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In this episode Lance and Joshua talk about the importance of having time to think, AI realizations about our jobs, the importance of kindness to yourself as you develop your skills to match your taste. 

https://joshuawold.com/kindness-and-the-taste-gap/

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This week we're joined on the podcast by Julia Chesbrough, a subscription product designer.

This topic was especially interesting to Joshua, a product designer as well, and we were able to dig into Julia's history to learn about the growth of her business, the design industry as a whole, and where she sees her business going in the future.

We also talked about the pros and cons of a subscription based service business, and the mental health journey Julia has taken along the way.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliachesbrough/
https://www.juliachesbrough.com/

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Heather returns to share how she finds customers, what to do when the market contracts under you and how to pivot, defining your customers, and going where your customers are. 

https://fractionalpeoplepeople.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathercorallo/
https://www.thecanoeproject.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About/dp/0887307280

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On this episode we discuss burnout and Joshua and Lance’s experience with it in the past. we talked about how to know when you’re feeling it, how to avoid it, and how to make sure you’re doing things that are meaningful and rewarding the energy you put into work. 

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This week we met with Alan Paulin, CEO of Flint.cc. We dove into a ton of topics.

We discussed Alan's journey to founding his own company, and how remote work has affected him.

We also discussed working with Fractionals from a founder's perspective, how aligned incentives matter for successful projects with fractional teams, and how he plans time for deep work.

Links to learn more about Alan:
https://flint.cc/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanpaulin/ 

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Lance and Joshua shared some personal updates in a shorter episode for this week, including some recent lessons learned. 

This is a more relaxing episode than normal, but as always we welcome any feedback!

Topics covered:
* Running updates
* Northern lights
* A hiccup with the planned guest episode
* Upcoming guests
* Joshua's bumpy arm
* Lance's broken window

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In this episode we're joined by Julia Arpag, CEO & Cofounder of Aligned Recruitment. We discussed her journey from employment to running her own firm. 

Topics include:

• How the market is thinking about fractional talent in today's economy
• Executive awareness of fractional 
• How fractional need to sell every day to keep their businesses going and where to find leads. 
• Staying healthy to be in it for the long run

https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-arpag/
https://www.alignedrecruitment.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/0062407805
https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299
https://dianeprince.co

Edited by Caleb Johnson @ http://www.embrin.com/

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Charleh Knighton, a fractional CMO, joins as a guest this week to talk about her journey as a fractional. 

Some fantastic topics discussed:
- Marketing yourself as a fractional 
- Pacing yourself as a fractional to avoid burnout
- Working as a fractional CMO and how to use systems to support her work

Links:

• https://kub-digital.io
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlehdickinson
• Charleh w Friends Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwdTYWgjqjoBmUhQ4Db7xgYlqdXz_d2Tw

Books referenced: 

• https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business/dp/1936661837
• https://www.amazon.com/infinite-game-simon-sinek/dp/073521350x

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Today we were joined by Heather Corallo, founder of The Canoe Project, and an executive coach and people leader. 

She joined us to discuss product management, reasons why people fall into fractional work (and why the fail), selling expertise and value based pricing, consultant vs fractional, customer boundaries, and how to structure your engagements as a fractional. 

If you've wondered about the business side of things you'll not want to miss this one!

• https://www.thecanoeproject.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathercorallo/
• https://indecollective.co
• https://www.amazon.com/Unicorn-Project-Developers-Disruption-Thriving-ebook/dp/B07QT9QR41

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Hard to believe we're 50 episodes in already! Thank you for our fantastic listeners and to all of our amazing guests. 

On this week's episode we dove in with Taylor Crane, of fractionaljobs.io, and talked about a number of amazing topics related to being a fractional.

• Being a technical versus non-technical founder
• Fractionals in early stage versus later stage startups
• Taylor's definition of fractional and the current market
• Matching fractionals to companies
• Fractional in the world of mass layoffs
• How fractional levels of the playing field with power dynamics
• Compensation expectations for fractionals

Links for Taylor that we referenced:

• https://www.fractionaljobs.io
• https://www.fractionaljobs.io/blog/what-is-fractional-work
• https://www.fractionaljobs.io/blog/how-much-money-can-i-make-as-a-fractional-employee
• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/taylorcrane_how-much-do-fractional-employees-make-activity-7168359685547286528-mLMc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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