You have a great idea. You might just be getting off the ground, or perhaps you have good traction already. But now things are getting serious. You need to get this thing developed and delivered. It need a support structure. People are asking about your long term roadmap.

What you might need is the services of an experienced technical R&D executive. A CTO. But there is no way you have enough resources to hire or retain a seasoned professional at this point in your business. 

Perhaps what you need is a part-time CTO. Someone who can:

- look realistically at your product development plans and help you make commitments that you can stick to

- discuss development options including in-house staff, local development houses, off-shoring, ..., outline the pro’s and con’s of each, help make a decision good for the long term

- evaluate, hire (and fire) technical people and firms that will make your vision a reality

- discuss strategic discussion for your business and establish a realistic medium-term and long-term product roadmaps

- advise you on organization structures to ensure you are maximizing customer satisfaction AND profitability. How do you do 24x7 product support without burning out staff that is supposed to be working on future features?

- determine how to provide technical support for front-end sales and marketing efforts (yes, they need technical support too — it’s a big mistake waiting to happen if they don’t have that!)

- and a hundred other questions you have RIGHT NOW

If your company has the resources to hire a full time CTO, do it. If not, let’s discuss how a Fraction CTO might work for your company NOW.