Fractional CRO

Fractional CRO support when the system is ready to scale.

After the GTM foundation is clear, Rocinante helps founders turn the motion into a repeatable revenue engine through forecasting, hiring support, pipeline reviews, RevOps, sales coaching, and board-ready GTM strategy.

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Best for.

Founders who completed a Pipeline Rescue Sprint and want ongoing execution leadership
Seed to Series A teams preparing to hire their first AE or VP of Sales
Teams with early traction but weak forecasting and pipeline discipline
Founders who need revenue leadership but are not ready for a full-time CRO hire

What the engagement covers.

Scoped to the founder's actual needs — not a fixed checklist.

Forecasting and pipeline review

Weekly pipeline review with the founder. A forecast you can defend to your board, not a number pulled from optimism.

Hiring support

Scorecards, interview rubrics, and reference structure for the first AE and the first VP of Sales. Calibration on candidates the founder can't evaluate alone.

Sales coaching

Live deal review. Objection prep before high-stakes conversations. Founder coaching on the calls that close the round.

RevOps and CRM discipline

Stage definitions, data model, dashboards, and reporting rhythm that survives a Series A diligence question.

GTM strategy and segmentation

Ongoing ICP refinement, segment-by-segment win/loss analysis, and the strategic moves between rounds.

Your first AE should inherit a system, not a guessing game.

The pattern we see in early-stage GTM: founders hire a VP of Sales or a senior AE to delegate sales before understanding it themselves. The hire fails because the founder can’t coach, QA, or calibrate them. 12–18 months of runway lost.

Fractional CRO is the opposite move. The founder stays in the room, carries quota, and learns the motion. Rocinante installs the leadership layer around them — forecasting, hiring, RevOps, coaching — so the team they eventually build inherits discipline, not improv.

Who this is not for

×Founders who have not yet pressure-tested founder-led sales — start with a Pipeline Rescue Sprint
×Teams looking for a single AE or SDR to throw at the pipeline — this is leadership, not headcount
×Founders looking to fully outsource GTM and stay out of the room — this engagement requires the founder

$2K–$15K per month

3-month minimum. Scoped to the hours and surface area required — we right-size involvement instead of selling senior hours you don’t need.

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FAQ

How is this different from a full-time CRO?▾

A full-time CRO costs $300K–$500K base plus equity and is rarely the right hire pre-Series B. Fractional CRO gives you the leadership layer — forecasting, hiring, RevOps, coaching, strategy — without the cost of a full-time exec who would be under-utilized in your stage.

How is this different from the Pipeline Rescue Sprint?▾

The sprint is a 10-day intervention that fixes the system. Fractional CRO is the ongoing leadership rhythm after the system is clean — weekly pipeline reviews, hiring support, forecasting, coaching. Most founders do the sprint first and decide if Fractional CRO is the right next step.

How is this priced?▾

Retainer-based, scoped to the hours and surface area required. Most engagements run $2,000–$15,000 per month with a 3-month minimum. We scope the level of involvement honestly — over-buying senior hours is exactly the failure mode this offer is meant to prevent.

Will you build the team or just advise?▾

Both. We help define the first sales hire, run the search, coach the founder through interviews, and stay in the room during onboarding. The goal is a team the founder can manage — not a team the founder is dependent on us to run.

When should I consider Fractional CRO instead of the sprint?▾

If your ICP and messaging are already validated, your CRM stages already reflect buyer behavior, and the leak is ongoing leadership rather than system design, Fractional CRO is the right entry point. If any of those are not true, start with the sprint.

Ready to install the leadership layer?

A short call to scope the engagement and pressure-test where Fractional CRO fits vs. where a sprint or workflow build pays back faster.

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