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Logan Burchett
7 min read
How to pick the best SaaS revenue model for your business
Before an investor decides to write a check, they’re going to look hard at how you make money. The SaaS revenue model behind your top-line number shapes your ARR quality, your churn profile, and the story your financial model tells. When founders...
9 min read
Headcount planning: how to build a hiring plan that protects your runway
Getting funded feels like a green light. You have capital, you have momentum, and you have a list of roles you've been putting off. So you start hiring fast, and that decision puts more startups in trouble than almost anything else. Founders tend to...
11 min read
Scenario planning for startup finance: what to do with your financial model after you raise
You just wrapped up your funding round, and the wire cleared. It’s time to celebrate, but what’s the financial model that helped get you here? Don’t forget about. A lot of founders file it away and never look at it again. But that’s a big mistake. ...
Mohammad Ouhadi
8 min read
From pre-seed to Series A: How financial expectations shift as you grow
Building something real is exciting, and it’s even better when your early customers are using it, and revenue is flowing in. But now, as investors start to pay attention, the questions they ask are very different from those they were a year ago. ...
Jeff Erickson
9 min read
Investor meetings common mistakes that make founders sound unprepared
Your first investor meeting can feel like a huge deal. The pressure is real. You want to come across as confident without overdoing it and show you know what you’re talking about, but not sound like you’re reading from a script. Founders don’t...
10 min read
Why every founder needs a startup financial model (even at pre-seed)
You’ve got the idea, you’re starting a business, and you have a few early supporters. It all may feel great. But when an investor asks for your financial model, it can feel overwhelming. After all, you don’t have revenue or customers yet, so...
7 min read
Burn rate basics: how to calculate and extend your startup runway
Founders lose sleep over cash. You pour everything into building something great, yet one bad month of unforeseen expenses can stall your entire operation. Investors ask about your startup runway first because it tells them how much time you...
7 min read
Startup funding stages explained: from pre-seed to Series A round and beyond
Most founders walk into their first investor meeting with a strong product and a compelling vision. What catches them off guard is that investors aren't always asking about the product. At each of the startup funding stages, they're asking a...
7 min read
When to hire a fractional CFO: the early-stage founder’s guide
Finance is usually the last thing early-stage founders want to think about. They hand off the books to a junior hire, or they stay up late squinting at a spreadsheet, hoping the numbers will start making sense. Meanwhile, the decisions that actually...New video
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