CTO as a Service
CTO as a service: a tech partner, on a monthly plan
CTO as a service means you rent a senior tech leader by the month. No salary. No stock. No six-month search to find the right person.
You're building a company. Investors ask who owns the tech. An agency quotes you a number that feels made up. The first version of your app works, right up until it doesn't. CTO as a service gives you an experienced tech partner on call, right when you need one.
Each month, I review your systems, own your tech plan, sit in on investor and vendor calls, and build the parts that matter when speed counts. Advice-only firms stop at the meeting. I don't.
Every tech choice you make before you find product-market fit either helps you or costs you later. That's why renting the judgment now makes sense. You can hire a full-time CTO once the money is there.
What's inside the plan
A check before investors look
I write down how your systems work and how safe they are. So you have a straight answer when investors ask, "can this grow?"
Fixing your first version
If your app was built fast, by AI or an agency, I clean it up. Logins, payments, costs, and code someone else can read later.
A plan your team can follow
A clear tech plan your developers can run with. I review it and reset it every month.
Hiring and picking tech companies
I sit in on interviews for your engineers. I check out your agencies. I negotiate your contracts.
Real build time
Part of every month is me, hands on keyboard: hookups, automations, and fixes I ship myself.
Proof, not promises
I've shipped and grown real systems for American manufacturers and tech platforms. One site I rebuilt now serves more than 398,000 people. One project hit 4 million appearances on Google in a single month, including the #1 spot for a search made 240,000 times a month.
Frequently asked questions
How much does CTO as a service cost? +
Plans usually run $3,000 to $10,000 a month for advice-heavy work, and more for hands-on building. A full-time CTO costs $25,000 or more a month, all in. Every plan starts with a fixed-price audit, so the first bill pays for itself in what it finds.
Is CTO as a service right for a pre-revenue startup? +
Yes. It's often the smart move. You get the big decisions made right, in the stage where mistakes cost the most. And you don't burn your cash on a $400,000 hire.
What happens when we outgrow it? +
I help you hire your full-time CTO. I write the job post. I sit in on interviews. I hand over a clean, well-documented setup. When that day comes, we both did our job.
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One person for the plan and the work.
One spot is open. Apply, and if it's a good fit, we start with a Tech Audit. Two weeks, one flat price. It comes off your first month if we work together. Either way, you keep a one-year plan.