The AI Opportunity Audit
Where AI pays off. And where it doesn't.
A fixed-price audit for business owners who are done with AI sales pitches. One 90-minute session. One written report: every opportunity in your business — ranked by return, priced, and given a verdict.
what passes, pays
The offer
One session. One report. Every verdict priced.
You've been pitched AI a dozen times this year. Nobody has told you which of it is worth your money — in your business, with your team and systems. That is the entire job of this audit.
Inside the report
Every opportunity gets one of three verdicts.
No hedging, no "it depends." Each opportunity is scored on the four factors that predict whether AI actually works in a business your size: volume, pattern versus judgment, data readiness, and error tolerance.
Report contents
- Executive summarythe one-page answer
- Current state snapshotwhere the hours go
- Opportunities, rankedROI · cost · payback
- The do-not-do listwhat to skip & why
- 90-day roadmapphased, with exit gates
- Investment summarytotals & payback
The difference
Every report includes a list of things you should not buy.
That's the part no vendor will ever give you — because every vendor is selling something. The do-not-do list names the initiatives you'll be pitched this year that don't clear the bar for a business like yours, and states the condition under which each one would become worth revisiting. Knowing what to skip is worth the fee on its own.
Who's behind it
Judgment you can't get from a vendor.
I'm Michael Shollenberger. I've spent 25 years running engineering organizations — as a VP of Software Engineering in EdTech, a CIO 100 award winner in the nonprofit sector, and a founder who has built and sold before. I currently build and operate my own AI-powered SaaS, which means I know exactly what today's AI can do, what it costs to run, and where the demos fall apart in production. I have nothing to sell you but the verdict.
How it works
Booked to roadmap in about a week.
01
Book
Pay the fixed fee and pick a session time. Two minutes.
02
Prep
A short intake — three questions, no documents required.
03
Session
90 minutes mapping your processes, systems, and numbers.
04
Report
Ranked, priced verdicts in your inbox within 5 business days.
05
Readout
30 minutes to walk the roadmap. Then it's yours.
Fair questions
Asked and answered.
What if there's nothing worth doing in my business?
Then the report says so, plainly — and tells you what would have to change before that's no longer true. A verdict of "not yet" is a legitimate outcome, and it's cheaper than finding out the expensive way.
Do you do the implementation too?
Optionally. The report is written so any competent implementer can execute it — your team, a vendor, or me. If you engage me, your full audit fee is credited. If you don't, no follow-up sequence, no drip campaign. You know where to find me.
Is this for my industry?
The method is industry-agnostic because it audits processes and numbers, not buzzwords: how often something happens, what it costs, whether the data exists, and what an error costs you. If your business has repetitive work and real revenue, the method applies.
Why is it $2,500?
Because it's an executive-level diagnostic, not a discovery call. You get a decision-ready document with real numbers from someone who has run engineering organizations for 25 years — priced at a fraction of one month of a fractional executive, and credited in full if we build together.
Book the audit
Find out what passes. Skip what doesn't.
$2,500 fixed · 90-minute session · report in 5 business days · fee credited toward implementation