Honest tech advice for Main Street businesses.

Every vendor says you need their tool. Your IT guy sells what he installs. We don't sell software, take commissions, or push anything — you pay a flat fee, we tell you the truth about your technology.

Get your Tech Reality Check — $399 Free 3-minute self-check

Flat fee. No commissions. No meetings to sit through. Delivered in about a week.

You're not imagining it. Buying technology is rigged against you.

~1/3Businesses like yours waste roughly a third of their software and cloud spend on tools nobody uses.
8,000+AI tools are being marketed to small businesses right now. No wonder "doing something with AI" feels impossible.
$0What most "free" advisors charge you — because the vendor pays them a commission for steering you their way.

Everyone who gives you tech advice today gets paid when you buy. We get paid to tell you the truth.

The Tech Reality Check

$399 flat — that's the whole price.

A plain-English, vendor-neutral review of your business technology. You answer a guided questionnaire — about 20 minutes, no meetings — and we do the rest. If anything needs clarifying, we follow up by email.

1

Your Technology Roadmap

What you have, what's missing, what to tackle first — and just as important, what NOT to buy. In language you'd use with a neighbor, not a systems engineer.

2

Your Cost Benchmark

What you're paying for software, IT and services versus what businesses like yours pay. We show you where the fat is — line by line.

3

A Personal Video Walkthrough

We record a 15-minute video walking through your report — your numbers, your options, in plain English. Watch it when you want, share it with your team, and ask anything by email for 14 days.

Built for businesses with 10–50 employees. Delivered in about one week. No names of providers we're "partnered" with — because we aren't partnered with anyone.

Start my Reality Check — $399

The ThinkEthic Pledge

The only money we make is the flat fee you pay us. That's why our advice is the only advice you'll get this year with no agenda behind it.

How exposed is your business? Find out in 3 minutes.

Eight honest questions. No email required to see your result.

Question 1 of 8

Ready to buy something? Don't sign alone.

For businesses that want help executing, our Advisory engagement takes you through the decision:

  • A shortlist of providers matched to your case — chosen with zero financial interest
  • The exact questions to ask each one before you sign
  • Review of proposals and contracts, in plain English
$1,000–$2,500
flat, scoped up front, depending on the decision

Async, like everything we do — you'll hear back within one business day. No sales call unless you ask for one.

Who's behind this

I'm Martin Maciel, founder of Vynix LLC. I've spent my career in cybersecurity and compliance, and I build and operate software businesses — so I know exactly how technology gets sold, and how it gets oversold.

I started ThinkEthic because every small business owner I met had the same problem: everyone advising them had something to sell. The fix isn't more information — it's one advisor whose only incentive is being right.

ThinkEthic is a Vynix LLC company (Wyoming, USA).

Fair questions

Why should I pay $399 when SCORE and my local SBDC are free?

They're great — and generic. Volunteer mentors give broad business advice; we do one thing: analyze your stack, your spend, and your options, in writing, with a benchmark. The average business our size wastes thousands per year on tech it doesn't need. $399 to find that is not the expensive option.

How is this different from my IT provider's advice?

Your MSP or IT guy may be excellent — but they earn money when you buy what they install and manage. That's not a character flaw; it's a business model. We have no stake in what you buy, keep, or cancel. Ask them and us the same question and see if the answers match.

Do you implement the recommendations?

No, and that's deliberate. Advisors who implement recommend work that creates work for themselves. We give you the roadmap and, if you want, help you choose who executes it — we just never take that job ourselves, and never take a fee from whoever does.

What if the Reality Check tells me everything is fine?

Then you get something most owners never have: written confirmation that you're not the one being played, and a benchmark to keep it that way. It happens — and we'll say it plainly rather than invent problems.

Do I have to sit through meetings for this?

No — zero meetings. You fill out the questionnaire on your own time, the report and video walkthrough arrive in your inbox, and questions are handled by email for 14 days. You run a business; we won't put another call on your calendar.

We're not tech people. Will we understand the report?

That's the point. If a sentence in our report needs a glossary, we rewrite it. You run a business; the report talks about money, time, and risk — not acronyms.

Stop guessing. Get a straight answer.

One flat fee, one week, one honest picture of your technology — what to fix, what to skip, and what you're overpaying for.

Get your Tech Reality Check — $399