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Patrick Hoogendijk shares insights on operating as a strategic CFO

CFO Insights

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How to Hire a Good Founder

There are two ways I try to minimize those situations. First is doing your own due diligence quickly. This specific founder, you're going to be interacting with the most. What's his background? How does he talk to his investors? And these things you find out by telling that person, hey, send me over the last six months of the investor communication you have. If it takes them five days and give you access to a Google Drive and two weeks to give you access or send you emails, red flag for me. So this founder, it has too much going on his head. I might not be able to help him or her. That's one thing. The other thing is for

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