July 4, 2026
Fractional CTO or Full-Time Hire: How Should a Portco Decide?
The decision turns on certainty, not cost. Hire full-time when the role is defined and the runway is long; go fractional when you need senior judgment before you can commit.
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Notes from inside PE-backed and founder-led software companies, tagged CLEAR.
July 4, 2026
The decision turns on certainty, not cost. Hire full-time when the role is defined and the runway is long; go fractional when you need senior judgment before you can commit.
July 1, 2026
Diligence asks what's broken. The hold period should ask what's worth fixing first, and that's a different question.