Just a quick “Thank You” for creating GigX. Networking with fellow GigX members helped me land a new client! The CEO who hired me is (quite brilliantly) saving his company millions of dollars in executive team compensation by leveraging a number of fractional leaders. 80% of their executive team is staffed with the region’s top fractional executives. The knowledge and connections this brings to the company has helped it achieve new sales and profitability records in less than a year! The company employs all the following fractional executives: FCFO, FCMO, FCSO, FCIO, FCTO, and FCHRO. Because GigX offers the fractional titles that speak to my decades of experience, I was easily identified and contacted by this new client. Thanks again for creating GigX for consultants like me. It’s an affordable, inclusive, and collaborative community. Best of all, it allows members to perfectly brand themselves, showcase their fractional expertise, and effortlessly land new clients!

Last year, my firm needed a fractional executive and an employee sourcing group helped us find one. The group took a large percentage off the top of our fractional leader’s salary, which is pretty standard. They have their overhead to cover, after all. But that didn’t stop me from wishing there was a way we could skip the middle man and go direct. Then I discovered GigX, which doesn't stand in the way of contracts or take a percentage of the earned salary. And you can search the GigX Network yourself to find the person you need. Next time I need a fractional executive, I’m going with GigX.  

After a family member had difficulty in their business with time tracking and scheduling, I decided to build a better mousetrap. Now four years into the journey and executing against our Series B round, we ran into a bit of a lull in our growth path.  My partner recommended we hire a Fractional CMO and look into growth hack strategies. Paying 20% of what we would normally have to pay for an FTE CMO was great, and he functioned as an executive recruiter at no charge to build a virtual, Fractional CxO team for us to quickly fill a variety of gaps he uncovered. We just had our best month on record and are eager for the fruit of this new path forward.

After working for marketing agencies for 25 years, I wanted the flexibility to control my own schedule, while working with growing businesses that have interesting, complex demand generation problems. Through GigX, I’ve enjoyed the diversity of companies and markets I’m working with, that all share a need to increase demand and sales conversions. My GigX clients are open to change, and it’s been rewarding to have an immediate impact on their business. Within one week of joining GigX I had two clients lined up and am now at 100% capacity already. Easy!

The gig economy and GigX could not have come at a better time. In the past, I either had to limit my hires or spend most of my budget on salaries. Using GigX’s Network and referrals, I was able to fill one primary role in a matter of days. Within a week, I built a complete fractional CxO team. I am sold on GigX and the fractional CxO model, and won’t hesitate to come back to GigX to add additional C-level roles to my team.

For over two decades, I’ve been a liaison between companies and investors, acting as an investment banker, sales researcher and investor relations officer. GigX represents a paradigm shift for companies that are ready to embrace the new economy and secure best-in-class resources without excessive financial burden. Working closely with a handful of clients creates a constantly evolving synergy of insight, and a greater breadth and depth of expertise that benefits everyone. The future is fractional!

Over the past 16 years, I’ve balanced working as a CPA with working as a Fractional CFO. It’s been incredibly rewarding, both professionally and personally. I can take on roles whether or not they’re based near my home in the mountains of Utah. For one long-term, fractional engagement, I spent one week each month in Washington with a manufacturing firm. It was gratifying to help my client grow from garage startup to eight-figure+ success. The fractional structure was ideal for both of us.