One consultant, not a firm
Why one consultant beats a consulting firm for AI in a mid-sized business
The discovery phase, the workshop, the roadmap, the team you have not met and the vendor partnership behind the recommendation were built for companies with thousands of staff. For a business your size that model is largely redundant and prohibitively expensive. Here is what you get instead.
What one person gives you that a firm cannot
Independent of every vendor
No partner programme, no reseller margin, no platform of my own. I recommend what fits, and build it so the model is one part you can swap for the best one on the day.
You get the person you met
The person on the first call does the workshop, reads the survey, builds the automation and presents the findings.
Self-documenting by default
A note for every working day, a record of every decision, a readme a new person can follow. It is how the work gets done now.
Portable to anyone
Everything lives in your repository, written so a developer who has never met me can pick it up.
You own the IP and the code
Assigned in the agreement, in your accounts from the first commit. No licence, no platform, no lock-in.
Risk you can switch off
One user, provisioned like staff, revoked by your admin in a minute. Not a shared login and a spreadsheet of keys.
A fraction of the cost
No discovery phase, no bench to keep busy. Mostly asynchronous and AI-assisted, so an audit is low thousands, not tens.
Tell me what you're dealing with
Three lines is plenty. I reply personally, usually within a day, and the first call is free.
Thanks for reaching out!
I'll get back to you soon.
Frequently asked questions
What if you get hit by a bus?
Everything is in your repository with documentation written as it was built. A new provider reads the notes and carries on. That is what portable means.
Can one person really cover strategy, training and building?
For a business with a few dozen people, yes, and it is better that way: nothing is lost in a hand-off. Where a task needs more hands I bring in Momentum, the agency I founded.
Are you a partner of Anthropic, OpenAI or Microsoft?
No, and on purpose. Most consultancies are partners or resellers of the tools they recommend, which means part of their income depends on what you buy. I earn nothing from your licences and have nothing of my own to sell, so the advice is only about what works for you, and the build stays portable across models.
Aren’t the big firms safer?
A large firm carries a brand, and also a shared login, a team you have not met, and a commercial model that needs the engagement to grow. My insurance is real, my access is one revocable user, and you can stop after any step.
Do you have insurance?
Professional indemnity and public liability at levels most procurement teams are happy with. Ask and I will send the certificate.
What if we outgrow you?
You have a repository of documented, working automations and a team that knows how to use AI. Hire whoever you like. Nothing has to be rebuilt.
Further reading
A secure automation environment
The access design that makes one person lower risk than a firm.
A two-week AI audit
The first step, priced so saying stop afterwards is free.
I follow 30 AI newsletters, but my business hasn’t changed yet
The owner who has already said no to the big firm.
All AI consulting
Everything I help with, in one place.
Already been quoted a discovery phase?
Send me the proposal, or just the number. I will tell you what one person would do instead, and where a firm genuinely would be better.
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