In this episode of the OSL Podcast, Rob sits down with Nick Sales to unpack what a fractional CTO actually does, how outcome driven retainers work, and why strong product, team, and technical foundations matter for growth stage companies. Nick also shares his non linear journey into consulting and startup advisory, plus his perspective on GenAI, where it shines for prototyping and where it can become risky in production if you do not yet know what good looks like.
Imagine, if you can, that you are a budding entrepreneur with an exciting concept for a new app. You’ve done your market research, identified your customers, you’ve even found someone to fund the initial stages. In fact you’ve done everything you need to launch the business except actually build the damn thing. How do you […]