Fractional Growth with Andrew Sharpe

31 Aug 2025 / Ep. 42 / 49:10

Fractional leadership roles are becoming more common in startups and scaleups. We’re more familiar with a fractional CFO or CTO – but what about business development?

In this discussion with experienced enterprise leader Andrew Sharpe, we look at the ways that larger companies are embracing fractional leadership in the growth arena – be is sales, product, etc, how it applies to the startup world, and what mindset is required both the founder and the fractional leader when approaching this strategy in the startup space.

About Andrew Shape:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-sharpe/

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sharpepts

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