Cohasset, Massachusetts

Technology help for Cohasset businesses.

Cohasset sits a short drive down 3A from Hingham, and the businesses there look a little different from the rest of the South Shore. More professional services, more design and creative work, more restaurants tied to the harbor, and a strong contingent of marine and charter outfits operating out of the town. Lantern Harbor works with Cohasset small businesses on the kinds of technology decisions that come up when the practice is small enough that the owner is still doing most of the deciding alone.

I grew up playing at Cohasset Golf Club, where my dad is still a member.

You might call Lantern Harbor when...

The common thread is usually the same: a technology problem that nobody has translated into a sensible next move yet.

You are about to spend money and want an outside read.

A new website, a vendor contract, an AI tool that does not look quite like the demo did. Before the check goes out, you want someone who is not on the receiving end of the deal to walk through the decision with you.

The practice has grown past its original setup.

Client volume is up. The ad-hoc systems that worked for the first dozen are where things slip now, and you want to clean that up before adding anyone else.

Half the work is on the water, and the office is not keeping up.

Charters, lessons, weather days, the actual paying side. The tools that helped get the season open are not the same tools that help you run a real one through to October.

AI keeps coming up, and you want a calm read on it.

Less innovation theater. More about where it is going to save your team time this year, where it is not ready yet, and where it is the wrong answer entirely.

How the work usually goes

Simple on purpose. No sprawling discovery project unless the problem truly needs one.

  1. We name the actual problem.

    Not the vague version. The specific decision, bottleneck, or question that is costing you time or confidence.

  2. I look at the real work.

    The website, the workflow, the vendor materials, the current tools, or a morning sitting with your team. The point is to react to the work itself, not guess from the abstract.

  3. You get a clear next move.

    Sometimes that is a short written plan. Sometimes it is a build. Sometimes it is a calm recommendation not to do the project at all.

Lantern Harbor also serves other South Shore towns from Hingham. The same in-person approach applies anywhere within about forty-five minutes.

If something feels murky, that is usually the right time to talk.

A calm first conversation is often enough to tell whether the next step is a small fix, a clearer plan, or nothing at all.