Episode 47 | Mo Yang from Fuel Labs on Becoming a Web3 CFO

Jul 7, 2023

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The ‘Becoming a Web3CFO’ Series, is where I dive into the inspiring stories of accounting & finance professionals who transitioned from TradFi to web3.

In this series, we explore their unique experiences, challenges, motivations, and career advice.

The reason I started this podcast was to inspire and prepare accountants for blockchain. If people with similar roles at similar companies have successfully transitioned to blockchain, why can’t you?

For the 1st episode of this series, I spoke with Mo Yang, The CEO & Co-Founder of Nexoa and the Group CFO at Fuel Labs.

As a Chartered Accountant and CFA charter holder, Mo started his career at traditional accounting firms like Grant Thornton and BDO, worked as a capital markets trader, undertook CFO roles at multiple web2 and web3 startups.

Topics covered;

Episode intro (00:39)
Mo’s early career path in web2 (2:44)
How Mo fell into the blockchain rabbit hole (4:12)
Pre-requisite for accountants to get crypto jobs (6:09)
Launching Nexoa, a Fractional CFO services firm (8:42)
Thank you to our sponsor Cryptoworth (11:34)
What does a Fractional CFO do (13:31)
Challenges being a web3 CFO (17:54)
Treasury Management advice for the new web3 CFO (20:03)
Thank you to our sponsor Web3CFO Club (23:01)
Tooling for web3 accounting: Cryptio & Request Finance (25:01)
Set up for wallet management (26:40)
Impact of AI on accountants & opportunities to work in web3 (29:09)
Taking time off (31:07)

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