When you need CTO-level thinking but can't justify the hire
Most mid-sized businesses don't need a full-time CTO. They need experienced technology thinking, available consistently, at a scale that fits where they are now.
Tech advisory for small business
Technology should be the boring part of running your business.
Most businesses picked tools as problems arrived. One for invoicing, one for comms, one that someone's cousin recommended. The result is a stack nobody fully owns, nobody fully understands, and nobody has time to fix. We do.
Book a conversation →Most growing businesses don't need a full-time CTO — the salary doesn't make sense and the role rarely gets defined properly. They don't need an IT consultant either, who'll end up focused on tools rather than what the business actually needs. What they need is someone who can look at the technology clearly and tell them what's actually going on.
That's the job.
How we work
Four ways to engage — from a one-off audit to an ongoing advisory relationship.
Audit and Strategy
An honest audit of what you have, what it costs, and what it should be doing. You get a prioritised plan — not a report that goes in a drawer.
Learn more →Fractional CTO Advisory
Five days per quarter of CTO-level thinking, without the full-time hire. Someone to think with — on strategy, vendor decisions, or whatever the quarter calls for.
Learn more →Special Projects
A specific problem that needs solving — a migration, an automation build, a vendor selection, or a tool that won't bed in. Two days a week until it's done.
Learn more →Personnel Sourcing
Finding the right technology hire is harder than it looks if you don't know what good looks like. We define the brief, source candidates, and tell you which ones to take seriously.
Learn more →Latest thinking
All articles →What should you actually do about AI?
Most founders told to "get an AI strategy" haven't identified which problem they want it to solve. That's usually the better place to start.
Where does your data actually live?
When you sign up to a SaaS tool, your data goes somewhere. Most UK businesses haven't decided where — and clients in legal, healthcare, and financial services will ask.
Worth a conversation.
No pitch deck. No commitment. Just a conversation about what technology is and isn't doing for your business — and whether we can help.
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