What is a "Fractional Partner"?
A FP (Fractional Partner) is an experienced entrepreneur who joins the leadership team and helps owners grow their businesses from within
Working on the business itself
While many founders are busy "working in the business," the main focus of a FP is to work on the business itself. This includes developing the strategy, implementing systems, and growing the organization.
High touch: leads the business from within
An FP actively joins the leadership team multiple times a week. They don't just facilitate meetings and strategic sessions, but they also actively participate in making business decisions and help steer the team in the right direction.
Joins the org chart right next to the owner
A FP is not just another business function that takes direction from the founder and simply does the work. Instead, an FP works alongside the founder at the same level and helps lead the business.
Implement our private equity playbook & best-practices
Runs strategic workshops and sessions with the team
Coordinates external subject-matter-experts (SMEs)
Meets the owner one-on-one to help with strategic decisions
Most impactful support model
Many founders don't need help executing - they need someone with a unique skillset to can develop growth strategies but also build an organization that can successfully implement those strategies. A FP is the experienced entrepreneur that shows - not tell.
Yes and no.
Yes, a FP joins the leadership team and partners meeting, actively steering the boat alongside the founder. However, they do not work in the business in the sense that they don't provide the main service or deal directly with customers.
We believe that most of the challenges with marketing and sales are caused by a lack of business strategy, including missing segmentation, weak value proposition, and lack of differentiation. That's why the main focus of FBP is to fix the strategy, enabling other experts to execute successfully.
No, a FP isn't designed to replace the owner as the leader. Instead, it is designed to help the owner grow into the leader so they can successfully run and manage the organization on a day-to-day basis.
Although most decisions are made collectively, the business owner always has the final say, even if it is necessary to terminate the FP.
Meet Yarin - our founder & operating partner who serves as the FP for our portfolio companies.
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