You built the business. Now the business is running you.

Scott Scharf is a fractional CTO for ecommerce founders doing $1M to $100M+ a year, someone who understands you as an entrepreneur, knows ecommerce inside and out, and knows how to apply technology the right way for your business.

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An extension of you, overseeing the changes your business needs.

Scharf Consulting works closely with a small number of sellers, as an advisor and an extension of the founder. Scharf Consulting checks in with you regularly and acts as your accountability partner, overseeing the longer-term technology changes in your business so they're done properly, on time, and on budget.

Your business keeps evolving and improving while you stay focused on everything else.

Cartoon of an ecommerce founder's journey
From chaos to sanity and profitability, with Scharf Consulting right there with you.

Your journey starts with your challenges.

Every business is different. Some need their books fixed first, some are ready for AI today. Wherever you are, we start with what's in front of you.

Accounting and finance
Books that don't close on time, and numbers you can't make decisions with.
Inventory and ERP
Spreadsheets, stockouts, and a big system decision you're afraid to get wrong.
Operations and tech stack
A dozen-plus tools that don't talk to each other, and nobody knows which one is right.
AI
Everyone says you should be using it. Where do you even start?
The one-off fire
A small problem that keeps eating your week, that you'd have to become an expert in to fix.

Each of these means becoming an expert before you can fix it. You can do that on your own, or bring in someone who already is one.

ON YOUR OWN
You become the expert
  1. 1
    Research it yourself
    Hours of reading, on top of running the business.
  2. 2
    Ask your peers
    Everyone has a different answer and a different business.
  3. 3
    Demo the products
    Sales calls with vendors who all say they're the right fit.
  4. 4
    Try to evaluate it
    With no experience to judge it, and AI answers you can't verify.
  5. 5
    Implement it, or find a consultant
    Do it yourself with no time, or start the search all over again.
WITH SCHARF CONSULTING
You bring the challenge, we bring the expertise
  1. 1
    Tell us what's in front of you
    Small or big, we start with your business where it is today.
  2. 2
    Get two viable options
    Narrowed down to the right technology for your business, with the full cost picture. You make the call.
  3. 3
    A plan that fits your strategy
    Aligned with where your business is today and where it's going.
  4. 4
    We're with you while it happens
    Working with you weekly, monthly, and quarterly so changes land properly, on time, and on budget.

Recognize yourself? If you want help and are willing to listen to advice, we'd love to talk.

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Lived experience, not theory.

Scott brings decades of IT consulting experience and co-founded the first ecommerce-only cloud accounting firm back in 2011, then grew it, merged it, and exited. You pay Scott for his judgment, and he'll tell you when you don't need something. If a partner he recommends pays a referral fee, he says so before you decide.

Decades
of IT consulting
15+
years in ecommerce
Thousands
of seller conversations
100+
active, vetted partners
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Ready to see your whole business in one place, for the first time?

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