by David Raistrick
Weekly open office hours for fractional professionals, hosted by David Raistrick. These are real, unscripted conversations about what’s working, what’s not, and how to build a business that fits your life. It’s part of David’s coaching practice and the For Fractionals community. No slides. No pitches. No agenda. Just honest conversation.
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October 20, 2025
<p><strong>This is an Open Coffee for Fractionals session — part of my coaching practice.</strong></p><p>In this 20th and final Open Coffee session, we had a strong mix of new and familiar voices: Chris Hilton, Jim Grey, Michael Berris, Noel Putaansuu, and me. We dug into what it really means to build a fractional practice, how to structure offers, and where the pitfalls show up when you drift into agency models.</p><p>We got into:</p><ul> <li>Why proposals work better as structured menus than open-ended negotiations</li> <li>Starting a fractional practice when you’ve only worked in corporate</li> <li>How to handle pricing, retainers, and avoiding hourly traps</li> <li>Growing vs. staying solo — and why many regret moving into agency models</li> <li>Using testimonials, recordings, and tools to reinforce value</li> <li>Noel’s work measuring smoke for wood stoves and wildfire prevention</li> <li>My own pivot from fractional coaching toward buying a business</li></ul><p>No slides. No pitches. No agenda. Just honest conversation.</p><p>📅 Recorded September 15, 2025<br>🎙️ Hosted by David Raistrick</p>
October 13, 2025
<p><strong>This is an Open Coffee for Fractionals session — part of my coaching practice.</strong></p><p>Chris Hilton brought in a live dilemma: when a founder friend wants you full-time but you’re only willing to engage fractionally, how do you make it work?</p><p>We compared notes on retainers, boundaries, and the risks of equity-heavy compensation, while also detouring into business acquisitions, old cars, and the politics of refrigerants.</p><p>We got into:</p><ul> <li>Structuring retainers to balance client comfort and fractional freedom</li> <li>Why equity in exchange for comp is often a scam at the engineer level</li> <li>The realities of SBA loans and specialty financing in auto-related acquisitions</li> <li>Stories of Model Ts, VW buses, and EV charging frustrations</li> <li>Refrigerants, regulation, and the absurdity of industry transitions</li> <li>Insurance adjusters, home repairs, and the value of documentation</li></ul><p>No slides. No pitches. No agenda. Just honest conversation.</p><p>📅 Recorded September 8, 2025<br>🎙️ Hosted by David Raistrick</p><p><a href="https://davidraistrick.com/free/opencoffee/">Join a future session</a><br><a href="https://forfractionals.com/">Explore the For Fractionals community</a></p>
October 6, 2025
<p><strong>This is an Open Coffee for Fractionals session — part of my coaching practice.</strong></p><p><strong>Noel Putaansuu joined this session just before heading into a job interview. We compared buying a business versus getting a job, and dug into what it means to keep the lights on while still trying to build something bigger.</strong></p><p>We talked about the lag on publishing Open Coffee episodes, batching content, and why LinkedIn Live isn’t worth the headache. Noel walked through his clean energy project, SAFE notes, and the search for a lead investor. We ended up in DevOps land: on-call culture, cowboy fixes, hero syndrome, and the strange red flags that show up in interviews.</p><p>We got into:</p><ul> <li>Buying a job vs getting a job</li> <li>Batching Open Coffee episodes four weeks behind</li> <li>SAFE notes, lead investors, and startup fundraising</li> <li>Emissions monitoring, stoves, and Beer–Lambert law</li> <li>DevOps on-call fatigue and hero culture</li> <li>Interview red flags and trust in ops roles</li> <li>Florida vs Pacific Northwest weather stories</li></ul><p>No slides. No pitches. No agenda. Just honest conversation.</p><p>📅 Recorded September 1, 2025<br>🎙️ Hosted by David Raistrick</p><p><a href="https://davidraistrick.com/free/opencoffee/">Join a future session</a><br><a href="https://forfractionals.com/">Explore the For Fractionals community</a></p>
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Weekly open office hours for fractional professionals, hosted by David Raistrick.
These are real, unscripted conversations about what’s working, what’s not, and how to build a business that fits your life.
It’s part of David’s coaching practice and the For Fractionals community.
No slides. No pitches. No agenda. Just honest conversation.
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