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A one-stop shop to get your product out the door.
We provide factional product and technical leadership as well as access to professionals and companies to build the app your customers will love!
Powered by experience that helped build the mobile world we live in.
We handle all your tech needs with the same level of enthusiasm and experience
Choose the CPTO/CTO/CPO fraction that fits your budget for your growing business. Depending on the days per week you engage us, here are some needs we can help you with, but we're open to any arrangements
A CPTO is a highly experienced leader who is your Chief Product and Technology Officer. Fractional means you select the amount of time relative to your needs and resources.
A Product Officer puts the customer first and helps you design the product your customers want and need. A Technology Officer architects your product and then directs the design and build. A CPTO combines these two and is responsible for understanding customers and the market and guiding products from conception to production, including all aspects of research, design, prototyping, software development, and delivery. Everything you need to realize your dream.
In short, a CPTO takes both the 'what' and 'how' of your product off your hands so you can focus on growing your business. We serve as your technical cofounder without the need to give away ownership.
We also have a Rolodex of equally experienced design, marketing, and technical professionals and partner companies to bring onto the project, allowing you to have a one-stop shop to get your product out the door..
There's much more to putting your first app in a store that your customers will love than 'finding a developer.' These are the tried and true steps professionals follow to get a product from concept to market. We'll guide your development through each step when you engage us as a fractional CPTO.
Lean Startup (Book). The Bible for modern startups. Read More
The Top 10 Deliverables of Product Managers. An excellent place to start in exploring what Product people do. Read More
A Lean Alternative to a Business Plan: Documenting Your Product/Market Fit Hypotheses. How to iterate on product/market fit. Read More
What are the Key Components of a Product-Focused Startup? More on a product oriented startup. Read More
Startups need to stop dividing tech and product. Good Article on CPTOs. Read More
The Role of CPTO: A Mythical Beast? Another article about CPTOs. Read More
Why Product Discovery Saves You Millions in Product Development. Following a product methodology will save you thousands in wasted development costs. Read More
A Beginner’s Guide: POC vs Prototype vs MVP. Learn about Proof of Concept, prototypes and Minimal Viable Product. It contains a good chart showing potential savings in choosing the POC/Prototype/MVP route. Read More
The Rise of Fractional CTOs: Navigating the Benefits, Ideal Scenarios, and Potential Pitfalls. Good article on fractional CTOs. Read More
The Art of Handing Over: A Fractional CTO’s Point of Success. Fractional CPTOs and CTOs are designed to be laid off. Read More
Our founder helped build the mobile world we live in
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If you bought a ringtone or ringback tone on a Verizon flip phone, you used my app. I owned it from start to finish. It was the most downloaded app in the world for several years.
I owned all the special software on the R2/D2 phone. Including such things as the Hoth Binoculars, Hoth Weather widget, and Shake-your-phone to get R2 to come out.
Android SDK and a ‘customer service system integration layer’ to allow interactions with customers during and after phone calls.
Verizon’s version of Shazam to ID songs. It was popular before Shazam.
If you text a friend on another carrier today, there’s a 50% chance it went through my software. Many billions a day.
At Bell Labs et al., responsible for ensuring compatibility between various Unix flavors.
I was the world’s most prolific porter of CP/M to new hardware. It led to an offer from Bill Gates.
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We want to share your passion for your app by spending time to get to know you and everything about your product. We bring unmatched professionalism and experience in designing, building, and running your product.
We live and breathe Mobile, having been part of building the mobile world we live in.
We bring product and technical leadership to your team and can bring all other resources you need to get your product to market
We love what we do and try to have fun with every project (of course, always staying professional)
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