The first fractional role feels like the hardest one to find
So I've been spending quite a bit of time looking at the fractional space lately, including fractional roles and board advisor opportunities and one of the things I've noticed is that there seems to be plenty of conversation around being a fractional executive, but much less around the actual pipeline of opportunities.
I'm currently trying to land my first fractional role, and honestly, the biggest challenge hasn't been figuring out what I could offer. It's figuring out where these opportunities surface in the first place as a lot of the obvious job boards don't seem particularly useful for this. Maybe a good portion of fractional work never gets publicly advertised anyway.
I’m trying to know about those already working fractionally or sitting on startup boards, I'm curious about the opportunity side of it are your engagements coming through your existing network, founder referrals, specialist platforms, direct outreach, or something else?
I'm especially interested in what changed once you got your first engagement. It seems like there might be a pretty significant difference between finding the first one and finding the next few.
Thank yall.