Giving away 25% of your company to get technical judgment is the most expensive way to buy it. Here's an honest comparison of a technical cofounder, an agency, and a fractional CTO — including when the cofounder really is the right answer.
Nonprofits get asked harder technology questions than their budgets prepare them for — by funders, auditors, insurers, and boards. Here's how fractional technology leadership fits an organization that can't justify a full-time hire.
Most small businesses don't need a full-time technology executive. But somewhere between 'my nephew built the website' and 'we should probably hire a CTO' there's a gap — and that gap is where things quietly start costing money.
