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Notes on margin, inventory, cash conversion and channel economics — written from inside founder-led product businesses rather than about them.
AI & Automation · Featured
Build Leverage Before You Build Headcount: What AI Is Teaching Me About the Future of Finance
Small and mid-sized businesses can now run with a level of leverage that used to require a much larger team. Five places I have seen it show up in finance — and why the tools are the least interesting part of it.
Finance Systems
Why Your $20M Brand Still Runs on Spreadsheets (And What to Do About It)
Most founder-led companies outgrow their financial infrastructure long before they realize it. The spreadsheet that worked at $2M becomes a liability at $20M. Here's how to know when it's time to build a real finance system — and what that system actually looks like.
Financial Systems
What a Modern Finance Brain Looks Like Inside a Growing Business
A practical perspective on how growing businesses can build a modern finance brain through better systems, clearer reporting, connected workflows, and AI-enabled finance operations.
Growth & Scaling
Why Revenue Growth Creates More Complexity Than Most Founders Expect
Growth creates opportunity. It also creates operational and financial complexity. Here's what happens underneath rapid scaling—and how to build systems to support it.
Financial Leadership
Why Growing Businesses Don't Need More Reporting — They Need Better Financial Decision-Making
Most growing businesses have plenty of reporting. The real gap is decision-ready visibility. Here's the difference between good reporting and good financial leadership.
AI & Automation
What a Modern Finance Function Looks Like in an AI-Enabled Business
Finance fundamentals haven't changed. But how efficiently a team can operate has. A practical look at how AI is creating leverage in growing business finance functions.
Cash Flow
Your P&L Looks Healthy. So Why Does Cash Still Feel Tight?
Revenue is moving. Margins look decent. And yet cash still feels tight. Here's why profitable businesses still feel cash pressure—and what to look for.
Strategic Finance
When Should a Founder Hire a Fractional CFO?
There's rarely a single moment when the need becomes obvious. Here's how to recognize the signs—and what a fractional CFO actually does for a growing business.
FP&A
Rolling Forecasts vs. Annual Budgets: Why Static Plans Kill Growth
Annual budgets are dead on arrival. Here's how rolling forecasts give you back control.
Channel Economics
What Each Channel Actually Earns — And What You'd Do Differently If You Knew
Direct, wholesale, marketplace and custom work don't share a margin or a cash cycle. How to build the channel view, why allocation is where good channels get killed, and the decisions it changes.
Cash Flow
13-Week Cash Flow Forecasting: A Practical Guide for Operators
The single most important report in your finance stack. How to build it and actually use it.
Strategy
When to Hire a Full-Time CFO vs. Fractional: The Decision Framework
It's not just about revenue. It's about complexity, stage, and what you're actually building.
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