Welcome to the Shark Tank
There are products and startups out there that have garnered massive investments, but that an experienced analyst can see are reliant on technological or business assumptions with low-to-zero confidence. Absent consecutive miracles, they will never succeed.
An independent, experienced adviser with an open mind, but a rightfully critical approach can assess those risks, for government, industry or financial audiences.
An adviser with a broad background, from politics and business to technical details and tactics, can address the question: even if this works, is it the way to meet the user’s actual needs?