Fractional CTO vs. Interim CTO vs. Consultant vs. Advisor.
Four overlapping roles. Different contracts, different incentives, different outcomes. A founder's guide to picking the right one.
Essays.
On the engagement model, the hiring call, the DD checklist, and the difference between AI strategy and AI theatre.
Technical due diligence: a 25-point checklist for European founders.
What investors actually look for in a Series A technical diligence pack, organized as a checklist a non-technical founder can run before the call.
The CTO who fires himself.
Why every fractional CTO engagement I take ends, on purpose. The case for designing technology leadership around its own exit.
When to hire a fractional CTO (and when not to).
Six signals it's the right call, three signals it isn't, and a decision matrix for founders deciding whether they need a fractional CTO at all.