I was just watching an amazing video by modeling expert Chris Reilly on how he maps out financial models before building them. And it made me realize something about how traditional Big-Co FP&A is totally different from building financial models for startups And how Finance best practices - in general - should be different for startups than they are in big companies. It all comes down to this: It's backwards. In Chris's video, He starts his modeling map based on the Raw Data (your historical...

Tell me if this sounds familiar: You're a founder hustling in a big city, You're working with your team having a huge impact, You're rubbing shoulders with investors, advisors, and industry moguls - many of whom think you have promise. You're seeing HUGE opportunity, talking every day with customers, and so energized to get things going. But tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Next week is New Years. And suddenly - Investors are on vacation, the team is mysteriously absent, the internet is getting...

First a quick reminder: Startup Financial Modeling 101 LIVE is happening online next week! There are still a few early-bird discount tickets left if you want to join! Okay, now back to our regularly-scheduled CFO newsletter program: Ahh... the beautiful sounds of a new CEO learning to delegate: "How the HECK don't they get it?!" "It's been 3 weeks - HOW is this not done yet?!" "How could they POSSIBLY think that was the right decision?!" "Seriously?! Do I have to do EVERYTHING myself?!" If...