Writing on compliance infrastructure, fractional oversight, and building compliance programs from the ground up. Authored by Drew Davidson.
Fractional oversight is not a magic fix to save money on compliance. It is a way to buy senior judgment early, but only if you give them the authority to act.
Zero-to-one compliance programs do not fail because an artifact is missing. They fail because they were built out of sequence. Here is the order that holds.
Founders treat compliance like a project with a finish line. It is an operating function that needs feeding every day, and the neglect stays invisible right up until a sponsor bank review finds the blinking skull.