Things Mike Solves

Things I solve, what I am useful for. Ways you can engage with me.

Fractional CXO

  • Build an MVP

    This word MVP. It's a tough one to agree on it's definition. Those words Minimum and Viable tend to extend themselves into Maximum and Possible. But we all agree it's a Product. Let's build one together and validate a startup idea.

  • Vet or create a goto market plan

    Using the Lean Startup playbook, I'll build an entire roadmap with testable breakpoints and circuit breakers along the way. 'Build it and they will come' is a fallacy. Start with the market. Build it into your product.

  • Create and help you execute an AI roadmap

    Being an AI First company can create a 100X multiplier on your current business model. AI is not an existential crisis for any business. It's an opportunity that comes along every 100 years.

  • Decipher your place in this AI World

    Skip the LLM hype. I love GPT-4 as much as anyone, but it's not AGI and it's not going to be. That being said, now that everyone is starting to understand the use cases. Let me show you how this whole AI revolution can fit into your business.

  • Real World Assets On Chain

    No, I'm not going to build you a Bored Ape clone. But I will build you a decentralized tokenization system for real world assets if you are currently operating in those businesses.

Development

  • Build AR and VR Systems

    I don’t care if it’s missing all of the fancy IDE features everyone else relies on, Sublime Text is still the best text editor ever made.

  • Build Marketplace Systems For Services

    I started building these 30+ years ago. I didn't even know it was a category. I still build them today. Most of the wealth created with tech is built on some kind of B2B Marketplace of Services. Want one?

  • Integrations

    Integrate Artificial Intelligence and Network Effects into your current business systems. Not just your software systems. But your SYSTEMS. Like the way Ray Kroc would do it.

Content

  • The Podcasts

    Let's make some great video content together and have a nice conversation about cool and fun topics. It's a 30 to 90 minute investment of time for the two of us and you wind up with a months worth of video content to use for yourself. Best investement return on earth.

Negotiation

  • Find Partners For Your Business

    Yes, you could just google it. But if that doesn't work, I'm pretty sure I know the best and who to talk to.

  • Help you negotiate deals with tech vendors

    I know where the digital bodies are buried. Your potential tech vendors cannot bullshit me.

  • Buy vs. Build Advisory

    Once you've determined what is core to your company and what isn't, then I will often help smash the numbers and the tech around and determine if buying or building is the best technical option.

  • Audit and Quantify your marketing stack

    This is often referred to as 'Help me find which vendors are doing a good job in the marketing mix. And find which vendors or services are not contributing to digital ROI.' More that a few have described this as 'Find out who is &#$^%#$^$ us'