CEO & founder advisory

Counsel, without a seat.

A senior sounding board for the founder, CEO or board, on a monthly retainer. Someone who has held the operating, product and commercial roles, to think through the calls only you can make, before you make them.

Who this is for

A second opinion at the top.

Any one of these is reason enough to talk.

Founders and CEOs of blockchain, digital-asset and technology companies facing decisions they cannot fully share with the team.
First-time CEOs who want someone to talk to between board meetings.
Boards and investors who want an experienced read on a portfolio company without adding an executive.
Companies weighing a launch, a listing, a partnership or a pivot, and wanting a second view before committing.
Leaders who do not need a fractional executive, but do need someone to think with.
What it covers

The decisions that land on your desk.

It is whatever you are deciding this month. These come up most.

Strategy and priorities

Where the business is going, what to do first, and what to stop doing.

Commercial calls

Deals, partners, pricing and the terms behind them, before you sign.

Product and roadmap

What to build next, and what the market will actually pay for.

Fundraising and the board

The narrative, the numbers and the room, prepared with you.

Hiring the senior team

Who to hire, when, and how to judge them when you have not done it before.

Hard conversations

Investors, co-founders, partners. Thought through before they happen.

What a month looks like

A cadence, and a line that stays open.

Retainer, monthly, cancel with notice. The commitment is negotiable and depends on what you need.

Cadence
A standing session

A fixed weekly or fortnightly session with the founder or CEO. Yours to set the agenda, ours to push on it.

Access
Between the sessions

Questions by message when a decision cannot wait. You get a straight answer, not a meeting request.

Board
Around the board

Preparation before the meeting, a candid read after it, and attendance where it helps.

Escalation
When it needs more than counsel

If a problem needs hands, the engagement can step up to a diagnostic or a fractional role. It does not have to.

What it is not

Clear edges, on purpose.

Advisory works because everyone knows where it stops.

Not a fractional role

We advise. You decide and execute. If you want us to run it, that is a different engagement, and we will say so.

Not a board seat

No fiduciary role, no vote, no conflict of interest. We work for the person in the chair.

Not a report

No decks for the sake of decks. The output is better decisions, made sooner.

Want someone senior in your corner?

Tell us what is on your desk. If it is a decision, we can help. If it is a job, we will say so.