, interviews.
See sessions and pricesWith my main client I’m moving the product out of reporting before reporting becomes something anyone can get for free. Before that I led the product at Fyma, a computer-vision AI startup, from early research to launch. I also worked on product at Guardtime, for clients including NATO. Its blockchain is used by governments, Lockheed Martin and Verizon. I still build software myself, and that’s where my cost estimates come from.
Business, strategy, building and mentoring. For founders, small teams and anyone finding their way.