Rational Partners

We make
your
technology
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We make your
technology work.

Technology advice and services for your growing business

As your business grows, it’s technology needs evolve. Rational Partners works alongside you as a trusted partner, to ensure that throughout your growth those needs are identified, delivered and supported.

We are a team of experienced technology specialists with a focus on growing companies. From embryonic idea through product fit and on to rapidly growing organization we support businesses just like yours. Our core product is CTO-as-a-service.

For some, our service means that they get the value of having a highly experienced CTO without the challenges, costs or equity share of a full time executive. For others our ability to rapidly parachute into times of high-risk allows rapid growth and complex deliverables to succeed.

Whatever stage your company is in, we can help get the very best out of technology. From managing agencies, advising executives, mentoring teams to building out full products and teams. We work alongside you to focus on areas that give your business the very best value and help deliver success.

Services to help

Product

For many companies their product is the key output of their business - for some it can be defining. Unfortunately many leave its creation to inexperienced teams, disinterested third parties, or worse. We find this is typically due to a lack of experienced and caring technical leadership. This can be hard to find, expensive and equity eroding. CTO-as-a-service offers the instant modern alternative.

Rescue

Many of our customers start with us in a position of risk. Some have significant team issues, others have broken systems and yet more are facing an immediate threat to their organisation due to poor historic technical direction. We help these customers with only a single objective - help get to a position of stability - and then we work to set them on a better trajectory and towards success.

Advisory

We don’t just work on large projects in place of full-time CTOs. Some of our customers have lower needs and simply want advisory and mentoring to ensure that the decisions that they make have the experience and consideration of a technology leader behind them. Our approach is flexible and our main objective is to maximise value and shine light on areas of risk.

Investment

We have a history when it comes to supporting businesses to gain investment. From delivering due diligence reporting on multiple >£300m private equity acquisitions to pitching to venture capitalists as the CTO of our customers. Our experience helps us support successful investment outcomes.

Team

Having a vision, product-market-fit, or the finances is only part of the way to having a successful product launch. We work with our customers to structure delivery teams; developers, designers, testers, project mangers that fit the needs of getting things into the hands of customers. Remote, internal, hybrid or on-site, we build the team that gets things done.

Research

With decades of product design, development, implementation and launches, we have spent the time digging into the art of the possible. Sometimes our customers have an idea, opportunity or vision but need support with feasibility and proof of concept. We help them gain the insights they need to move forward.

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Why Us?

01

Running a business is hard. We remove the burden of risk and uncertainty.

Our aim is to protect our customers from mistakes, predatory market practices, inexperienced decisions and misguided approaches. By bringing decades of experience across; hardware, software, people, design, hypergrowth and R&D - we’ve either seen it or know someone who has. Our favorite phrase is “don’t worry, I’ve got that.”

You should be focused on the business, not worrying about technology. We help make that a reality.

We care about the specific needs of your company. Always.

We are independent of influence from providers, agencies, recruiters, and are almost entirely technology agnostic. We advocate for technology if, and only if, it’s right for your business. Technology strategy is a key enabler for every industry with disruption and time to market being fundamentally impacted by it’s successful execution.

Our approach is bespoke, every company we work with is different and we pride ourselves on supporting each and every one one as if it were our own.

02

We care about the specific needs of your company. Always.

We are independent of influence from providers, agencies, recruiters, and are almost entirely technology agnostic. We advocate for technology if, and only if, it’s right for your business. Technology strategy is a key enabler for every industry with disruption and time to market being fundamentally impacted by it’s successful execution.

Our approach is bespoke, every company we work with is different and we pride ourselves on supporting each and every one one as if it were our own.

03

We’re entrepreneurs, investors and innovators too.

The Rational Partners business model is new and innovative. All our CTO partners have come together to build a better, modern way to help businesses grow and succeed through technology. Together we have started dozens of businesses and invested in dozens more.

We understand the realities of starting a business and everything we do is to maximise your success.

What do our customers say?

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My co-founder and I have many strengths, but engineering isn't one of them. Neither of us have technical chops, and it was starting to affect our speed and competitiveness.

What impressed me most about Rational Partners is their willingness to roll up their sleeves, understand problems, and then do whatever it takes to make those problems go away. They were exactly what we needed, and I hope to work with them for a very long time.

Stefan Von Imhof, CEO

alts.co

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I can’t recommend Rational Partners highly enough. They hit the ground running, quickly engaged with all of the stakeholders, and came up with a diagnosis. They helped us set a much more sensible course and quickly aligned the team behind it, helped by the credibility of his background and obvious in-depth knowledge.

They selected the right third party software to meet our needs, and scoped and supported the recruitment of the right tech leadership for the business going forward. As a result, after only three months they transformed our tech position and direction and leaves us well positioned for the future.

Frank Hayes, CEO

Honest Burgers

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Rational Partners have come in and helped us immensely solve challenges as they've arisen. We had a complex human and technical challenges and they worked with us tirelessly to ensure it was resolved.

Technology issues can be draining, emotionally and financially. I've trusted them fully and they've delivered for us on a continual basis. I'd highly recommend working with them.

Rebecca Kelly, CEO

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