Five companies.One head.Zero dropped balls.
Each client believes they're your only one — that's the job. Really Focus keeps a separate brain per company, preps you before every meeting, and tracks where your retainer hours actually go.
Why fractional execs love it
Context-switching is the tax on fractional work. Really Focus pays it for you, so you arrive in every boardroom already up to speed.
Context-switching whiplash between companies
Tuesday is company A's board pack, Wednesday is company B's pipeline review. Rebuilding context each time burns your sharpest hours.
Every client expects to be your only client
A dropped thread at one company doesn't look like “busy” — it looks like you don't care. Fractional reputations are fragile.
Retainer hours that quietly overrun
Without honest time tracking per company, your effective rate erodes engagement by engagement — and you never see it happen.
Per-account memory
A separate brain for every company
Accounts keep their own context: people, commitments, scopes, history. Switching companies is a question, not an archaeology dig.
- check_circle “Where did we leave the hiring plan at Acme?” — instant answer
- check_circle Commitments tracked per company, never cross-wired
- check_circle Forward board emails to your assistant and they're filed to the right account
Account: Acme Corp
3 open commitments · next board meeting Thursday · CFO report due Friday.
Pre-meeting prep
Briefed before you join every call
Thirty minutes before a meeting, your assistant sends prep: where things stand, what you promised, what's at risk — for that company.
- check_circle Prep notes 30 minutes before each meeting
- check_circle Open commitments and risks for that company, surfaced
- check_circle Delivered by Telegram or email — read it in the lift
Prep: Meridian board call, 14:00
You owe the Q3 forecast (promised 12 May). Runway question likely — last raise discussion was inconclusive.
Retainer tracking
Know where every retainer hour went
Time logs against each company, billable summaries per week, and nudges when an engagement is running hot.
- check_circle Time entries per account and scope
- check_circle Weekly billable summary across all companies
- check_circle Invoice drafts in Xero or FreeAgent when the period closes
This week
Acme 9.5h · Meridian 6h · Lakeview 4h — Lakeview is 2h over retainer.
Fractional means many companies get a fraction of your time — not a fraction of your attention.
— The Really Focus principle
Per-co.
Separate memory, commitments, and time per company
30 min
Prep notes ahead of every meeting
08:30
One briefing covering every engagement
$29
Less than ten minutes of your billing rate, monthly