{"about":{"summary":"A directory of side businesses that real people say they run, each summarized in our words and linked to its public source.","notes":["Sources are public, first-person accounts: interviews, podcasts and community threads.","Cost, time and the other tags are machine estimates, each with a confidence score.","Income figures are the owner's own claim. We don't verify them."],"how_to_cite":"Link the idea page and its source. Call income figures the owner's unverified claim, and cost and time estimates."},"idea":{"slug":"fractional-chief-ai-officer-for-mid-size-companies-7a899f","title":"Fractional chief AI officer for mid-size companies","summary":"An experienced operator sits in leadership meetings for companies without a technology chief, finds where AI helps, and builds or teaches the team to build it. It is billed as a monthly retainer, and a paid training day often leads into it.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/fractional-chief-ai-officer-for-mid-size-companies-7a899f","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/fractional-chief-ai-officer-for-mid-size-companies-7a899f.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"services","label":"Services and freelancing","confidence":0.92},"earns_from":{"value":"subscription","label":"Subscriptions","confidence":0.85},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"under-100","label":"Under $100","confidence":0.55},"time_estimate":{"value":"part-time","label":"Part-time","confidence":0.65},"where":{"value":"both","label":"Online and in person","confidence":0.66},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.9}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by the guest (name as captioned: John Cheney): retainers from $10K a month, training days $10K to $15K; the host introduces it as a $2M revenue first year.","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"Ryan Doser","title":"How He Built a $2M Fractional Chief AI Officer Business","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP7LC4JTJ-w","person":null,"host":"Ryan Doser","date":"2026-04-10"},"owner_site":null}}