2025 overview of AI Transformation Frameworks
I’ve been doing AI Transformation in one form or another since early 2023 – it was never my core role, but as a former CTO it’s often ended up being a substantial part of my input to different orgs I…
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Google Stitch evaluation + alternatives
Stitch just launched, offers to use AI to design any app/website for you. Exciting! I tried it out on a real-world task, and compared it to the off-the-shelf AI-driven options that already exist today – is Google’s product a huge…
How the Startup CTO role evolves as the company grows
(this is part of a series on fCTOs and CTOs at startups, where some is similar as at established companies, but a lot is different) The 5 elements of a Startup CTO As a jobtitle, “Startup CTO” is a misnomer…
Startup CTOs: Things you wish you’d done differently?
This came up recently on a mailing list of CTOs: If you had to start from the ground up again, what/where would you invest more or less time? (thanks to Klaas Ardinois for posing the question). This is a particularly…
The main types of Fractional CTO
There are three simple dimensions which neatly separate most fractional CTOs: Some combinations of these work particularly well, and I’ve seen them succeed over and over again. The two stand out combos are: From the CEO/Board perspective the key decision…