An invitation-only advisory board for enterprise CXOs to evaluate emerging technology ahead of market, provide structured feedback to the vendors building it, and be compensated for the time and expertise you contribute.
As a CXO, your team already brings you in before any significant technology decision is made. You've developed a sharp, well-informed view of what actually works in production — and that view is regularly given away in vendor calls and internal reviews with no formal recognition attached.
The CXO Advisory Board converts that judgement into a structured, professional engagement. You evaluate technology ahead of general availability, provide the vendor's leadership team with decision-ready feedback, and are recognised for the time and expertise involved — not as a courtesy, but as the professional contribution it is.
"The most useful product feedback rarely comes from a survey. It comes from a CXO who has run the technology against a real business problem — and is willing to put their name to the assessment."— Sohail Khan, Founder · The Builders Club
This is not a courtesy extended to a vendor. It is a structured engagement with direct leadership visibility and genuine professional upside.
Every completed evaluation is compensated, reflecting the time and expertise involved. The value is confirmed upfront, with no negotiation required.
Your evaluation is not filed away. It is compiled and delivered directly to the vendor's leadership team, attributed to you and your assessment.
Advisors who deliver consistently strong evaluations are considered for podcast conversations, speaking engagements, and public recognition as a sector authority.
Every product you evaluate is seen before general availability — at the point where the vendor's leadership is still actively shaping pricing, packaging, and roadmap around structured feedback. If the product proves relevant to your organisation, that places you in a strong position.
Advisors who see genuine fit in what they evaluate are offered priority access to early-stage pricing, direct engagement with the vendor's leadership during procurement, and the ability to influence roadmap decisions before they are finalised.
Advisors who deliver consistently sharp evaluations do not remain anonymous for long. Here is where that visibility can lead.
Introduced to TBC's media partners and podcast hosts as a credible operator with a proven, informed point of view on emerging technology.
Advisory board members are given priority consideration for speaking opportunities at TBC's flagship events and executive roundtables.
Your evaluation and quote may be featured in the vendor's own case study and launch materials, with your name and title attributed, subject to your approval.
Carry the CXO Advisory Board credential publicly — on LinkedIn, in your executive bio, wherever you choose to signal that your judgement is trusted at this level.
You select which evaluations to accept. Nothing is assigned without your agreement.
Share your role, sector, and the categories of technology you are best placed to evaluate. You are matched against genuine evaluation requests — never assigned by default.
A concise brief on what has been built, its intended audience, and the specific feedback the vendor is seeking — so your time in the product is focused, not exploratory.
Spend meaningful time in the product, then submit structured feedback against the brief. Your input is compiled and delivered directly to the vendor's leadership team.
You are compensated for your time once your evaluation is submitted. Consistently strong evaluations are also considered for podcast and speaking opportunities.
Every evaluation follows the same format, giving vendors consistent, comparable, decision-ready input rather than an unstructured email.
A sample of the categories that have come through the Advisory Board, from AI platforms to automation and content tooling.
Perspectives from enterprise CXOs currently evaluating technology through the CXO Advisory Board.
What stood out was not the compensation, though that was a welcome change. It was the structure. Rather than an unstructured call that goes unrecorded, I was submitting something the vendor's leadership team could act on directly. That is a fundamentally different relationship than the usual ad hoc request for a product opinion.
Every evaluation follows the same brief, evaluate, and submit structure, and I am compensated exactly as described each time. That level of operational discipline is not something I typically encounter from early-stage programmes.
I submitted feedback on a product I genuinely rated, and some weeks later was invited to discuss the evaluation process publicly. That kind of visibility compounds in ways the standard compensation alone does not.
Not every evaluation results in a purchase, and the programme is not structured to force one. What was notable was how much value came simply from being taken seriously as an evaluator.
That conversion rate is unlike anything else I have used to discover new technology — and I was recognised for every evaluation, regardless of whether it led to a purchase. The quality bar on what reaches the board is consistently high.
Apply to the CXO Advisory Board. Evaluation opportunities are matched to your sector and area of expertise — you remain in control of which ones you accept.