MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
Become a Fractional Data Leader
A 6-month 1-on-1 program to go from senior data professional to fractional CDO. Built by someone doing it right now — not someone who did it 5 years ago.
Not ready for the program? Start with the free Playbook →
From one paycheck to a portfolio of clients
Today
- One salary, one boss, one company
- Your data skills earn someone else $millions
- Work 50 hours/week, capped at $150–250K
- No control over projects, clients, or schedule
- If you lose your job, you start from zero
After the Accelerator
- 2–3 clients at $8–15K/month ($200–400K/year)
- Work 3–4 days/week, choose your projects
- Your expertise = your asset, not your employer's
- Pipeline of opportunities you control
- Every engagement builds your reputation and referrals
THE WORKBOOK
An AI-powered workbook built from a live $15K/mo engagement.
This isn’t a course you watch. It’s a workbook you build through. Every framework, template, and prompt comes from current fractional engagements — not what worked five years ago.
- Generate YOUR positioning, proposals, and outreach with AI
- Upload & review your artifacts, get practitioner-grade feedback
- Track real metrics: outreach → calls → proposals → clients
- Community of data leaders on the same journey
Built for senior data professionals
Senior Data Engineers
8+ years building pipelines and warehouses. Ready to lead strategy, not just execute.
Analytics Managers
Want to go independent instead of climbing the corporate ladder. Package your skills as a premium service.
Data Team Leads
Already managing people. Learn to package that leadership into a $10-15K/month fractional practice.
BI Consultants
Great at tools like Metabase, Looker, dbt. Need positioning, pricing, and sales strategy.
6 months to your first fractional client
Positioning & Foundation
- Fractional CDO positioning (strategic leader, not contractor)
- LinkedIn overhaul (headline, about, content strategy)
- ICP definition (ideal client profile + qualification criteria)
Sales & First Client
- Discovery call framework (15-min intro scripts)
- Proposal templates (diagnostic → engagement)
- Pricing strategy (retainer vs project vs hourly)
- Outreach playbook (LinkedIn, Upwork, referrals)
Scale & Optimize
- Multi-client model (2-3 clients without burnout)
- Pipeline building (referrals + case studies)
- Full-time exit planning (if transitioning)
Not “8 modules + AI.” Three things that move the needle.
AI-Powered Workbook
Generate YOUR positioning, proposals, and outreach, not templates. AI trained on real $15K/mo engagement methodology.
Upload & Get Reviewed
Paste your LinkedIn, your proposal, your outreach. Get honest feedback and a rewritten version. Not AI platitudes, practitioner-grade review.
Real Metrics, Not Modules
Track what matters: outreach sent → calls booked → proposals sent → clients signed. Not “completed module 3.”
Everything you need to launch
12 Live Sessions
Bi-weekly 45-min 1-on-1 via Zoom
Async Support
LinkedIn DM or email between sessions
Proposal Templates
Battle-tested SOWs, pricing sheets, discovery scripts
LinkedIn Strategy
Profile overhaul + content calendar
Network Access
Intros to potential clients and partners
No Lock-in
Stop after 2 months if not delivering value
You're not doing this alone
The hardest part of going fractional isn't learning frameworks, it's the isolation. Every member gets access to a community of data leaders on the same journey.
Peer Review
Share your proposals and profiles with peers who understand your exact challenge.
Win Board
Celebrate milestones together. Nothing motivates like seeing a peer sign their first $10K client.
Monthly Group Call
Live group session with Nick. Hot seats, Q&A, and real-time artifact review.
What “with Nick” actually looks like
Here's what the Mentored and Intensive tiers actually deliver.
Monthly 1-on-1 Call (45 min)
We review your progress, debug your positioning, roleplay discovery calls, and plan your next month. Zoom, flexible scheduling across US/EU timezones.
Unlimited Async Review
Send your LinkedIn draft, proposal, outreach via Slack DM anytime. I review within 48h (24h for Intensive). Not AI feedback, me reading your work.
Real-Time Support
Have a discovery call tomorrow? Send me your PREP doc tonight. Got a pricing question mid-proposal? Slack me. This isn't a course you take alone.
Learn from someone doing it now
Nick Valiotti
Fractional CDO · Founder, Valiotti Data
“Everything I’ll teach you is what I’m doing right now — running a $15K/month fractional engagement, building a data agency, and selling through LinkedIn and referrals.”Verified mentor on GrowthMentor
What makes this different
An investment that pays for itself
Explorer
Start building your foundation.
- Modules 1–2 (full access)
- AI exercises (limited)
- Preview all modules
- Community access (Slack)
Self-Paced
Build your practice at your own pace.
- All 8 modules + AI exercises
- Unlimited AI assistant
- Upload & AI-graded review
- Real metrics dashboard
- Community access (Slack)
Mentored
Get to your first client faster.
- Everything in Self-Paced
- Monthly 45-min call with Nick
- Unlimited async review from Nick
- Priority artifact feedback (48h)
- Direct Slack DM with Nick
- Max 5 spots
Intensive
Compressed 3-month track for urgent transitions.
- Everything in Mentored
- Bi-weekly calls with Nick
- Daily async priority (24h turnaround)
- Compressed 12-week journey
- First client target: week 8-10
30-day money-back guarantee
Go through the first 2 modules, complete the exercises, and start building your foundation. If after 30 days you don’t feel this is worth continuing, I’ll refund your first month. No questions asked.
I can offer this because the content speaks for itself. If you do the work and it doesn’t help, I don’t deserve your money.
Common questions
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Questions before you commit?
Email me directly. No autoresponder. I reply within a day, usually faster.