Is Your Runway Model Actually Board-Ready? Ask It These 12 Questions First
Most runway models fail in the boardroom for the same reason: they were built once, in a rush, and never touched again.
You Hired a CFO to Fix Your Books. That's Not What CFOs Do.
Most founders hire a CFO to fix messy books, then discover that's not the job.
Burn Rate and Runway: Done Right!
Burn rate is monthly cash outflow. Runway is how many months of cash you have left. Knowing these numbers is the difference between …
EBITDA: The Metric to Understand
Here's why it matters: EBITDA shows whether your core business actually works, independent of how you financed it or structured the entity. Investors use …
Margin vs. Markup: The Math That Trips Up Every Founder
50% markup looks good. Until you realize it's only 33% margin. That gap is real money. The founders winning right now are the ones who…
So...What Does a Fractional CFO Actually Cost?
One of the first questions founders ask me is:
"How much does a Fractional CFO cost?"
I think that's the wrong question.
The better question is:
7 Mistakes You’re Making with AI Bookkeeping (and How to Fix Them)
The reality? Most founders who "automate" their bookkeeping end up with a messy General Ledger (GL) that takes a human expert three months to un-break.
Why the Finance Stack Is Broken (And Why Buying More Software Won't Fix It)
The average scaling company has somewhere between six and twelve tools that touch financial data.
What Human-Led AI Actually Means (And Why Most Companies Are Getting It Wrong)
Every CFO, every finance platform, every vendor pitching automation right now is using some version of it. And almost none of them can…
The Zero-Day Close Is Real. Here Is What It Actually Takes to Get There.
When I tell founders that a zero-day close is achievable, I usually get one of two reactions.
Why AI Alone Should Never Run Your Finance Function
The two camps forming around AI in finance right now are both wrong.