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9 Things That Tell You To Pivot

YoungUpstarts

by Jon Leighton, Director of digital agency iResources and founder of neatly.io. Indeed some of the biggest names out there started off as a completely different business; including Twitter, Nintendo and most recently, Slack. Cash is king, always has been and always will be. He is also the founder of neatly.io

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Is your CFO a bookkeeper or a strategist?

Berkonomics

Here’s one that most small company founders and CEO’s miss until it may be too late. That may seem extreme to many a founder or CEO, but it serves a purpose. Another of my stories, this time about a CFO in name only. What is the role of a chief financial officer in growing and protecting the company? How about co-strategist?

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Fog Creek Compensation

www.joelonsoftware.com

I should mention that Fog Creek is just starting, were a new company, and we dont have a lot of cash. They will as soon as we can afford them, but I dont want any misunderstandings :) As time goes on and our cash position becomes stronger, these benefits will start to kick in. I’m also the co-founder of Stack Overflow.