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by Praveen Ghanta

Praveen Ghanta, founder of Fraction, on hiring, building, and shipping software — and why most of the standard playbook doesn't hold up under founder math.

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AI Consulting for Small Businesses: What Is Realistic for Your Budget
AI Strategy

AI Consulting for Small Businesses: What Is Realistic for Your Budget

AI consulting was never only for Fortune 500 companies — the right-sized version exists, and knowing what to ask for changes everything about the outcome.

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AI Leadership Blind Spots: 5 Mistakes Executives Make with AI Investment
AI Strategy

AI Leadership Blind Spots: 5 Mistakes Executives Make with AI Investment

Most AI project failures trace back to a leadership decision, not a technical limitation — and the same five patterns appear across every industry and company size.

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AI Automation Consulting: Which Business Processes to Automate First
AI Strategy

AI Automation Consulting: Which Business Processes to Automate First

Most companies evaluate dozens of AI automation options and ship none — because they skip the one decision that determines everything: which process to automate first.

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AI Opportunity Assessment: How to Pick the Right First AI Project
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AI Opportunity Assessment: How to Pick the Right First AI Project

The most expensive AI mistake is not building the wrong thing — it is building the right thing in the wrong order, and skipping the assessment that would have told you the difference.

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Building Agentic AI with a Problem-First Approach
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Building Agentic AI with a Problem-First Approach

Most teams building agentic AI start with the framework — and that is exactly why most agents never make it to production.

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AI Strategy for Non-Technical Founders: Where to Start When You Don't Write Code
AI Strategy

AI Strategy for Non-Technical Founders: Where to Start When You Don't Write Code

You don't need to understand AI to invest in it wisely — you need to understand your business problem, your data, and your budget.

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How Much Does AI Development Cost in 2026? A Complete Pricing Breakdown
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How Much Does AI Development Cost in 2026? A Complete Pricing Breakdown

The range you'll find online — $5,000 to $500,000 — is technically accurate and completely useless without knowing which type of AI project you're actually building.

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What Is Agentic AI? A Business Leader's Guide to Autonomous AI Systems
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What Is Agentic AI? A Business Leader's Guide to Autonomous AI Systems

Agentic AI is software that plans, decides, and acts on goals without being told each step. A plain-language guide for business leaders on what it actually is, what it costs, and where to start.

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Why AI Projects Fail: The 7 Mistakes That Kill Enterprise AI
AI Strategy

Why AI Projects Fail: The 7 Mistakes That Kill Enterprise AI

Over 80% of AI projects fail, and the cause is rarely technical. Seven organizational mistakes that kill enterprise AI initiatives — with diagnostic questions to catch them early.

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AI Agent Development: Costs, Tiers, and When You Actually Need It
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AI Agent Development: Costs, Tiers, and When You Actually Need It

Most AI agent vendors won't tell you which tier you actually need — or that buying off-the-shelf might be the smarter move.

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Software Development Pricing Models Compared: Hourly, Fixed-Bid, and Outcome-Based
Software Cost

Software Development Pricing Models Compared: Hourly, Fixed-Bid, and Outcome-Based

Hourly, fixed-bid, and outcome-based pricing each carry different risks. Here is how each model works, where it breaks, and which one fits your project.

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AI Readiness Assessment: How to Know If Your Company Is Ready for AI
AI Strategy

AI Readiness Assessment: How to Know If Your Company Is Ready for AI

Most companies jumping into AI aren't failing because the technology doesn't work — they're failing because they skipped the ten-minute check that would have told them they weren't ready.

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