Fractional CTO Services for Startups
Fractional CTO. 70% savings vs $300K+ full-time. 48-hour audit. Series A prep.
Need fractional CTO services for your startup? Can't afford $300K+ full-time CTO. Junior team drowning in technical debt. Investors demand Series A due diligence. I provide senior technology leadership at $10K-25K/month (70% savings), audit your stack in 48 hours, prep technical decks for investors. Proven: Rescued MapMetrics $3.7K → $150K MRR.
The Arsenal
Tools of the Trade
Legacy Friction
The $300K+ Full-Time CTO Trap
You're pre-Series A with a junior development team. Your MVP is live but crashing weekly. Investors ask about your 'technical roadmap' and you panic. You interview CTO candidates but can't evaluate technical skills. Full-time CTOs demand $300K+ salary plus 2-5% equity. Agencies quote $50K for 'technical audits' with 8-week timelines. Your burn rate is accelerating but you're not shipping faster. Gartner projects 40% of IT budgets will maintain technical debt by 2025—you're already there.
HiVE Advantage
Senior Technology Leadership, Not Another Vendor
I provide fractional CTO services at 70% cost savings vs full-time ($10K-25K/month, no equity, no benefits). Week 1: 48-hour technical debt audit identifying critical risks (vs 2-3 week industry standard). Week 2-3: Series A investor prep package (technical deck, security audit, scalability roadmap, risk register). Month 2-4: Fix architecture bottlenecks with 2-week visible progress sprints. Month 4+: Hire and train your permanent engineering leads. Proven results: Rescued MapMetrics from technical crisis, scaled from $3.7K → $150K MRR in 10 months. Positive ROI in 3-6 months by avoiding $180K+ technical debt costs.
Execution Pipeline
From Zero to Production.
48-Hour Technical Audit
Identify security risks, scalability bottlenecks, and critical technical debt. Result: Prioritized fix list with timeline and cost estimates (vs 2-3 week agency audits).
Series A Investor Package
Technical deck, security audit report, engineering metrics dashboard, technology roadmap, risk register. Result: Answer all investor technical questions confidently (Harvard research: 3x funding odds improvement with technical leadership).
Hiring & Team Building
Interview CTO/VP Eng candidates, build engineering hiring pipeline, create technical assessment process. Result: Avoid $250K+ bad hires, transition to permanent technical leadership when ready.