Finance for growing companies

Finance is most useful while the decision can still change.

I write about building finance functions that help young and growing companies make better decisions.

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I write about financial decisions while they can still be improved.

These articles examine what growth exposes in a finance function: where it breaks, what should be built first, and why the timing of financial judgment matters.