Independent consultancy · Turin, Italy
Lothium helps SMEs and startups define better products, set a clear strategy, run R&D that delivers and build processes that scale, whether you are starting from scratch or improving what you already have.
Rare insight. Essential partnership. Transformative results.
Services
Product, strategy, R&D and process problems rarely stay in their own box. Lothium works across all four, so a decision taken in one area holds up in the others.
Turn ideas and customer needs into a well-defined product, then manage it through its lifecycle.
Decide where to compete and how, then turn those choices into plans your teams can execute.
Organize R&D so that it produces results, from early concept to industrial deployment.
Design how work gets done, or fix how it gets done today, so teams deliver faster and with fewer surprises.
Approach
Greenfield
You have an idea, a market opportunity or a new business unit. Lothium helps you define the product, choose the strategy, structure R&D and put the right processes in place from day one.
Existing
You already have products, teams and processes, but results fall short. Lothium reviews what is in place, finds where time and value are lost, and works with your team to fix it.
Interviews, data and documents to understand the real situation.
Goals, scope and a plan agreed with you before work starts.
Hands-on work alongside your team, with regular checkpoints.
Documentation and training, so results last after the engagement ends.
Engagements
Pick the format that fits the problem. Formats can be combined and adjusted as the work evolves.
Scoped engagements with clear goals, deliverables and timeline, on any of the four areas.
Part-time senior leadership as CPO, CTO or CSO, for companies that need the experience without a full-time hire.
Independent assessment of product, technology and R&D for investors, acquisitions and partnerships.
Courses for product, R&D and management teams, delivered remotely or on-site.
Focused sessions, from half a day to two days, to align teams on vision, strategy or process.
Every engagement starts with an introductory call to understand your needs and agree on scope.
About
Why Lothium
Inside companies, I saw the same pattern again and again: good teams with good ideas, held back by unclear product definitions, strategies that never reached the roadmap, or processes that grew by accident.
I started Lothium to offer the kind of product, R&D and strategy leadership I practiced as an executive, to companies that need it for a project or a phase of growth, without the cost of a full-time hire.
Riccardo Loti, Founder
Pricing
Every engagement is scoped to your needs. These rates give you a starting point before we talk.
€60 / hour
Calls, reviews and ad-hoc support on specific questions.
€480 / day
Consulting projects and due diligence. Fixed-price quotes available.
from €1,900 / month
One day a week of senior leadership, adjustable month by month.
from €900
Half-day session including preparation, remote or on-site.
VAT not applicable: flat-rate regime under Italian Law 190/2014, art. 1, paragraphs 54–89. Travel expenses for on-site work are charged at cost.
Research
Lothium's R&D work is grounded in research: sixteen publications and an international patent family, in distributed systems, analytics and telematics.
All publications on Google ScholarPatent
Selected publications
Contact
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