Training for tech freelancers
Get trained by the best CTOs.
For tech freelancers who want to sell higher-value engagements and become the partner their clients listen to.
700+
CTOs in the network
50+
organizations supported
16 years
of hands-on experience
The catalogue
Our training courses
Short formats, from 1 to 3 days, designed to be applied immediately.
Tech audit: from diagnosis to a well-scoped engagement
Learn moreTechnical debt: making it visible, acceptable, and a priority
Learn moreBeyond the code: making your value visible (and billing for it)
Learn moreFrom lead dev to freelance CTO: changing posture
Learn moreBecoming your clients' AI lead
Learn moreTech roadmap: building a trajectory that holds when priorities shift
Learn moreThe price shown is per person. For any group or in-house training, please contact us.
Who is this for?
You will recognize yourself if:
- You are paid to code, not for your advice.
- Your audits end up as a PDF nobody reads.
- Your client keeps putting off your warnings about technical debt.
- Your roadmap never makes it past leadership.
- Your clients want to bring in AI and are waiting for someone to guide them.
- You are already doing a CTO's job, without the title or the rate.
Comparison
What you get out of it
| The training | What you get out of it | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Beyond the code | A ready-to-use value pitch to defend your recommendations and your day rate. | 1 day |
| Tech audit | A packaged audit offer, with a method and a presentation format that lead to an engagement. | 3 days |
| Technical debt | A framework to quantify technical debt and present it in business language, so leadership prioritizes it. | 2 days |
| Tech roadmap | A prioritized roadmap template and an outline for getting it approved by leadership. | 2 days |
| AI lead for your clients | A sellable AI offer and a rollout plan for agent-assisted development at your clients. | 3 days |
| From lead dev to freelance CTO | Your fractional CTO offer: positioning, scope and rate card. | 2 days (3-day option) |
Custom
A combined path
Is your challenge bigger than a single module? We combine 2 or 3 courses from the catalogue, sequenced to your goal, with degressive pricing set during scoping.
Method
How it works
We scope your needs
A short conversation to understand your context, your level, and your goals.
We adapt the content
The training is tailored to your needs.
Training + exercise
A dense, concrete format that always ends with a quality deliverable.
Reusable deliverable + follow-up
You leave with a tool you can reuse directly on your next engagement.
Trust
Why CO-CTO
Led by practicing CTOs
Every course is built and delivered by CTOs who have already lived these topics on their own engagements.
Theory and practice
Every course ends with a hands-on exercise: a deliverable you can reuse directly on your next engagement.
The CO-CTO network
Content draws on the experience of the 700+ members of the CO-CTO collective.
Head of training
Nicolas
CTO & Entrepreneur
See the profileEx-CTPO for 7 years · 50+ organizations supported · Still active on engagements
Nicolas is a CTO consultant and entrepreneur. He spent 7 years as CTPO at a startup he co-founded, before supporting around fifty organizations (startups, scale-ups, mid-sized companies) on their tech and product challenges, always at the executive committee level. His obsession for the past 16 years: turning tech teams from order-takers into partners whose voice is heard in decisions.
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