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CEOS™ for Explorers

CEOS

Chief Executive Operating System

by The Swiss Man

Stress-test your idea before you bet on it.

The rigor of a business consultant, at a fraction of the cost. Built for explorers: the people with the nerve to back an idea, and the sense to make the risk an informed one.

Your first Reality Check is on us, no card.

Walk away with clarity, not another idea that dies in your notebook.

Every idea sounds brilliant in your own head. The only question that matters is whether it survives the evidence.

You've got an idea you can't shake. Maybe it's the one that makes you leave a steady job. Maybe it's the next bet for a business you already run. Either way, you're going to take a risk. The only question is whether it's an informed one. An AI that agrees with everything you type won't get you there. Neither will your gut. What you need is the rigor a good advisor would bring: pull the evidence, name what would kill it, and tell you plainly whether it's worth it. That's CEOS. An informed risk, not a blind one.

What CEOS delivers

Citation-backed research

Every claim sourced. Every source linked. Check the work yourself.

A Reality Check, not a pep talk

1-page verdict. Top 3 risks. The experiments that would actually settle it. Don't build it (yet) / closer look / worth building.

Dealbreakers ranked

What will kill this idea, scored by severity × likelihood, before you commit.

See exactly what goes into a Reality Check →

How CEOS evaluates

Brutal.

An honest reality check, not flattery. The score is checked against the outcome on every project. The system grades its own bias in public. It tells you what an AI built to please you won't.

Auditable.

See exactly why. Every claim cites a source or moves to the assumptions list; every agent decision lands in the audit trail. Open the links and check the work yourself.

Repeatable.

The same rigor on every idea you bring. Same idea, same evidence → same verdict. No vibe-checks dressed up as analysis.

Calibration Check™

A stress test that catches your own optimism. Live calibration data is published from real organic reports.

See the data →

Frequently asked

CEOS runs 16 phases in sequence, each one challenges the last. The output is a calibrated Reality Check on your idea, not a summary that agrees with you.
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Andrei Gegiu: 10 years at sea, now founder

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