Dear business owner,

You've built software, or had it built. Now it's hard to steer.

Your developers tell you what's possible. Your agency tells you what it costs. Someone on your board says you should be using AI. Everyone has an opinion, and you're the one who has to decide.

You have plenty of advice. But nobody on your side can tell you which of it is right.

So decisions get put off. Or they get made by whoever sounds most confident.

I've worked with 253 business owners. Most of them didn't need more developers. They needed someone to make the technical calls with them. Here's what it usually looks like before that happens:

• The roadmap changes every time someone has a new idea.

• Developers say yes to everything, so the product does a lot of things badly.

• The monthly bill keeps growing, and nobody can say why.

• Nobody can answer your questions about security or data.

• You feel like you've lost control of your own product.

Most owners try to fix this by hiring a CTO. A good one costs $250,000+ a year, and most businesses don't need one in the office five days a week.

Others leave the decisions to their agency. But an agency is paid to build, so it rarely tells you to build less.

What helps is a technical leader on your side, for the hours you actually need. Someone who understands your business and your code. Someone who says no when it matters, and explains why.

That's what I do as a virtual CTO. I work with you remotely, wherever you are. You decide how much of my time you need, and you only pay for the time you use.

The free audit is the first step.

Sam Halcrow

Virtual CTO