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The Fractional CPO earn 40% more
Spoiler: It's not just about the money... or is it?
Shane Drumm
May 21, 2024
Hey there🙂
Today’s edition is all about helping with your product career journey. From starting a product career to consulting.
🤑Key takeaways on how to earn 40% more as Product Leader
▶️YouTube video with a framework to jumpstart your product career
Thanks for opening this email today, hope you find it useful
Shane Drumm, newsletter editor
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WORTHY DEEP DIVE
Fractional Product Leadership: Your Step-By-Step Guide
Jason Knight did a guest post Product Growth where he writes about how to become a fractional CPO from 20 interviews.
Key Notes:
Fractional = Consultant on retainer
Charge 40-50% more per day vs employee
Continuous learning journey with context switching
Drive change in ways that full-time employees cannot.
It's a life of perpetual entrepreneurship of selling & product
Mostly scale ups moving from founder-led but can’t afford fulltime CPO
Suited For: Product leaders
73min Deep Dive newsletter post by Aakash Gupta and Jason Knight on Product Growth
SOME INTERESTING DATA
Fractional CTO and COO are both listed on exploding topics which does support the idea that this is a new area worth exploring.
A framework for PM skill development
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