HARTSTONEADVISORY

Advisory for growing businesses

Steady guidance for businesses ready to grow.

Hartstone helps startups and small-to-mid-sized businesses get ready for AI, stay secure, run leaner and build technology that lasts. Clear, practical advice from people who have done this work inside large enterprises.

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Services

Four areas where growing businesses get stuck. We help with all of them.

Every engagement has a fixed scope and a fixed price, agreed before we begin. Prices are in Canadian dollars, before tax.

AI readiness

Use AI where it pays off

Cut through the noise and find the AI uses that will actually save time or make money in your business.

  • AI opportunity assessment across your workflows
  • Data and tool readiness review
  • A practical 90-day AI roadmap and usage policy

From $3,500AI Readiness Assessment · 2–3 weeks

Cybersecurity

Protect what you've built

Enterprise-grade security thinking, sized for a business your size and budget.

  • Security risk assessment and prioritized fixes
  • Policies, access controls and incident planning
  • Readiness for client and insurer security questionnaires

From $4,000Cybersecurity Foundations Review · 2–3 weeks

Operations & efficiency

Run leaner, grow faster

Find the bottlenecks that cost you hours and margin, and fix them for good.

  • Process mapping and waste reduction (Lean Six Sigma)
  • Automation of repetitive admin and reporting
  • KPIs and dashboards that show what's working

From $5,000Process Efficiency Sprint · 3–4 weeks

Cloud & technology strategy

Build the right foundations

Choose, set up and connect the tools your business runs on, without overspending.

  • Cloud setup and migration (Google Cloud and Workspace)
  • Software selection and vendor evaluation
  • IT foundations that scale as your team grows

From $1,500Tech & Security Health Check · 1 week

Free 30-minute call

Tell us what's going on. We'll tell you plainly whether and how we can help.

Strategy Session · $350

90 minutes of focused advice on one problem. Fully credited toward any package you book after.

Ongoing advisory

A trusted advisor on call each month for security, AI and technology decisions as you grow.

How we work

Simple, structured and built around your business.

I

Discover

A free 30-minute call to understand your business, your goals and where things are getting stuck.

II

Plan

A clear proposal with fixed scope, timeline and price. No surprises, no open-ended hourly billing.

III

Deliver

We do the work alongside your team and leave you with a plan, documentation and results you can measure.

Why Hartstone

Named for the keystone, the stone that holds the arch together.

That's the role we play for our clients. We bring the experience of large-enterprise strategy, security and transformation work to businesses that need it most but can't yet justify a full-time hire.

We're based in Waterloo Region and work with startups and established businesses across Ontario.

  • CISSPCertified information security expertise
  • Google CloudCertified cloud engineering
  • Lean Six SigmaProven process-improvement methods
  • Enterprise experienceStrategy, presales and transformation for global technology teams

Who we work with

Built for businesses at the stage where every decision counts.

Startups

Founders who need security, cloud and operations sorted before the next funding round or enterprise customer.

Small businesses

Owners who want to use AI and better tools but don't know where to start or whom to trust.

Mid-sized companies

Leadership teams ready to scale who need senior expertise without a senior hire.

Get in touch

Let's talk about what's holding your business back.

Book a free 30-minute call. We'll listen, ask good questions and tell you plainly whether and how we can help.

Book a free call Or email us at hello@hartstoneadvisory.ca