Fractional CMO · For technical founders

You built the product.Let's get customers.

You're a great engineer — marketing just isn't your thing, and that's fine. I'm Mash. I set the strategy and own the growth, while my team and AI tools do the heavy lifting — turning what you built into customers, at an early-founder price.

The situation

Sound familiar?

You've shipped something real. But building it was the part you knew how to do — this next part is a different language entirely.

1Your product works — but you can't get anyone to actually use it.
2You've got a website and some social, but no funnel and no strategy behind them.
3No clear customer, segmentation, or value prop — you're talking to "everyone."
4Inbound vs outbound, organic vs paid, channels — it's all a blur.
5You're a founder or a tiny team, and no one owns growth.
6You'd hire a marketer — but can't afford a good full-time one, and can't judge a bad one.
The role

What a fractional CMO actually is

Senior marketing leadership — strategy, direction, and ownership of your growth — without the cost of a full-time hire. I bring the brain and the engine; you don't lift the load.

What you get with me

  • A senior leader who owns your growth and sets the strategy
  • My team and AI engine (Radi8) doing the execution — fast and affordably
  • Weekly, in-person working sessions — I'm in it with you
  • A repeatable system you keep running long after we're done

What it's not

  • A $200K+ full-time CMO you can't justify
  • An agency billing $15K/mo that never owns your strategy
  • A freelancer executing tasks with no plan behind them
  • "Just use AI yourself" — no strategy, no accountability
Why me

The experience and the tools to act on it.

Most fractional CMOs sell advice. I bring the experience and the engine — Radi8 — so the strategy actually gets executed, at a price that fits an early founder.

Built & exited

25 years in go-to-market. Co-founded and scaled startups with four successful exits, and guided dozens from concept to traction — the throughline of my book, What Holds Up the Roof.

I build the tools I use

I created Radi8 (AI marketing) and Foclarity (GTM for CEOs). I don't just advise — I bring the engine.

I speak founder

I launched a startup incubator at SJSU and taught hundreds of founders. I get the engineer's mindset — and translate marketing into it.

4 exits 25+ years in GTM Founder, Radi8 Founder, Inspiring Founders Ex-adjunct professor, SJSU Author, What Holds Up the Roof
Scope

What we cover together

I set the direction; my team and Radi8 execute across the full marketing stack — as much of each as your business needs.

Brand Strategy Go-to-market plan Inbound Outbound PR Social — organic Social — paid Newsletter Events Content · YouTube Podcast guesting

Add-ons when you're ready

Optional extras we layer in as the engine grows:

  • CRM setup
  • SEO / AEO
  • Co-hosted live content
  • Luma events setup
  • Mailchimp setup
  • …and more as you scale
The investment

Senior leadership and the engine.

For less than the cost of a junior hire, and a fraction of an agency.

$5,000/mo
$30,000 total · 6-month engagement
Simple monthly terms — no big lump sum.
  • Weekly in-person working sessions
  • Full marketing strategy & go-to-market plan
  • Execution handled by my team + Radi8
  • A repeatable playbook that's yours to keep
Put it in perspective: land one or two B2B customers out of this and it pays for itself. A full-time CMO runs $200K+ a year; a capable agency, $10–20K a month. This is senior leadership and the engine — for $5K a month.

Let's build your growth engine.

If it feels like a fit, we shake on it — I'll send a simple agreement with terms, and we start next week.

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