Hunter Walker
DECEMBER 11, 2023
He’s founder and CEO of Greenhouse , a ‘hiring operating system’ for companies which spans recruiting and onboarding tools for enterprises and SMEs. HW: Greenhouse, which powers the hiring process from sourcing to onboarding for thousands of companies, will soon be a teenager, having been founded in 2012.
OnlyOnce
DECEMBER 1, 2021
As startups scale, they are likely to hire a more senior accountant, maybe an AR/AP/Collections staff member, or even a Controller or VP Finance. Another telltale sign that you might need a CFO is more tangible: Are you spending too much of your own time managing fundraising, debt, investors, and cap table questions and issues?
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
He had made some structural mistakes in NextMedium that meant the Cap Table and leadership team was a bit wacky. For starters they has asked him to hire a CEO (Hamet was a first timer) and that person lived in Seattle even though NextMedium was based in LA. Mark, why wouldn’t you fund him?
OnlyOnce
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
They are typically founder-led, often by a first-time CEO with new or incomplete management teams who need a lot of mentorship/development, and with a diversified cap table of firms that don’t own operating or consulting practices to help guide the scaling process. We needed another senior leader to join our team. Enter Jenny Lawton.
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
The mode purpose for funding is (in order of frequency) Sales, Marketing, Market Expansion, Product Development, and Hiring Employees. Programs are offered in both online, in-person, and hybrid format with cohorts of leadership teams for an average of 10 companies. Limited amount of existing debt and a clean cap table”.
adamac.blogspot.com
MARCH 9, 2010
Maybe the CEO got his cousin from Omaha to be their lawyer or theres been some serious messing around with the cap table. Lack of Technical Leadership In my definition, to call a company a tech startup, there must be some significant technology that gives you an advantage. leadership) problem.
OnlyOnce
MAY 26, 2022
Post 4 of 4 in the series on Scaling CFOs – other posts are How to Engage with Your CFO , When it is Time to Hire Your First Chief Financial Officer , and What Does “Great” Look Like in a CFO? ). Do you spend a lot of your time dealing with finance-related issues like fundraising, debt, investors, or cap table questions?
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