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I am a fractional CTO who helps <b>CEOs</b> solve
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As a serial founder, I know the value of rapid solutions and experimentation. I
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Stephan Smith
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devCTO | CISO | Founder
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Boston based. I work in the EST +/- 2 timezones. Taking a series of
long deep breathes since leaving my last startup, and focusing on new projects.
My last company was part of <b>Techstars Boston</b> cohort in 2018.
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You use a fractional CTO (aka fCTO) when you can <b>not find</b>, <b>afford</b> or <b>need</b> a
full-time, salaried and equity motivated CTO. When you need
point solutions, an outside perspective, and options.
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How I engage.
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I offer packages and solutions. Packages are monthly recurring
services designed to fit into a budget and match business need.
Solutions are special products or services that fit specific needs.
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What tools do I use?
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Backend systems provide the business logic, identity
management and control processes.
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Fastify/ExpressJS
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NestJS
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<li>
Flask + Python
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GoLang+Gin <span class="badge text-dark">♥</span>
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When a UI is needed solve a problem, I start
with no-code and phase in the minimum front end
framework.
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React <span class="badge text-dark">♥</span>
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<li>
Vue.js (2/3)
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<li>
AngularJS
</li>
<li>
Retool for No-code Admin UIs
</li>
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<b>Persistence</b>
<p>
When storage is needed, I default to SQLLite, then
scale into schema vs No-SQL depending upon the need.
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MongoDB <span class="badge text-dark">♥</span>
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Firebase RTD
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Firestore
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Suprabase
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<li>
Postgres <span class="badge text-dark">♥</span>
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For Code Delivery
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The landscape for deployment is rich and mature.
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Codeship.io
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<li>
Github Actions <span class="badge text-dark">♥</span>
</li>
<li>
Travis CI
</li>
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<b>
On the Cloud
</b>
<p>
Hosting on EC and burning budget and credits
is the last step. Start with hosting options that
avoid devOps requirements.
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Fly.io <span class="badge text-dark">♥</span>
</li>
<li>
Heroku
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<li>
Firebase Hosting
</li>
<li>
AWS Cloudfront
</li>
<li>
Vercel
</li>
<li>
Render.com (UIs)
</li>
<li>
Github Pages
</li>
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<b>
Operations
</b>
<p>
Operations is the foundation of any scalable solution. Empowering
a team with access and tooling that met them where they are is
key to proving a technology stack.
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Slack API Integrations <span class="badge text-dark">♥</span>
</li>
<li>
FreshDesk API
</li>
<li>
New Relic
</li>
<li>
Loggly
</li>
<li>
Keen.io
</li>
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<b>
Rapid Tool Recipes
</b>
<p>
The right technology stack items can drive
innovation and scalable patterns.
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<li>
<a href="https://platformatic.dev" target="_blank">Platformatic.dev</a> for rapid APIs <span
class="badge text-dark">♥</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.prisma.io/" target="_blank">Prisma</a> for scalable schemas.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.algolia.com/" target="_blank">Algolia</a> for facetted search.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.retool.com/" target="_blank">Retool</a> for codeless admin UIs.
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"When the <b>CEO</b> needs an outside <b>perspective</b> on what is ready being
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decisions on revenue.",
"What have we built that we can retire?", "
"What can we turn from features into core services?"
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<li><b>Engagement:</b> 5-10 calls or zoom sessions.</li>
<li>
<b>Summary:</b>
Bottom up review of existing code, tools, patterns and stack components.
</li>
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<span class="badge text-bg-success">Code Review</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-success">Code ROI</span>
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"When a team needs a <b>CTO</b> level
assessment and tuning of their agile, CI/CD processes and
<b>engineering rigor</b>. When tech teams <b>increase headcount</b>,
but the teams throughput remains the same.",
"How do we tune our processes for more velocity?"
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<li><b>Time frame:</b> ~4 weeks</li>
<li><b>Engagement:</b> 5-10 calls or zoom sessions.</li>
<li>
<b>Summary:</b>
Set of agile process changes, scored by
ROI, risk, and timeline impacts.
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<span class="badge text-bg-success">Code Review</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-success">Code ROI</span>
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<span class="badge text-bg-success">Docker Builds</span>
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"When a <b>Leadership teams</b>
needs to speed up their SOC work to <b>enable</b> their enterprise
sales, train their team and demonstrate leadership around
data security concerns."
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<li><b>Engagement:</b> 5-10 calls or zoom sessions.</li>
<li>
<b>Summary:</b>
Set of the processes & changes, to get teams ready for SOC and Cybersecurity Review.
Setup processes that match the state of a given startup, for staffing, tech and funding.
