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Part-Time TechCan a leader be effective working 10 hours/week?[Part-Time Tech Podcast, Episode 8] David Cherrie is CEO and Founder of startup Arcade.co. He hired Ernie as an interim and fractional engineering leader. We share our experiences on both sides of the engagement and how it worked out.Show notes:(0:00) Arcade and Background(5:06) Struggles(7:54) Turning to fractional hires(13:06) Why fractional worked for Engineering(14:55) Different levels of fractional(18:26) Time forcing functions(21:50) Compensation and Opportunity Cost(27:30) Limitations and Candor(34:12) Contract to hire and fractionalPart-Time Tech· T...
2023-07-1439 minPart-Time TechInsights on the Freelance Economy from Building Part-Time Tech[Episode 7 of the Part-Time Tech Podcast] This podcast originally appeared on the Human Cloud Podcast and Matthew Mottola was the host.Ernie is the founder of this podcast and the Part-Time Tech newsletter. He shares his personal story and insights on the freelance economy from his conversations with talent, hiring managers, and founders in the freelance and flexible work space.---Show Notes3:51, Why Ernie made the switch5:11, Why working this way makes sense for top talent11:18, Impact of the pandemic14:31, The corporate...
2023-05-1853 minPart-Time TechBreaking into Consulting and Starting Mylance[Episode 6 of the Part-Time Tech Podcast] Bradley Jacobs is the Founder and CEO of Mylance, a tool that helps fractional executives fill their pipeline and find their next lead, supported by a vetted community.Bradley launched several markets at Uber as an operations guru. After executing that playbook several times for Uber, he realized he could do it on his own for other companies. After many rejections and ups and downs, he was able to grow a successful consulting business doing $25k/month. He eventually started Mylance to help other people with the challenges of consulting.
2023-05-0237 minPart-Time TechRaphael Ouzan, CEO of A.Team - The Rise of the Freelance Team [Episode 5 of the Part-Time Tech Podcast] Raphael Ouzan is a serial entrepreneur and founder and CEO of A.Team. A.Team is a startup and members-only network of builders (engineers, PMs, designers, marketers, etc) who can form teams to help companies solve some of their biggest problems. A.teams are dynamic and work contracts from months to over a year to help their clients build, test, and ship products.We talk about his startup as well as how teams will change freelancing and how companies should think about dynamic workforces in a changing economic climate....
2023-03-0230 minPart-Time TechSahil Lavingia of Gumroad: The Future of Flexible Companies (Pt 2)[Episode 4 of the Part-Time Tech Podcast] Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad. He shares about how equity works at Gumroad, their next product, Flexile, and why Sahil opted out of the unicorn chase. Sahil lays out both practical and philosophical visions for what flexible companies like Gumroad could look like in the future.Watch Part 1 of this interview here: https://rss.com/podcasts/parttimetech/735066/---Show Notes(0:00) Intro(0:30) Equity at Gumroad(2:51) Dividends through Flexile(6:30) Thinking long term with compensation(9:24) What is Flexile
2022-12-1444 minPart-Time TechSahil Lavingia of Gumroad: Running a $100m software business with only Part-Time Employees (Pt 1)Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad, a service that allows you to sell digital goods online. Sahil raised millions from top VCs for Gumroad but failed to make become a unicorn. The company eventually switched gears to a profitable model, and over time, became a business with only part-time employees. Sahil shares about this journey, how Gumroad operates, and insights on business and life.Part 2 lands next week! Follow the show to get notified when it drops!(0:00) Intro(0:40) Sahil's Journey and Gumroad(8:41) Recession and Changing Environment(11:34) Arriving at...
2022-12-0854 minPart-Time TechBella Wu - American Product Manager Experiences Part-Time Work Culture in GermanyBella Wu is an American Product Manager who started her career at HubSpot. She decided to move abroad to Germany where she discovered how part-time work is enabled by labor laws and worked part-time herself.
2022-11-1518 minPart-Time TechJeffrey Chupp - 80% Time Software Consultant, 100%+ SalaryIn our first episode of Part-Time Tech, we speak to Jeffrey Chupp. Jeffrey is a software engineer based in Georgia that went from conventional full time work to part-time contracting. He now typically works four days a week and spends the other day doing 'moonshot' projects, or spending more time with his family - all while making more money than he used to full time.
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