Frequently Asked Questions

Mango Consulting LLC is an SBA-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). We provide 1:1 AI consulting so small businesses and nonprofits can adopt AI on a budget, plus custom software, web, and mobile development.

We are headquartered in Queens, New York, with a New Jersey team based in Teaneck. We serve clients across all 50 US states, with a focus on New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, and Massachusetts.

SDVOSB (Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business) is a federal contracting certification issued by the US Small Business Administration. It allows federal agencies to award sole-source contracts up to $4.5M and set-aside contracts to certified veteran-owned businesses. Mango Consulting LLC is SBA-verified in SAM.gov.

Yes. 1:1 AI consulting for small businesses and nonprofits is the core offer — adopt AI on a budget, from $250 a session. We also build custom software, websites, and mobile apps when you need a full system.

Use the chat widget at the bottom right of any page. We will discuss your challenge, current tech stack, and scope a custom roadmap. From there you can purchase individual sessions, retainers, or project-based engagements.

We serve healthcare (HIPAA-compliant AI), legal services, SaaS, nonprofits, federal agencies, and small businesses across all industries. Our team has experience in regulated environments including FedRAMP and ATO processes.

Both. AI consulting sessions are priced per session ($125-$500 depending on specialization). Custom software and development projects use fixed-price or time-and-materials models depending on scope clarity. We recommend T&M for iterative work and fixed-price for well-defined projects.

AI consulting can start within a week. A custom marketing site is typically 1 week. End-to-end SaaS and custom software are scoped after discovery. Mobile apps typically 8–12 weeks for a first version.

Each session is a live 1:1 on Google Meet with our senior, U.S. Army Veteran-led team. We work directly on your real operations, spreadsheets, or codebases — covering tool selection, workflow design, policy, and implementation. Our practitioners bring 15+ years of data science expertise across hundreds of software products, with no pre-recorded content and no junior associates.

Agencies build for you at $150-300/hr. Courses give you generic videos. You get direct access to senior practitioners who have shipped AI in production at the VA, Fortune 500, and commercial products. You work on your problem, not a template.

No. Sessions are designed for senior leaders, business owners, and non-technical operators. We meet you where you are. If you can describe your problem, we can scope the solution.

With self-hosted AI (Ollama, LM Studio, Open WebUI on your own hardware), no. PHI never touches a third-party API. With BAA-cloud (Claude Enterprise, AWS Bedrock HIPAA-eligible), data is processed under a signed BAA — appropriate for many use cases but not all.

Vibe coding is AI-assisted development using tools like Cursor, Bolt, v0, and Claude Code. It's for solopreneurs and indie hackers who want to build prototypes fast. We help you bridge the 30% gap that AI code generators miss: auth, database, payments, deployment, security, and production glue.

Cross-platform (Flutter, React Native) is faster and cheaper when you want one codebase for iOS and Android with consistent UX. Native (Swift + Kotlin) is right when you need platform-specific features, maximum performance, or hardware access (Bluetooth, ARKit, etc.). We help you decide in the discovery phase.

A custom marketing site is typically 1 week. End-to-end SaaS is scoped after discovery. SEO, AEO, and GEO go in with the build.

Custom only. React and Next.js. We do not use WordPress or page builders. Marketing sites, SaaS, and internal tools are one custom-coded system.

Primarily NYC and NJ, plus distributed remote across the country, with vetted nearshore options in Latin America. We can also staff fully nearshore teams for cost-sensitive engagements.

We replace at no cost. Most engagements start with a 2-week trial period so both sides can validate fit before committing.

Yes. We manage the entire submission process: Apple Developer account setup, App Store Connect configuration, metadata, screenshots, privacy nutrition labels, and review appeals if needed.

We optimize across SEO, AEO, AIO, and GEO so AI engines surface and cite your brand. That means search audits, Q&A-formatted copy, complete JSON-LD schema, AI-crawlable text archives (llms.txt), and crawler access controls that let LLM recommenders index your content.

Sole-source and set-aside contracting opportunities. Federal agencies can award contracts to SDVOSBs without open competition up to $4.5M (and higher with justification). We are SBA-verified in SAM.gov.

Yes. We regularly team with primes who need an SDVOSB partner to meet small business subcontracting goals. We have past performance in federal AI/data work.

We cover 541511 (Custom Computer Programming), 541512 (Computer Systems Design), 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), 541611 (Admin Management Consulting), and 611420 (Computer Training).

Yes. We hold HIPAA certification and have direct experience with FedRAMP and ATO processes in federal environments. We design for the strictest reasonable interpretation of HIPAA Security Rule.