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"When a <b>startup/company/team</b> needs to quick and practical proof-of-concept
to <b>enable</b> an investment pitch, technology decision or simply prove
an idea will work."
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<span class="badge text-bg-success">Low-Code Patterns</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-success">NLP-to-Schema</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-success">Operations Integrations</span>
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"When you need an interim CTO to take a <b>day-to-day</b> role; provide strategy,
run a dev team and processes, and provide execution to reach revenue goals."
</p>
<p>
Price dependent upon time and level of commitment.
Often is a combination of all the packages and hands-on operations.
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<span class="badge text-bg-success">Short Term</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-success">Rapid Integration</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-success">Team Evals</span>
<span class="badge text-bg-success">Roadmaps</span>
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<h2 class="display-6 text-center mb-4">My Perspective</h2>
<p class="fs-5 text-body-secondary">
Startups are all unique, but the pathways, pitfalls and
blockers are not. Constant reinvention is a requirement
to turn a vision into a reality. To understand how I approach
the startup condition, here are some of the patterns and
anti-patterns I have encountered and how I address them.
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<th style="width: 5%;"> </th>
<th style="width: 40%;">Solution</th>
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<th scope="row" class="d-none d-md-table-cell text-start">Context</th>
<td>
When a founding team is heads down and building, context is hard
to get, and learnings can get lost in the rush to market.
</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>
"Context is KING". A fractional CTO can help
bridge the gap when tech challenges are impacting
revenue and growth. It can build in source of new patterns
and solutions.
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<th scope="row" class="d-none d-md-table-cell text-start">Perspective</th>
<td>
Founding teams build on what they know when they
get started. When driving for revenue, its hard to
justify a huge set of skill changes or framework refactor.
</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>
Changing tech stack and processes requires
a different technique, patterns and approaches.
Assuming a complete refactor will solve problems
is a common anti-pattern.
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<th scope="row" class="d-none d-md-table-cell text-start">Mental</th>
<td>
"What got you here, will not get you there"
This is a common warning to founders. Your assumptions
about your customers and their needs can be a huge
blocker to getting your company to <b>revenue positive</b>.
</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>
A framework for scoring solutions can help
break the founder assumption problem and
breaking the 'this worked so far' approach.
<br>
<br>
And tech debt is not bad, its just
<span class="link-secondary" data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="hover"
data-bs-content="If tech debt is worrying you, rethink it. Read about how I help with this">misunderstood!</span>
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<th scope="row" class="d-none d-md-table-cell text-start">Myths</th>
<td>
Startup founders and tech leaders often have myths and tropes that
drive tech decisions.
</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>
The less tech used the better!
<span class="link-secondary" data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="hover"
data-bs-content="Developers often poop-poop no-code solutions, for valid reasons, but ignore the business values.">No-code
patterns</span>
is cheap, fast and too valuable to pass up or ignore. Startups raise money to hire tech.
Tech costs often do not correlate to revenue growth. Tech decisions
can enable teams break assumptions about their customers needs.
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<td>
Founders know that experiments are important, but
find that making them happen can challenge any agile
team.
</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>
Promoting an <b>experiment and measure</b> mindset
can help break the assumptions deadlock that leads
startups to miss productivity gains.
</td>
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<th scope="row" class="d-none d-md-table-cell text-start">Tuning</th>
<td>
Teams grow, but founders can find productivity
remaining <b>stagnant</b>. How can things no speed
up with more people working on a problem?
</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>
Teams and processes need tuning. They need to
assessed against metrics that align with milestones.
Frameworks can help score solutions. Frameworks
can promote tech decision making patterns that align
with revenue growth.
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Code
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<td class="text-left">
Code is the default for B2B startups. We raise
VC funds to hire coders. We give equity to find
tech resources. CEOs think they need dedicated
tech resources to build a business.
</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>
<b data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="hover"
data-bs-content="A lot of tech decisions look different when you classify code as a 'capital expenditure', not an investment. Rent before you buy.">Tech
is a Capital Expenditure!</b> Treat it that way.
A focus on tech first solutions can impede learnings, and
burn valuable funding. No Code, Glue Code and Duct-tape solutions
are the way to break the tech bind.
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Time
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Limited time, limited runway and limited staff can
train a founding team to make all decisions quickly,
using instinct, in the place of intentionality.
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Giving a team a source of context can allow a team
to process decisions at different speeds, and break
the <b>"get it done yesterday"</b> type of solutions that can
become the norm in many startup teams.
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Some References
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<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jineshjpatel/" target="linkedIn2"><img alt="Yvan Castilloux"
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<b>Yvan Castilloux</b><br>CEO of <a href="https://www.augusta.care/" class="link-secondary"