When AI isn’t enough, experience steps in.

  • You’ve run your ideas through AI tools, but something’s still missing.
  • With 40 years of Silicon Valley experience, I combine AI insights with human intuition and expertise.
  • Pay for a day, get results that last.

SERVICES

Innovative Tech Advisory Tailored to Your Needs.

At Tech Biz Advisors, I offer rapid, executive-level assessments within a single day, delivering unvarnished, actionable insights that AI alone cannot replicate. No strings, no fluff—just plain facts and clarity.​

What I Do

1-Day Executive Assessment

I dive into your strategy, messaging, and materials to identify:

  • What’s missing
  • What’s unclear
  • What’s superfluous

 

You’ll receive:

  • Actionable recommendations tailored for decision-makers
  • Honest, unvarnished feedback: I call it like I see it
  • A clear path forward
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Core Approach
  1. Quick Entry, Quick Exit
    • One-day, high-impact assessments.
    • Delivering value fast without overstaying my welcome.
  2. Unvarnished Truth
    • No sugarcoating: You’ll get clear, candid insights.
    • Calling it like I see it—even when the “emperor has no clothes.”
  3. AI-Augmented Analysis
    • I combine AI-driven data analysis with human experience, intuition, and expertise.
    • Ensuring innovative solutions that are also practical and actionable.
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Why Tech Biz Advisors Stands Out

At Tech Biz Advisors, I leverage 40 years of cross-functional CxO-level experience across:

  • Executive Leadership
  • Business Development
  • Marketing
  • Operations
  • Product Development

 

I’ve worked in both startups and publicly traded companies, giving me a unique ability to think like an executive who has led and scaled organizations of all types. My holistic perspective ensures strategies that are:

  • Innovative and practical
  • Aligned with your business objectives
  • Free of fluff or follow-on commitments

 

AI alone cannot replicate this. I empower decision-makers with the clarity to move forward confidently.

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Why Choose Tech Biz Advisors?

AI + Human Expertise
Generative AI is powerful, but it lacks judgment, experience, and intuition. I integrate AI tools, then enhance them with decades of business leadership:

  • Company and product positioning
  • Raising capital: Investor-ready clarity
  • Corporate and product messaging refinement
  • Re-thinking and improving presentations and materials
  •  

AI complements humans—it doesn’t replace us.

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Find the answers you are looking for.

Let’s make your strategy sharper.

  • Pay for a day.
  • Walk away with clarity and actionable steps.
About Laurent Gharda

founder of Tech Biz Advisors

Brings over four decades of experience in the technology sector to his role as a trusted advisor, with a proven track record of scaling companies, securing major customers, and driving strategic transitions

" Who I Am "

I’m Laurent Gharda, a seasoned Silicon Valley executive with:

  • 40 years of cross-functional CxO-level experience in executive leadership, business development, marketing, operations, and product development
  • A track record of success in startups and publicly traded companies
  • Expertise in company and product positioning, raising capital, and leadership strategy
  • UC Berkeley Computer Science graduate with multiple software and firmware patents
  • Combines advanced AI capabilities with extensive real-world executive experience, delivering insights that only come from decades of hands-on leadership in technology businesses
Expertise

Executive Leadership

Keep as is C-level roles (CEO, COO, VP Marketing, VP Sales) at multiple tech companies

Technical Expertise

Keep as is Computer Science degree from UC Berkeley; multiple patents in system virtualization

Entrepreneurial Success

Keep as is Founded and led software companies through successful exits and mergers

Corporate Experience

VP roles at Veritas Software and Phoenix Technologies; Business development at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Product Innovation

Developed AI data center provisioning software adopted by Cisco as "Cisco Server Provisioner"

"Laurent's career spans data center management, AI/ML, SaaS, Linux, open source, IoT, and firmware. At Veritas Software, he played a key role in securing the company's first major customers, paving the way for its IPO. He helped initiate the industry-shaping merger between Phoenix Technologies and Award Software. His unique blend of technical knowledge and business strategy offers clients invaluable insights for growth, transformation, and investment decisions. Fluent in English and French, Laurent brings a global perspective to technology business challenges."

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