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Fractional CTO Services Explained

Valerian Tech

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. My first job out of college was with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as an individual contributor as well. Not work, work, work” I went to the Boston Consulting Group for a few years and then I went to business school at Stanford for a few years.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Bernadette Nixon, Jay Snyder, Nick Mehta, Loren Padelford, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Nick Mehta: Power of the developer, or the API economy, both of you play very much in both those trends. So let’s talk a little bit about the near term trends you’re seeing.I’m going to start with Jay, because Jay, you described it in the prep call this proliferation of technology. From contract signature to launch.