Working With Non-Technical Founders: The Operating System That Actually Works

by Nat Currier 19 min read
Fractional CTOFoundersLeadershipExecution
Excerpt

A practical founder-CTO operating model that turns translation friction into execution leverage, especially when the founder is commercial-first and the technical stack is under pressure.

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Nat Currier. "Working With Non-Technical Founders: The Operating System That Actually Works." nat.io, 2026-02-18. https://nat.io/blog/working-with-non-technical-founders-cto-operating-system

Founder-CTO alignment improves when authority, tradeoff rules, and communication cadence are explicit. The right model is a shared operating contract, not ad hoc translation and hope.

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