[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 fractional Part-Time Tech · The Part-Time Tech Newsletter: https://parttimetech.io · The Part-Time Tech Podcast (audio): https://bit.ly/part-time-tech-podcast · Twitter: https://twitter.com/parttimetech_io · Ernie LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ernestipark · Ernie Twitter: https://twitter.com/eipark ----- Arcade: https://arcade.co #parttimetech #futureofwork #startups #startupfunding #entrepreneurship
[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 Notes 3:51, Why Ernie made the switch 5:11, Why working this way makes sense for top talent 11:18, Impact of the pandemic 14:31, The corporate disconnect 20:43, The future of fractional leaders 40:51, The real tradeoffs between 1099 & W2 41:49, What do marketplaces have to do --- Part-Time Tech · The Part-Time Tech Newsletter: https://parttimetech.io · The Part-Time Tech Podcast (audio): https://bit.ly/part-time-tech-podcast · Twitter: https://twitter.com/parttimetech_io · Ernie LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ernestipark · Ernie Twitter: https://twitter.com/eipark ----- Human Cloud: https://humancloud.work/ #parttimetech #freelanceeconomy #freelancers #futureofwork #startups #startupfunding #entrepreneurship This podcast originally appeared on the Human Cloud Podcast and Matthew Mottola was an incredible host. Their podcast and newsletter dive deep into the freelance economy and their audience is primarily businesses and freelance marketplaces. Check’em out!
[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. In our conversation, Bradley had some great insights on why consultants can be extremely valuable to companies, tactical advice on how to make the transition from full-time to independent, and great details on his own personal journey. This conversation is jammed with really practical advice, I think you’ll enjoy it. --- Show Notes (0:00) Intro & Bradley’s Story (3:20) Leaving the 9-5 (7:00) Becoming a consultant (10:15) Positioning and value (14:02) Experiments and side quests (18:25) Starting MyLance (21:35) MyLance today (24:13) Focus on Needle Moving (27:00) Specialize and Niche Down (29:39) Everything’s made up (35:25) Conclusion --- Part-Time Tech · The Part-Time Tech Newsletter: https://parttimetech.io · The Part-Time Tech Podcast (audio): https://bit.ly/part-time-tech-podcast · Twitter: https://twitter.com/parttimetech_io · Ernie LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ernestipark · Ernie Twitter: https://twitter.com/eipark ----- Bradley Jacobs: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradley-r-jacobs/ Mylance: https://mylance.co #parttimetech #futureofwork #startups #startupfunding #entrepreneurship
[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. Show Notes (0:00) Intro and Raphael's Background (5:40) Best of Freelancing and Teams (7:02) Who Hires A Teams (10:25) Builders on A.Team (14:12) How A Teams are Used (16:05) Building a dynamic workforce (20:02) Changing markets and work preferences (22:35) Companies as networks and communities (24:45) Experimenting with your early team (28:25) Parting Thoughts Part-Time Tech The Part-Time Tech Newsletter: https://parttimetech.io The Part-Time Tech Podcast (audio): https://bit.ly/part-time-tech-podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/parttimetech_io Ernie Twitter: https://twitter.com/eipark Ernie LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ernestipark Raphael Ouzan Sign up for A Team as a builder or a company: https://bit.ly/3lPvmgh (affiliate link) Twitter: https://twitter.com/raphaelouzan #parttimetech #futureofwork #startups #startupfunding #entrepreneurship
[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 (11:55) Flexile’s Ideal Customer (15:29) Innovation in Work (19:56) Lowering the stakes (24:50) Work isn’t everything (26:09) A different way to build companies (31:45) Building a high probability portfolio (34:28) Opting out of Unicorn Chasing (37:35) Impact and What People Aren’t Doing (43:10) The Bleeding Edge --- Part-Time Tech The Part-Time Tech Newsletter: https://parttimetech.io The Part-Time Tech Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/parttimetech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/parttimetech_io Ernie Twitter: https://twitter.com/eipark Ernie LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ernestipark Sahil Lavingia YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1WGeo5mOqJJIcFnO3OFY7A Gumroad: https://gumroad.com Flexile: https://flexile.com Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company: https://sahillavingia.com/reflecting No Meetings, No Deadlines, No Full-Time Employees: https://sahillavingia.com/work #parttimetech #futureofwork #startups #startupfunding #entrepreneurship #indiehackers #softwareengineering