Organization
CEO Guide to Managing a CTO
This post is intended for CEOs, COOs, Presidents or CPTOs (Chief Product and Technology Officers) of companies that build software products for revenue and who…
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Insights on Scalability & Technology
Scalability and technology consulting advice for SaaS and technology companies — from the AKF Partners team.
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Organization
CEO Guide to Hiring an Interim CTO
What is an Interim CTO?
Architecture
CEO Guide to Microservices
What are Microservices?
CEO Guides
CEO Guide to the Public Cloud
What is the Public Cloud?
Organization
When to hire an interim or fractional CTO
There comes a time when most CEOs consider hiring an interim CTO. There are four main cirumstances when this occurs. And in each situation, a different CTO…
Leadership
CEO Guide: How to hire a great CTO
Welcome to our series of CEO Guides. These articles provide a short guide on key technology topics, reflecting the common questions we are asked by CEOs as…
Leadership
Why tech and product leaders need to think about gross margins
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Leadership
Safely Paying Down Technical Debt for CIOs
Synopsis: This is a post focused on technical debt for traditional IT, or for teams focused on solutions for internal employees. This post helps CIOs (leaders…
Organization
Technical Debt for CIOs Leads to Organizational Debt for CEOs
Explanation of technical debt for CIOs of non-software product companies
Organization
The AKF Difference
During the last 12 years, many prospective clients have asked us some variation of the following questions: “What makes you different?”, “Why should we…
Leadership
The No Surprises Rule
No Surprises
Organization
Why CTOs Fail and What CEOs and CTOs Can Do About It
The rate of involuntary turnover for the senior executive running technology and engineering in a company is unfortunately high, with most senior technology…