Within start-ups and scale-ups, many founders are also first-time CEOs, working through their roles with excitement but often lacking prior leadership experience.
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Working for a Start-up: Why Startup Budgets Are Never Perfect
Apr 24, 2025
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If you’re working for a startup, and you’re trying to build the perfect budget......stop. Right now.
Let me save you a good chunk of time, energy, and heartache: perfection in budgeting is a myth in ...
Finance Tech Stack Recommendations: March 2025
Apr 11, 2025
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I generally do a Finance Tech stack recommendations every six months. Slightly late to post this one (let's pretend it's March 2025) thanks to my book launch that took up all my spare time last month...
Book launch: Financial Leadership Fundamentals. How to become a CFO in a startup or scaleup
Apr 04, 2025
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This week we had a book launch of my first book, "Financial Leadership Fundamentals. How to become a CFO in a startup or scaleup".
At 10am on the 2nd April (book launch day), we got Amazon Bestselle...
The Startup CFO Challenge—Wearing Too Many Hats?
Mar 20, 2025
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The Reality of Being a Startup CFO
When people hear “CFO,” they assume you’re sitting at a desk, crafting high-level financial strategies, overseeing a strong finance team, and working on investor re...
Budgeting vs. Rolling Forecasts: Choosing What’s Right for Your Startup
Mar 06, 2025
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For finance professionals in startups and scaleups, one of the biggest questions is: should we stick with a traditional budget, or would a rolling forecast be a better fit?
The answer?
It depends on...
What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Start-up CFO
Feb 20, 2025
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What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Start-up CFO
Transitioning into the role of a CFO in a start-up is both exciting and demanding. If I could go back and give my past self some advice before making...
INTERVIEW: Alan Hayward - FD career and overcoming start-up culture challenges
Jan 23, 2025
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This week's interview was with Alan Hayward on his career journey and challenges with moving from large corporations to being a finance leader in a start-up.
Most professionals at some point consider...
Transitioning from Financial Controller to Finance leader in a start-up
Jan 16, 2025
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The shift from Financial Controller to Finance Leader is one of the most significant steps in a finance career. Personally, I found this much more extreme and challenging than going from a junior unq...
Reflecting on 2024: Our Most Popular Articles and Insights
Dec 26, 2024
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It's boxing day today in both the UK (where I live) and Australia (where I am today), and I want to extend my warmest wishes to you and I hope this period allows you some well-deserved rest and relaxa...
Why CFOs in Startups Need to Think Like Sales and Marketing Leaders
Dec 12, 2024
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As a startup CFO, you do need to think beyond the traditional finance role and instead focus on the business performance as a whole, including the commercial funnel.
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Why Every Aspiring CFO Needs a Seat at the Leadership Table
Nov 28, 2024
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The role of a finance leader in a startup or scale-up is far from the back-office number-crunching stereotype of the past.
Today, the Startup CFO is a part of the leadership team, actively shaping th...
DISCLAIMER: All information included in these blog posts are Alysha Randall's opinion. She is not the reader's accountant, tax advisor, lawyer, CFO or director and therefore should not be considered advice.
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