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BEHIND THE SCENESApril 15, 20267 min read

Building Fraxo: From Spreadsheets to a Platform

The story of how managing 4 fractional clients from a Google Sheet led to building an entire platform.

Every product starts with a pain point. For Fraxo, it was a Google Sheet with 47 tabs.

The Spreadsheet That Broke

In early 2025, I was managing four fractional engagements simultaneously — CFO for two startups, COO for an e-commerce brand, and strategic advisor for a PE-backed SaaS company. My "system" was:

  • A master Google Sheet with tabs for each client's deliverables, hours, and KPIs
  • Google Calendar for time blocking (and manual time reconstruction)
  • A folder of Google Docs for client reports
  • Slack and email for all communication
  • QuickBooks for invoicing (when I remembered)

It worked. Barely. Until I accidentally sent Client A's financial projections to Client B in a report. That was the breaking point.

The First Prototype

The initial version of Fraxo was embarrassingly simple: a Next.js app with a Supabase database, showing clients in a sidebar and deliverables in the main panel. No time tracking, no KPIs, no integrations. Just a place to see all my clients in one view.

But even that tiny improvement was transformative. No more tab-switching. No more wrong-client mistakes. Context was built into the interface.

What We've Built

Over the past year, Fraxo has grown into a full platform:

Multi-client dashboard — Every engagement at a glance, with health scores, hours used, and renewal dates.

Passive time tracking — Sessions captured automatically as you work, with AI summaries and manual adjustment.

Built-in CRM — Track contacts, deals, and interactions per client. No more external spreadsheets for stakeholder management.

200+ integrations — Pull data from QuickBooks, Stripe, HubSpot, Linear, and more directly into your KPI dashboards.

AI reports — Generate professional client reports from your actual work data in seconds.

Client portal — Share read-only progress views with clients via secure links. They see what you want them to see, without needing a login.

What's Next

We're building for the fractional economy — a market that's growing 40% year-over-year. Every feature we add is tested against one question: "Does this save a fractional leader time or make them look more professional?"

If you're managing multiple engagements and feeling the spreadsheet strain, we built this for you.

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