BlueLight

AUGUST 21, 2020

Financial Advice for Startups I recently spoke with finance leaders from a couple dozen startups. Their expertise ranged from seed stage start-ups, where the CEO also served as the in-house finance leader, to growth stage companies where an in-house CFO monitored the entity’s current and future financial health.

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 30, 2022

For all of these reasons, more and more companies- including small businesses and even startups- are looking for FP&A solutions to help them stay ahead of the competition. It is a financial planning and analysis platform that automates time-consuming manual processes for financial reporting and planning.

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BlueLight

MAY 1, 2020

This function is called financial planning and analysis (FP&A). The CFO is focused on company-level strategic planning and building a relationship with investors. Medium size company: CFO has a Controller as a direct report to handle the day-to-day financial operations and reporting. Let’s get into the details.

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Beacon CFO Plus

JANUARY 30, 2024

Financial Complexity Overload As your business expands, so does the intricacy of your financial matters. Strategic Financial Guidance Needed Due to the unpredictability of any business landscape, certain situations require agile financial strategies.

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CFO Network

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Their expertise in financial modeling can provide invaluable insights into your company’s performance. Strategic Financial Planning Effective financial strategy is built on a solid foundation of planning. A Fractional CFO excels in creating long-term financial plans that align with your business goals.

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 18, 2024

Overview of Runway Runway is shaking up the way businesses handle financial planning! It all started when Siqi Chen realized his struggles with financial expertise during his time as a senior leader and the headaches that come with using spreadsheets. million in funding—$27.5 out of 5 Stars review on G2.

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BlueLight

JUNE 5, 2020

Some startups are thriving in this situation and some startups are fighting for survival. Either way, the business environment is changing rapidly and this typically means startup founders and their boards are communicating much more frequently than in a “business as usual” situation.

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Spreadym

AUGUST 10, 2023

The best financial reporting software solutions , Spreadym : an easy-to-use platform that is widely used for financial planning and analysis. QuickBooks: A widely used accounting software that offers robust financial reporting capabilities, suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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CFO Share

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

However, there are general characteristics you should plan for in every downturn. If you are a venture-backed startup in a burn/raise cycle, do your best to delay equity rounds by deferring investments in R&D or new hires. These critical financial models allow for rapid evaluation of alternatives and resource planning.

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VCFO

JUNE 12, 2023

Brandon has lectured on best practices in financial modeling at the University of Houston’s CT Bauer School of Business, and has also contributed articles to Forbes Asia on manufacturing processes and the introduction of venture capital to emerging markets.

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Onplan

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Finance professionals and teams today have numerous solutions available to help them plan, budget, forecast, and analyze financial information. In this buyer’s guide to the best FP&A software, we’ll provide an overview of the top financial planning and analysis tools to consider. Customers success. Key features.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 14, 2024

They play a crucial role in strategic planning, risk management, and driving innovation, extending their influence far beyond the finance department. Enhancing Risk Management: By leveraging predictive analytics and scenario modeling, CFOs can anticipate potential risks more effectively and devise strategies to mitigate them.

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The Finance Weekly

APRIL 13, 2024

The finance industry employs a multitude of software solutions to facilitate budget creation, and financial reporting, and to assist financial analysts and investors with financial planning and forecasting. Pricing Datarails offers customized pricing based on the needs of the user.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2017

The meal-kit startup Blue Apron is a perfect example. You get that right, and it’s a wonderful compounding financial model.”. The company plans to add more products and options to grow revenue from existing customers. But, he added, “If you don’t, you find out about it pretty quickly.”. Balancing Consistency and Change.

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 15, 2022

Um, and more importantly, we talk about that transition plan for a lot of nonprofits that are dealing with, uh, the loss of their accountants. And so succession planning is very important. And there’s the other 20% of us that really like financial modeling and yeah. Um, Tosha Anderson: Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally.

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 30, 2024

What was the career plan? 00:02:24 [Speaker Changed] So, I don’t know if it was so much a plan. And encouraging kids to go into debt was not exactly part of the brand plan, right? You had to launch it and you needed to have a brand plan. Like, let’s plan on these kids who will be born in a decade.

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