What if it really is impossible?

Then you get a written explanation of exactly why, which is worth having, plus the nearest possible alternative. You pay for the investigation, not for a failure we predicted.

Do you need to work inside my existing codebase?

Yes, and that is fine. We read unfamiliar codebases constantly. Give us repo access and a walkthrough of past attempts, and we take it from there.

How do you price something nobody has managed to build?

You name a number for the investigation plus build. After the investigation we tell you honestly whether your number still covers the build, before any deep work begins.

Service 084 of 100

Hire someone to build the feature your last developer gave up on

The Build Studio at CEOism takes the feature your last developer gave up on, and builds it, at a price you name. Every product has one: the ticket that got moved to next sprint eleven times, the integration that "cannot be done with our stack," the performance target everyone quietly stopped mentioning. We like those. Usually the impossibility is one wrong assumption deep, and finding that assumption is the actual work. Bring us the ticket, the history of attempts, and the number that feels fair. We investigate first, tell you honestly whether it is hard, expensive, or genuinely impossible, and then build it if it can be built. The studio has shipped 47 live apps, several of which exist because a hard thing turned out to be findable.

The 60-second version

Bring us the ticket your last developer quit over.

We build it for you: bring us the impossible ticket, we like those.

Name your price and we start. ceoism.com/studio.

What you receive

An investigation writeup: why previous attempts failed
The feature, built, tested, and live in your product
The wrong assumption named, so your team learns from it
Clean integration with your existing codebase, not a bolt-on
Documentation of how it works and where its limits are

How it works

1
Tell us what you need
One email. Describe the thing in your own words, plain language is perfect, and say the number that feels fair to you.
2
We build, you watch it become real
We reply honestly with what your number gets, then we build. You see the live thing take shape, not a slide about it.
3
You name the price
The price you set is the price. When it ships, it is live on a real domain and it is yours: code, keys, everything.

Honest questions

What if it really is impossible?: Then you get a written explanation of exactly why, which is worth having, plus the nearest possible alternative. You pay for the investigation, not for a failure we predicted.
Do you need to work inside my existing codebase?: Yes, and that is fine. We read unfamiliar codebases constantly. Give us repo access and a walkthrough of past attempts, and we take it from there.
How do you price something nobody has managed to build?: You name a number for the investigation plus build. After the investigation we tell you honestly whether your number still covers the build, before any deep work begins.

Name your price on this.

Tell us what you need and the number that feels fair. We answer honestly with what that number gets.

Name your price nameyourprice.ceoism.com

Not looking to hire anyone? If you have the knack but never had the means, CEOism will hand you a company instead.

Service 084 · three takes

The films we shoot for this one

These are the scripts we actually film, published openly. Plain text is spoken out loud. Anything in the marked panels is for the camera or the screen behind us and is never read aloud. Three takes of the same service, so we can pick the one that fits where the film is going. The first is open below. Open the other two to read them.

Take one · the empathy cutFilm 084 · 25 to 40 seconds

The ticket nobody will touch

Opens inside the worry this service answers, and takes its time. Made for someone who already has this problem in mind, so it fits this page and it fits an audience that already knows us.

Direction · do not readOpen on camera.

A ticket on your board has been open for a very long time. It moves to the next sprint every time, and by now people avoid mentioning it in the meeting.

Usually it is not impossible. It is unpleasant, and nobody has had a clear week for it.

The feature your last developer gave up on. Bring us that one. If it genuinely cannot be done, we will say so plainly.

You name the price on it. ceoism.com/studio.

Take two · the direct cutFilm 084 · 15 to 25 seconds

It builds

Opens on a claim or a visible result, with the offer inside the first ten seconds. Built to be shot with a screen recording playing behind you. Made for the feed and for paid placement, where nobody was looking for us.

Read this script

Screen · do not readScreen: a failing test suite, then the same suite passing.

It builds, it passes, it is live in the product. That is the result.

The feature your last developer gave up on. We investigate why the earlier attempts failed and name the wrong assumption out loud.

Screen · do not readScreen: cut to the feature working inside a live product.

If it genuinely cannot be done we say so. You name the price. Bring us the ticket.

Take three · the standing offerFilm 084 · 15 to 30 seconds

The ticket that keeps moving

Names the service in the first breath instead of hiding it behind a hook, then offers to build it. It puts the barriers on the floor: you name the price, and not knowing how any of it works is our job rather than yours. It also makes the promise most people never get, that we stay with the thing until it is real. Made for someone who has been carrying this idea around for a long time and needs to hear that somebody will actually take it on.

Read this script

The feature your last developer gave up on. The ticket that keeps moving to next sprint.

Bring us that one. We investigate why the earlier attempts failed.

You name the price. If it genuinely cannot be done, we tell you plainly.

Direction · do not readBeat.

Otherwise we keep at it until it is built and live in your product.

The ticket is welcome here.

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