No job descriptions. No six-month waits. Tell us what's broken in your revenue engine — we'll match you with up to three verified CRO-level leaders who have already helped solve it, typically within 48 hours.
Our AI-guided intake asks the right questions in your industry's language. Five minutes — and you get a personalized 90-day engagement plan at the end.
The LaunchCRO team reviews your intake and selects three verified executives whose confirmed experience maps to your exact capability need — capability first, industry alongside.
Three anonymous profile cards: reference-verified track record, capability depth, engagement style. No names until you choose — then we make the introduction.
Once you select your executive, all parties sign a simple engagement agreement, and work begins against the 90-day plan. A flat engagement fee covers the search; a monthly platform fee — paid by the company, never by your executive — keeps LaunchCRO working alongside you for as long as the engagement runs, through the Success Program and replacement protection.
A confidential marketplace, by design. We intentionally protect both our executive network and our companies — no public profiles, no directory browsing — because confidentiality creates better partnerships. See a sample anonymous profile →
Founders solving a revenue leadership gap have five real paths. Here's the honest comparison.
| LaunchCRO Fractional CRO | Full-Time CRO Hire | Interim Executive | Sales Consultant | Traditional Search Firm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to start | Days — 3 verified matches, typically within 48 hours | 4–8 months to hire | Weeks to source | Days to weeks | 3–6 month search |
| Annual cost | Flat engagement fee + fractional retainer — pay for the leadership you need | $350K–$500K+ all-in: salary, equity, benefits, recruiting | Full-time-equivalent day rates | Varies; advice, not ownership | Six-figure recruiting costs — 20–30% of first-year salary |
| Scope | Full revenue engine — sales, marketing, partnerships, account growth, GTM | Full engine (if you hire right) | Gap coverage, not building | Recommendations — execution stays with you | They find; they don't operate |
| Verification | References checked claim-by-claim before you see a profile | Whatever your process catches | Varies by network | Self-reported | Varies by firm |
| Risk if wrong | One fee, one search — until the match is right | 6–12 months of runway + severance + restart | Contract runs regardless | Fees spent, engine unbuilt | Fee paid either way |
| Long-term economics | A percentage of the retainer, paid by the company — never a six-figure fee for a single introduction, and never a cut of your executive's pay | Ongoing comp regardless of fit | Ends at contract end | Ends with the deck | New fee for every search |
Founders don't buy a price — they invest to solve a problem. Here's the honest comparison that matters.
The founder keeps carrying sales. A VP of Sales gets hired too early — or the wrong $350K–$500K+ full-time CRO gets hired and misses. No GTM discipline forms. Pipeline stays thin. A quarter gets missed, investor confidence wobbles, and the burn rate does what burn rates do. The alternative to acting is never free.
Proven, reference-verified revenue leadership in days — at a fraction of a full-time executive's cost. Fractional, so it scales with you. Capability-matched, so it fits the first time. And structured so you only keep paying while LaunchCRO keeps delivering — ongoing support, replacement protection, and the Success Program, funded by a fee paid by the company and never taken from your executive.
One simple, fixed fee when your search begins — a fraction of a traditional retained search. Covers intake, verification review, matching, and your consultation.
A percentage of the retainer, paid by the company — never taken from your executive. It runs for as long as the engagement continues, and funds your ongoing support, replacement protection, and Success Program.
If you hire your executive full-time within 12 months — a fixed fee that's a fraction of a traditional search firm's percentage.
Exact figures are confirmed in your matching consultation — in context, specific to your engagement, fully disclosed before you commit. A simple structure, a fraction of a retained search, and a fee you pay only while the value keeps coming.
Verification works both ways — it's what makes your track record worth premium engagements.
Twelve minutes: your verticals, the capabilities you've owned, your core strengths with depth, and five references spanning at least two companies.
We contact your references with a short structured form confirming your specific claimed outcomes — before your profile is ever shown.
Anonymous until you approve an introduction. Matched on capability and industry. 100% of your rate is yours — we never take a percentage.
The right fractional CRO changes everything.
We built LaunchCRO to help you find them.
Companies: three verified matches within 48 hours, no obligation. Executives: Applications for Charter Executive Status are now open.