Eric Grafstrom

Fractional CxO

CxO with deep expertise starting, growing and running technology companies.

How I Can Help

Founders / investors /executive teams

1:1 Coaching

Coaching on a wide variety of topics, including fundraising, operations, building teams and more

Fractional Executive

Part time C-level support handling business operations (COO/CEO)

Problem Solving

Help navigating complex issues, problems with legal and financial implications.

Media Guest & Speaking

Engaging guest for conferences, business events, podcasts. A unique blend of insights and humor

Startups are hard and mistakes are part of it

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About Me

I was one of the first to sell webcasting at broadcast.com and then moved from Dallas to London after Yahoo! acquisition working across Europe.

Landed with Yahoo! in Silicon Valley where I ran business development for a $600M business unit and jumped back into startups working with dozens of startups backed by some of the biggest names in venture capital. I am the founder at ExitGuide, a startup that is democratizing M&A for small business.

Eric Grafstrom

FAQs

How do you work with founders or early stage startups?

As a fractional CxO I am part of your team and attending meetings and available on Slack and email.

Coaching sessions are regular meetings with a set agenda. Frequency depends on how much progress can be made in between sessions. I typically send an agenda before we meet and strongly recommend the agenda be collaborative so we focus on what you need. I also send a post meeting follow up in bullet point format.

How do you charge?

As a fractional CxO, typically it is a flat monthly fee that is adjusted based on time and scope.

For coaching, I charge an hourly rate.

Is there minimum commitment?

No, if a single session helps you, that’s great. I’m a founder too - I get it, and we can work together for weeks or months or on an as-needed basis. Time is money, both of us are busy so let’s meet when it is helpful to you

What don’t you do?

Anything design related. I can provide an opinion on something but that’s it. While I have a broad range of verticals, I have no experience in Web3 so probably won’t help you there. I am not an engineer either.

Do you take equity for payment?

Nope

What makes you different from other startup coaches?

There are some great resources out there but there are also a lot of “coaches” that have not worked in a startup or been a founder. I use my decades of experience to provide pointed feedback and guidance to help you focus and hopefully avoid common mistakes. If I think an idea or approach is bad, I’ll tell you. What you do with my advice is up to you.

I am interested, what’s next?

Book a 15-minute call and we can discuss if I can be of help

All queries are replied within 24hrs.

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