Fractional CTO. Without the equity ask.
Weekly working sessions with a senior engineer. Architecture decisions, hiring, code reviews, roadmap, vendor selection. For founders who need a technical brain on the team.
Most founders do not need a full-time CTO at the early stage. They need someone senior who can answer technical questions, review architecture decisions, interview engineers, and tell them when they are about to spend $50,000 fixing a problem they should have avoided. That is what Technical Advisory does. Weekly sessions, async support between them, and a real point of view on every decision you make.
What you get
Everything you need to ship.
Weekly 60-minute working session (or 2× 30-min — your call)
Async support via Slack or email between sessions
Architecture review and decision documents
Code review on critical pull requests
Engineering hiring help — JD writing, technical interviews, ranking candidates
Vendor evaluation (databases, hosting, payment, AI providers)
Roadmap pressure-testing — what to build, what to cut
Technical due diligence support if raising
Direct line to a senior engineer who has built and shipped real products
No equity dilution and no full-time payroll
Process
How we work.
Onboarding
Two working sessions. Map the business, current stack, team, roadmap. Identify the 1–3 things that need decisions in the first 30 days.
Foundation
Weekly sessions. Lock the architecture, set up engineering process, ship first decisions. Async support throughout.
Execution
Continued advisory as the team builds. Hiring, code reviews, course corrections.
Compound value
Renew month-to-month after the 3-month minimum. The longer we work together, the more leverage we provide.
Good fit if
- ✓You are pre-seed or seed and do not yet need a full-time CTO
- ✓You are non-technical and building with offshore or freelance engineers
- ✓You have a small engineering team needing senior-level review
- ✓You are about to make a big technical decision (platform, vendor, hire)
- ✓You want unbiased opinions, not a salesperson for our build services
Not a fit if
- ✗You need someone to write code daily — hire an engineer, not an advisor
- ✗You want a CTO title on your cap table — that is a different conversation
- ✗You need 24/7 on-call support — we provide async, not pager duty
- ✗You expect us to make decisions for you — we advise, you decide
- ✗You are looking for a free or below-market rate — quality advisory has a price
Ready to start?
20-minute discovery call. We'll scope your project, give you a real timeline, and tell you honestly if it's a fit.