How to Be a Successful CFO at a High Growth Startup

The VC has a short amount of attention that they're willing to give at a three, four hundred percent energy level when you do get it. And so what I mean by that is if you're setting it up correctly as a startup, you provide your investors with a monthly update which goes across a certain standard format. But really where you get their undivided attention is when you have a board meeting. They are the extension of your team. You need to ask them the difficult questions because actually they have a huge amount of experience they can tap into. A lot of things click. If you present it correctly, you can answer difficult strategic questions in a couple of hours that would other take