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Creating a SaaS product runs from problem to paying customer in a fixed order: validate the problem before writing code, shape the vision and business model, ship a minimum viable version, then build the foundations that let it scale. The subscription model rewards getting that order right. Building a SaaS product is one of the […]

SaaS development is the process of building and delivering software through the cloud, where customers subscribe rather than install. It trades upfront license and infrastructure cost for a predictable subscription, and it replaces manual upgrades with continuous automatic ones. The hard part is the tradeoff between speed, scale and cost. Building and scaling a SaaS […]

Short answer A fractional product manager is an experienced PM who joins your SaaS part-time to own prioritization, discovery, and delivery, giving growing teams senior product management and roadmap focus without the cost of a full-time hire. Scaling a SaaS company is rarely smooth. Founders who once had complete visibility suddenly find themselves pulled in […]

Short answer A product management consultant is a senior outside operator who fixes how a company decides what to build, on a defined scope rather than a permanent seat. Sivan Kadosh runs these engagements at saasfractionalcpo.com for B2B SaaS companies; market rates run $5,000 to $15,000 a month, with a published US hourly median of […]

A fractional Chief Product Officer is a senior, ex-CPO product executive who leads your product strategy, roadmap and team part-time, at 25 hours a month on the standard engagement ($4,950 a month), scaling up for larger scopes. For a B2B SaaS company between $2M and $15M ARR, it buys executive product leadership without a full-time […]

Short answer Hire a fractional CPO if you need ongoing strategic product leadership without a full-time cost. Hire an interim CPO if you need someone embedded full-time for 3 to 9 months to stabilize a product team or bridge a leadership gap. But the real decision is more nuanced than that. Your company stage, the […]

A product consultant is an outside expert who diagnoses a specific product problem and recommends a fix, working to a defined project scope. The engagement ends with the recommendation. That boundary is what separates the role from a fractional CPO, who owns the outcome inside the team. Scaling a SaaS company often feels like solving […]

Short answer A fractional CPO (fractional Chief Product Officer) is a senior product executive who runs your SaaS product strategy, roadmap, pricing and PM team part-time. Sivan Kadosh works this way at saasfractionalcpo.com for Series A and B companies, at 25 hours a month on the standard engagement ($4,950 a month), against $250,000+ all-in for […]

Short answer A Chief Product Officer (CPO) is the senior executive who owns product vision, strategy, and execution, aligning the roadmap with revenue and leading product, design, and UX. In SaaS, they turn product decisions into ARR, activation, and retention. You typically need CPO-level leadership around Series A or B, when product can no longer […]

A fractional CPO’s first 90 days run in three phases. Days 1 to 30 are discovery and quick wins: audit the product, the data and the team. Days 31 to 60 align strategy, roadmap and stakeholders around a small number of outcomes. Days 61 to 90 execute and prove measurable impact. In the fast-paced world […]