## Harnessing Experience at a Fraction of the Cost

As a startup, one of the most important decisions you can make is ensuring you have access to experienced technical leadership. While hiring a full-time CTO can be expensive, there’s a better alternative than going it alone: the fractional CTO.

## Five Years of Giving Dangerously

## Who Cares if it Scales?

Across the country, in every accelerator, exec team meeting, advisor session, and board meeting, startups are asked the same question:

**“But how will it scale?”**

My answer: **“Who cares?”**

## Startups: You Don’t Need a CTO (Yet)

Our friends at [Name.com](https://www.name.com/) recently learned that Community Ministry of Southwest Denver, a community food and clothing bank, is about to lose its building and needs to find a new one. They leapt into action, launching a campaign to raise $800,000 through their #GiveABuck program. Their idea: a lot of people giving even a small amount can accomplish amazing things.

To raise awareness, company videographer [Jared Ewy](https://twitter.com/Jaredewy) is creating a series of silly videos mimicking some of the top viral trends to tell people about the campaign and send them to the fundraising site [CMSWD Rocks](https://www.cmswd.rocks/) to make a donation. In his most recent effort, Jared invited a number of Denver tech community members, including our CEO, Jason, to join him in a carpool karaoke version of “I Will Survive.”

As Jason says, never let your pride get in the way of serving a good cause. [And he didn’t](https://youtu.be/e2dru8F2fRs).