Your startup needs Virtual CXOs

Experience when you need it

Experienced CXO’s help you get your vision out of your head and onto paper to provide clarity, direction and focus as well as own the execution in their area so you scale and grow your business. As a formal part of your exec team, you can get the benefits without the FTE cost.

Solidifies your start up foundations

vCXO’s come with years of short-cuts, protips, replicable process and patterns. They hardly ever have to start from scratch. Fill the gaps in your startup quickly, by people who have set the same things up before. They bring the lessons learnt, so you don’t get blindsided. They know what to bring to the mix without over architecting, with simple frameworks and outcomes that are fit for purpose, and at the right level for the stage of your startup.

High ROI through a focus on producing tangible value

No time to waste on ‘shall we have a meeting about the meeting?’ when you only have 2 days a week to provide as much value as possible. vCXO’s know how to sift out the lower value work, and deliver on what’s important. They can help others in your team do the same, increasing and optimising your team performance. Fast decision making based on sound advice will mean your customers and investors see value faster than a 40-hr a week role might.

Hire the right leadership team when you are ready

As the industry continues to navigate the economic downturn, companies often react in two ways: reducing full-time headcount and bringing in contractors, or reducing contractors and bringing in internal resources.

Either way, any company reducing headcount will benefit from the growing pool of leaders available to help companies get from one stage to the next without a full-time salary or long-term cost risk associated with hiring the wrong executive.

Where pressure is high to do more with less, vCXO’s can come in and make impact much faster than the usual 6+ month hiring cycles associated with bringing in a permanent leader.

A caretaker role through transition periods

Sometimes co-founders or key people who have been there from the get-go have a change in circumstance. These can be disruptive moments of change, and can have a high impact on your team and startup structure. Bringing in a virtual CXO to hold the line while you work through ‘what’s next?’ is a great way to add stability and continuity to your business. It gives you and your Board time to plan, and hire for the right people once you reassess the future needs.