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Which seat do you need?

Short guides for founders who know they need help and are not sure what to call it. Each one is about the work a seat owns, how two seats differ, or how to read a listing. No salary bands, no market statistics, no "best". Every guide links the people it describes with live counts.

Which seat do you need?

  • Fractional CFO vs controller vs bookkeeper

    What separates a fractional CFO from a controller and a bookkeeper, by the work each seat owns. Definitions only, no salary figures. Links the listed CFOs.

  • Fractional COO vs EOS Integrator

    Where the fractional COO and the EOS Integrator overlap and where they differ, by the work each seat owns. One listed operator holds both seats.

  • EOS Integrator vs EOS Implementer

    The Integrator runs the business inside the company; the Implementer teaches the leadership team to run EOS. Which seat you need and when, with the listed counts.

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  • Fractional CFO vs full-time CFO

    Books stay with a bookkeeper or controller. A fractional CFO owns finance decisions part-time. Full-time is the same seat when that work is continuous. · CFO · updated 2026-10-15

  • Fractional CMO vs marketing agency: which do you need?

    A fractional CMO owns strategy and the brief. An agency runs channels. A full-time CMO is the same seat full time. The directory maps operators; you shortlist. · CMO · updated 2026-10-15

  • How to read a listing in 60 seconds

    The five facts on every Listed Fractional row, what each one tells a rushed founder, and the one line to read first before you open a single practice site. · All seats · updated 2026-10-15

  • How to shortlist a fractional executive

    Pick the seat, read who they serve, keep two or three names, then open practice URLs. Alphabetical order is not rank. The directory maps; it does not choose. · All seats · updated 2026-10-15

  • The first call with a fractional exec: seven questions

    Seven questions for the first fifteen minutes with a fractional CFO, CMO, COO, or CTO: capacity, sector, who does the work, the first 90 days, fee, and exit. · All seats · updated 2026-10-15