70% of businesses fail in the first five years.
But that doesn't account for the majority of businesses that never even get started. Failure to launch.
You've got what could be a Million Dollar Idea! A lot of people do.
You have two options:
You can let it hide in the caves of your mind while you mull over the idea for a couple years. Stay in your lane, let this idea "marinate" until it manifests itself into millions. Wait until it's the right time, until you aren't so busy, until you meet the right person, until you find a co-founder who wants to work for equity, until you have your lucky break, until you run out of excuses. Maybe this passive approach will just work out like wanting to lose weight "works out".
Or maybe it won't bloom and your great idea will die with you. Or more likely, just be forgotten as it fades away over time. It won't help anyone, least of all, you.
Or you can act.
Get clarity on your idea, start on the path towards making it a reality. Validate it by pitching your idea. Try to make a sale, have some holes poked in it and get crucial feedback. If you've proven the idea, figure out what you'll need to minimally launch or scale. Learn what it'll take to build the app or launch the website or integrate with a provider. Or, if you're stuck in a rut, get some ideas to get back into gear and haul up that hill.
Let me help you get some fresh perspective in just a 30 minute consult.
I'm Matt Ferrante, I've been a software engineer for over 15 years and have real experience in startups and advertising technology. I've founded three businesses, worked with early stage startups (0-20 employees) and mid-stage startups (150-300 employees), gotten burned in an acquisition and done pretty well in another and now, I'm looking to help you.
Here are some things I've helped people with:
- Advice and considerations for launching your website or app
- Honest, no-filter feedback on your business plan, product or demo, I can be harsh
- AI ChatBots, Insights and Content creation. Prompt Engineering for LLMs and OpenAI GPTs and AI Infrastructure
- Architecture Design for Automation, AdTech and SaaS solutions
- Automating Campaign Management of millions of dollars in advertising spend and helping ads agencies automate save money by automating their process.
- Algorithmic Trading Bots for Stocks, Options and Crypto for passive rule-based or AI investing.
Work with a real native english-speaking person with experience launching and in early-mid stage startups. Can you really rely on the statistical evaluation of ChatGPT? I'm not a salesperson who is going to dodge giving you value until you sign on to a big contract, just a brief consultation.
Like a therapist, but with a focus on your business and tech, I want to talk about what you got going on.
Or like a friend who is intently interested in your idea, not just waiting to talk about the big game (though, I'd be happy to talk about skiing or biking).
I will do all of this for $20.
If after the call, you decide that you want to engage my services in a one-time or ongoing way with deliverables, we can discuss that, but there is absolutely no expectation that our professional relationship continues beyond this one conversation. Regardless, I hope we remain friends forever.
And as a bonus, I'll keep you in mind for opportunities as I connect with more people. "I know a guy!"
We can do a phone call or video/screen-share and try to find a time the same day you buy. I like moving fast, striking while the iron is hot. If we can't find a good time to meet within a week or you've dug through my social media posts and have changed your mind, I'll refund your money, no hassle.
How It Works
- Book a Call for $20
- I email you to set up the call
- [Optional] You prepare some things you want to talk about
- We meet at the scheduled time and talk for 30 minutes
- You record or take notes or just enjoy the conversation
- Profit!
P.S. I'm enjoying doing a couple of these a week right now but am planning them week-by-week based on my availability. I close registration regularly, so if the purchase link isn't loading, it's because I'm currently full or I broke the site. Don't miss an open registration window.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are you offering this?
Because I want to meet you! I like meeting people and talking about business, learning about what they're working on and their challenges and seeing if I can help in some small way. And, hey, $20 is $20.
Why are you charging $20 for it then?
I want you to be bought in to meeting me and show up for our call ready to get at least $20 worth of value from our conversation. Also, my time isn't free. In fact, it's generally worth much more than this. And I can buy most of a really good sandwich with $20.
Why don't you charge more than $20?
Good idea! I probably will eventually.
Is this just a sales call?
Only if you want to try to sell me something. Let me try to offer some insight or ideas of value and we can understand each other better.
Can you write some code for me?
Probably, but not on this call. This is just a conversation and I'm happy to talk through some code or infrastructure or whatever, but no deliverables.
Can I pitch you my product?
Of course! I hope you do, it's a great intro to you and what you do. No promises on if I'll buy, please don't be bitter if I don't. $20 could be a really good cost to get a prospect on the call though, is it below your current Cost-per-Acquisition and Lifetime Gross Profit per Customer?
Can we meet for more time?
You can accomplish an impressive amount in 20-30 minutes. It's the 20% that'll get you 80% of the value you'd get in a longer meeting starting with a "we'll just give everyone a couple more minutes to show up" and a "bio break" intermission. C'mon. Let's see what we can do in 30 minutes and after that, we can schedule a longer meeting if we think it would be beneficial.