Fractional CMO in Firenze
An fractional CMO in Firenze for founders, boards, and PE sponsors who need a senior operator in the seat this month, not a search process that closes next quarter.
Why Firenze companies bring in an external operator
Firenze and the wider Toscana economy sit on a dense industrial and service base. When a founder steps back, a shareholder changes, or a commercial engine stalls, the answer is rarely a twelve month search. It is a senior operator who takes the seat, runs the ninety day diagnostic, and either stays or hands over to a named successor.
What I do in the first ninety days
- Meet every direct report and every top ten customer in the first three weeks
- Rewrite the operating cadence around a weekly business review, not a monthly slide deck
- Publish a written ninety day plan the board can measure me against
- Fix the two decisions that have been drifting for months
How the engagement is structured
- Direct conversation with the chair, sponsor, or founder first
- Written mandate with a named outcome and an end date
- Day rate or monthly retainer, no success fees dressed as retainers
- Clear handover terms to a permanent successor when the outcome is delivered
Travel and presence in Firenze
Based in Milano, I am on site in Firenze on a defined weekly cadence agreed with the chair. For mandates in Toscana the pattern is typically two to three days on site and the rest of the week on the operating cadence, video, and written briefs. No caretaker mode.
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