# Begin your fractional journey today.

Beginning Fractional is the starter guide for builders, creators, and technologists who want to pursue a fractional lifestyle but don’t know where to start.

## What's Inside?

### PART 1

# Fractional work is the future

- How future of work is fractional clients and consultants
- Why fractional is inevitable
- Becoming a fractional CTO

### PART 2

# Getting started with fractional work

- From corporate worker to design agency owner
- Find and create your niche
- Full-time fractional straight from university

**Featuring:**
- Dexter Ligot-Gordon, Co-founder & CEO at Swarm
- Sabrina Dermody, CRO at Swarm, AppliedAI at OpenAI
- Sergio Pereira, Fractional CTO, 3x Startup Founder
- Angela Salud-Chua, Founder at Toffeenut Design
- Lex Roman, Founder at Growthtrackers
- Matthias Cordes, Webflow Dev and Design Consultant

### PART 3

# Finding a path with fractional work

- Try multiple disciplines before specializing
- Prepare a safety net to de-risk pivoting
- Build in public and bring people along on your journey
- Build trust with clients through honesty and collaboration

**Featuring:**
- Frances To, Independent Designer
- Dan Mall, Founder at Design Systems University
- Karthik Puvvada, Founder Relations at Paddle
- Andrei Gonzales, Service and Experience Design for Deloitte Digital Canberra

### PART 4

# Working fractional is not working alone

- Fractional is a new way to engage with work
- Maturing online labor marketplaces empowers fractional work
- Fractional means continuous upskilling
- The future of work is community

# WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?

# Written for and by the fractional community

- Full-time Employees seeking career autonomy
- Senior Consultants diversifying their experience
- Pivoting Professionals exploring new opportunities

# Read the guide for free

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# Join the fractional platform for top tech consulting teams

Beginning Fractional is the starter guide for builders, creators, and technologists who want to pursue a fractional lifestyle but don’t know where to start.

[Beginning Fractional: The Swarm Guide to Fractional Work](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4l70UoMlz0) \n