What you Need To Know about your Startup Finances

Talk from Founders + Funders in NYC on Nov 8 by Aimee Fearon, CFO at Newsela.

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1. AIMEE FEARON CFO, NEWSELA Startup Finance Founders+Funders
2. Stages of Startup Finance Pioneers Settlers Town Planners
3. MONTHLY FINANCIAL CLOSE CAP TABLE A/R + A/P TAXES CASH MANAGEMENT PAYROLL Pioneers
4. RESOURCING Accountant Controller Outsourced firm CHARACTERISTICS TO LOOK FOR Roll up sleeves Operational Accounting competency #1 PRIORITY Cash Pioneers STAGE Up to Series A
5. FORECASTING / BUDGETING SALES ANALYTICS FINANCIAL KPI'S RESOURCE ALLOCATION FUNDRAISE (SUPPORT) SYSTEMS +PROCESS Settler
6. RESOURCING VP Finance Head of Finance CHARACTERISTICS TO LOOK FOR Player Coach Forward-thinking Build scalable processes #1 PRIORITY Insights Settlers STAGE Series A-B
7. Town Planner STRATEGY M&A OKR, DASHBOARDING, METRICS BOARD / INVESTOR MANAGEMENT FUNDRAISE (LEAD) SYSTEMS +PROCESS
8. RESOURCING CFO CHARACTERISTICS TO LOOK FOR Strategic Business Partner #1 PRIORITY Driving better decisions Town Planner STAGE Series B and beyond
9. THANK YOU. AIMEE FEARON @AIMEE_FEARON