Fractionally Speaking

Join us for a chat with Toby O'Rourke, CTO at FundApps. We chat about growing a technology organisation, how he approached hiring and onboarding to ensure he maintained a strong culture and why his relationship with the CEO is the foundation of their success at FundApps.

This week we chat with Ariel Weinberger about his transition from a self-taught software engineer to a Head of Engineering to being the founding CEO of Pezzo.ai. Here's what we discuss and we hope you enjoy! Welcome to Fractionally Speaking (00:00) Ariel’s Introduction (01:06) Transitioning from Head of Engineering to CEO (01:51) Balancing being a CEO with being the CTO (03:49) Ariel’s learnings from raising Capital (05:15) Do investors invest in the person, the product to the team? (07:47) What has Ariel learned from being a CEO? (09:44) Has Ariel’s experience as being a technologist helped him to be a better CEO? (12:55) Ariel’s advice to people who want to take on their first CTO role or CEO of their own start up (15:04) Ariel’s advice to CEOs and Founders when hiring their first CTO (19:11) Can Fractional Leaders support start ups at this early stage? (23:22) AI Discussion (29:48) The wrap up (42:21) The end (42:57)

Welcome to our second episode of Fractionally Speaking with Mike Dixon and Sasha Bilton. In this episode, we discuss the parts of a CTO role that all CTOs experience regardless of company, sector, or size. We learned that it's a very hard job! See below for the sections. We hope you enjoy! Leave feedback in the comments - and don't forget to click subscribe! Introduction: (00:00) Championing Technology: (01:15) Building Relationships With The Board (07:46) Setting Standards and Principles (11:11) How Do You Do All This If You Are Fractional? (14:40) Knowing When To Serve And When To Lead (19:24) What Role A CTO Should Play In Hiring (38:02) Could A Fractional Leader Just Focus On Hiring? (45:39) CTO Antipatterns (50:41) Knowing When To Say Stop (54:59) The Impact Senior Leadership Can Have On Delivery (57:28) Delivery Cost vs Delivery Dates (01:01:13) Final Thoughts (01:05:10) Thanks For Listening (01:07:53)

Mike and Sahsa introduce you to their new video podcast series about Fractional Leadership called Fractionally Speaking. They will bring different topics and guests each week, so please subscribe to the channel. Below are the topics of this week's episode. Intro: (00:00) About Mike: (00:36) About Sasha: (05:18) What Does Fractional Mean?: (13:15) Don’t Get Stuck In The Weeds: (20:55) First-Time CTOs Have A Tough Gig: (22:35) Seeing Things From A Different Perspective: (27:13) Fractional = Part-Time: (30:42) Rethinking How We Staff Our Teams: (31:09) Capex And Opex: (36:41) Why Is Fractional Good for Us: (41:04) Shared Learning: (44:54) Journeyman: (50:09) Wrapping Up: (51:04) Thanks for watching!