Elon Musk's former right-hand man at X will give you 30 minutes of business advice for $15,000

Aug 25, 2026 06:51 PM - 2 hours ago 3

Nikita Bier successful Los Angeles connected November 2, 2022.

Nikita Bier, X's erstwhile caput of product, is charging $15,000 for 30 minutes of business proposal connected Intro. Linnea Bullion for The Washington Post via Getty Images

It's difficult to put a value connected bully advice, but Nikita Bier can: $15,000.

Bier, who stepped down arsenic X's caput of merchandise earlier successful August aft a small much than a twelvemonth successful the role, is trading one-on-one video consultations done Intro, a marketplace for master advice.

Intro advertises Bier's sessions arsenic “starting astatine $7,500,” and his floor plan describes a 15-minute call. However, the only listed acquisition options commencement astatine 30-minute sessions for $15,000.

These prices put Bier's clip astatine $500 per minute, aliases $30,000 per hour. His sessions are not for your mean Joe. The listing says he will judge bookings only from venture-backed companies.

During the call, Intro suggests that customers tin inquire astatine slightest 3 questions about startups, growth, aliases investing.

Bier says he tin counsel connected viral growth, merchandise development, design, organization building, fundraising, and increasing a societal following. Suggested questions include: "How would you motorboat my app?" and "What are the champion distribution channels for increasing my app?"

Bier's Intro page highlights his anterior startup acquisition for imaginable paying customers.

Before joining X, Bier cofounded Tbh, which Facebook acquired successful 2017, and spent astir 4 years arsenic a merchandise head astatine the company. He later cofounded Gas, which Discord acquired successful 2023. Both apps were yet unopen down by their buyers.

Bier joined X successful July 2025 aft years of publicly offering Elon Musk merchandise advice. He stepped backmost from starring merchandise connected August 5 and remains an advisor to the company.

Archived versions of Bier's Intro listing show that his convention value hovered astir $1,000 successful 2022 and 2023. By 2025, Intro was advertizing a $7,500 session.

Other experts listed connected the level see Andrew Chen, a wide partner astatine Andreesen Horowitz, which invested successful Intro, and Lavinia Errico, the cofounder of Equinox.

Intro's price-sorted marketplace ranks Bier arsenic its second-most-expensive expert, down Hudson Leogrande, the laminitis of Comfrt. Leogrande advertises $10,000 for a 15-minute session, but arsenic pinch Bier, the shortest disposable action starts astatine 30 minutes — bringing the value to $20,000.

Unlike Bier, Leogrande does not restrict bookings to venture-backed companies. His suggested questions include: "How do I cognize if my business thought will work?" and "I'm reasoning of starting a company. What are the adjacent fewer things I should attraction on?"

Bier has a cleanable 5.0 mean crossed 127 ratings connected Intro. "Worth each infinitesimal and each dollar," a reviewer named Josh wrote successful May 2025. "Extremely value-packed convention afloat of aureate nuggets," Gustav said successful April of the aforesaid year.

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Georgia is simply a Business News Fellow at Business Insider's London office.Before joining Business Insider, she worked astatine Japan's largest newspaper, The Yomiuri Shimbun, and interned astatine the Financial Times. She is an NCTJ-qualified journalist pinch a grade successful Philosophy from the University of Birmingham.

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