By stageWhere you are
Fractional Executive Search.
The right leader, for exactly as long as it matters.
Senior leaders for Austin software start-ups, hardware makers and founder-led consumer brands, found through a search and working inside the business on a services agreement, for the part of the week the work fills.
Governance as a service
We do not make an introduction and step away
One senior appointment carries the experience of the whole collective with it. Support, structure and governance stay wrapped around the engagement from first week to last. Your executive decides in their own area and answers for the result, which is the difference from a consultant.
An operator, not an adviserYour leader works in the team, does the job themselves and is measured on the outcome. In a company still run by its founders they are also the outside voice that can say what the team will not.
A collective behind every engagementBehind each engagement sits our collective of 800+, so a founder facing a first audit, a product recall or a hiring surge can put the question to someone who has already been through it, in finance, operations, technology or people. It matters most when a young company meets a problem no one on the team has seen before.
The roles we match
A full C-suite, on the terms a growing business needs
We focus on the leadership functions that move a company forward. Start with one, or draw on the whole collective.
Proven leadership
Our executives have led at the companies you know
Where we are brought in
A leader for the moment in front of you
Most engagements begin with a moment: a departure to cover, a raise to close, a market to enter, a business to turn around. Find the one that fits.
By stage
By momentWhat you are facing
For investorsBehind the capital
The Austin commercial case
Senior leadership, without the permanent cost
The engagement runs business to business. You get a board-ready executive for the days the job really fills, with no full-time salary, option grant or severance left to carry afterwards, and one month's notice either way as our standard.
Brief a search01
No permanent headcount
The engagement is a company-to-company contract. No salary on the payroll and no headcount to carry.
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No benefits burden
No medical cover, no benefits administration, none of the overhead a permanent hire brings.
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No recruitment cost
No recruitment fee. Your leader is matched from a vetted collective and embeds within weeks.
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One month's notice
Scale the engagement up or down, or step away, on one month. You keep the optionality.
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Business to business
A company-to-company arrangement, invoiced cleanly. Senior leadership without the employment.
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Tell us the moment
Share where you need leadership: a finance lead departing, a raise ahead, operations outgrowing the founder.
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A working conversation
We talk through the brief and sharpen the requirement together, so the match is right.
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The match
We search our collective of 800+ curated and vetted executives for the closest fit, and you choose.
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Deployment
Your leader embeds within weeks, holds the decisions in their domain, and gets to work.
Common questions
