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Fractional CTO

A part-time chief technology officer who leads a startup's technology decisions without being a full-time hire.

In detail

A fractional CTO chooses the technology stack, plans the architecture, estimates and oversees the build, hires or manages developers and explains the technical plan to investors.

It suits early-stage startups and non-technical founders who need senior technology leadership before they can justify a full-time CTO.

How this relates to our work

Fractional CTO comes up most often in our startup & business consulting work. Business consultancy for founders and new startups: idea validation, business plan and financial model, pitch deck, MVP scope, technology strategy and go-to-market, from a team that also builds the product.