Develop your unique advisor identity that gives you the confidence to contribute on boards, attract advisory work, and stand out as a thought leader.
2-Minute Confidential Assessment
AdvisoryCloud has helped 20,000+ executives connect with advisory work over the last 15 years.
How it works
Share your experience, strengths, and interests so we can help define what makes your expertise stand out.
Get listed in our advisor directory, set your advisor rate, and receive recommendations to increase your visibility.
Get first access to boards being built exclusively on AdvisoryCloud and apply to matching board opportunities we source worldwide.
Like so many other professionals, explore advisory work alongside your career to gain board experience, expand your network, and pursue paid engagements.
See how advisory work can open you to a world of new possibilities professionally.
Experience, put to work.
“AdvisoryCloud has made it possible for me to advise others just starting out, while supporting my goal of a flexible lifestyle that allows time for my other interests and activities.”
“I applaud AdvisoryCloud’s effort to disrupt an industry that’s been dependent on “word-of-mouth” and “who-you-know”.”
“I have been successfully matched by AdvisoryCloud with two companies that would never have been on my radar. AdvisoryCloud is a great place to showcase my unique skills among hundreds of organizations who need what I share.”
“I found my experience with AdvisoryCloud to be the most efficient way to connect executives, like myself, with great companies looking for advisors and board members.”
“I really, really enjoyed our first board meeting. I got a chance to hear directly from company management about what they want and what they need. And this is a really, really great opportunity for me to help them and share my deep experience with an exciting company.”
“AdvisoryCloud has been terrific. It is an incredibly easy way to connect with organizations and individuals looking for someone with my qualifications and experience. I have used other professional networking services with varying degrees of satisfaction and AdvisoryCloud handily beats all of them.”
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Broad experience gets overlooked. The right combination makes you impossible to replace.
Discover Your Advisor RateYou do not need to be an expert in everything to become an advisor. You need to name the precise intersection where your judgment is unusually valuable. The deeper you go, the less replaceable you become.
General area of expertise
Expertise in a specific industry
Years of experience & insights
Layer in your passion & success
Invaluable expertise
On-demand judgment before a high-stakes board or investor conversation.
A focused working session to pressure-test packaging, pricing, and tradeoffs.
Two recurring sessions for a founder who needs an experienced second brain.
A sharp outside view of positioning, pipeline, team design, and priorities.
Align the leadership team on where AI creates advantage and where it does not.
Expert pattern recognition applied to a market, operating model, or target.
Quarterly board preparation, governance review, and chair-level counsel.
Ongoing access when an executive team needs judgment, not another deck.
A 90-day integration roadmap for leadership, operating rhythm, and culture.
High-trust ongoing counsel with real context, continuity, and accountability.
Our team creates professional biographies that make your signature expertise immediately clear. Then we match you to startup, nonprofit, private company, and public company boards that need it.
More confidence than “consultant.”
Your value is not extra hands. It is the pattern recognition, judgment, and perspective that changes a decision.
More relevant than executive search.
Don't wait for a recruiter to find you a role or fill their quota. Let us promote your expertise and attract opportunities.
FAQs
You may have more relevant expertise than you realize. Get specific about your industry, role, specialty, and customer experience, and you can uncover a distinctive combination companies value. You don’t need to be a CEO to offer useful advice.
Different companies need different perspectives, from functional expertise to firsthand knowledge of their customers. Your age, life stage, or experience as a customer can be relevant alongside your professional background.
There are four ways to find opportunities through AdvisoryCloud:
You set an advisor rate for paid engagements, such as 1:1 meetings or hands-on projects. Advisory board participation may be unpaid or equity only, but compensation depends on the specific board and what you agree with the business.
Many boards pay significantly if you are selected, but there are many other benefits to being on boards such as the affiliation on your resume and high-level networking opportunities. Each opportunity displays the specifics ahead of time.
No. Companies select their advisors, and opportunities depend on fit, demand, and your participation. AdvisoryCloud helps you position your expertise, find relevant openings, and pursue them.
Yes, advisory work can fit alongside a full-time career, and tens of thousands of professionals already do it. Every situation is different, so check if you’re not sure, but it’s more common than ever for professionals to be doing this.
LinkedIn offers broad professional visibility. AdvisoryCloud focuses your visibility on advisory work, helping you present your expertise to businesses building boards and seeking guidance, with a clearer path from getting noticed to having a relevant conversation.
The standard plan is $495 per quarter. Our $995-per-quarter managed plan includes applying to opportunities on your behalf and managing the process for you.
Yes. With the managed plan, we handle matching and applications on your behalf, so you can focus on conversations with interested companies and deciding which opportunities fit your goals.
Build the unique advisor identity that gives you the confidence to step into the boardroom, attract advisory work, and stand out as a thought leader.
AdvisoryCloud has helped 20,000+ executives connect with advisory work over the last 15 years.