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The Technical Co-founder Serial Entrepreneurs Actually Need

You've built and sold before. You know what a validated market looks like. What you need is a technical co-founder who can architect and build the product without requiring you to manage the engineering decisions — and who has the experience to know when your roadmap is wrong.

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Equity or fixed-fee · serial founders only

// is this for me?

You're the right fit if…

You have at least one prior venture that launched and generated revenue (or was acquired)

You have a validated concept — customers have said they would pay, or have paid

You need an architect who can make the build decisions, not just execute them

You don't want a dev shop that builds what you specify without telling you when the spec is wrong

You are building a software product (SaaS, marketplace, developer tool, AI product)

Hard requirement: This service is for serial entrepreneurs — founders with at least one prior venture that launched and generated revenue or was acquired. First-time founders without a prior exit or a live revenue-generating business are not a fit. This is not gatekeeping — it is alignment. The co-founder relationship requires a founder who knows what they are building and why.

// what you get

Two Engagement Paths

Both paths deliver the same quality. Choose based on your preference for long-term alignment vs. clean project boundaries.

// path 01

Equity Path

2–4% equity

+ $2,500/month cash

2–4% equity (negotiated based on stage, funding, and scope)

$2,500/month cash to keep the engagement sustainable through pre-revenue phase

Architecture design and full MVP build using AI-accelerated development

Technical hiring: specification, sourcing support, and interview participation

Series A technical due diligence preparation

90 days post-launch advisory included

// path 02

Fixed Build Path

$25K–$40K

fixed fee · full ownership transferred

$25,000–$40,000 fixed fee for a complete, production-ready MVP

Full ownership and codebase transferred at delivery

90 days of post-delivery advisory at no additional cost

Option to transition to Fractional CTO Retainer after the advisory window

Same AI-accelerated delivery, same senior architectural judgment

// second offering

Launch Scaling

After MVP launch — when the product has revenue and the team is growing — the engagement can extend into Series A preparation and scale architecture.

Series A technical architecture hardening and security posture review

Engineering team structure design and first senior hire specification

Investor technical due diligence support and documentation

Technical roadmap for scale: from launch through 100K users

Launch Scaling is priced as an extension of the equity-path engagement, or as a Fractional CTO Retainer for fixed-build-path founders.

// how it works

From Conversation to Launch

01

Fit Conversation

A 45-minute call covering the venture thesis, your prior experience, the product scope, and the timeline. No cost. Clear mutual assessment of fit.

02

Architecture Discovery Sprint

A 2-week sprint ($3,500 fixed) that produces a tech stack recommendation, build scope, and project timeline — before any equity or retainer commitment.

03

Build and Launch

Co-founder CTO engagement begins: architecture, AI-accelerated build, team building, and launch. Followed by Launch Scaling if the venture reaches that stage.

Building something worth co-founding?

The fit conversation is 45 minutes and costs nothing. If the prior exit and validated concept are there, we can move to a discovery sprint within a week.