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Insights for founders who want to see further ahead.
The questions you ask yourself before a raise, a big hire, a pricing change, or a sale. Answered the way a CFO answers them sitting across the table from you. No buzzwords, no recycled definitions, nothing you cannot use the same day.
The four reads that settle the question
Weighing whether a fractional CFO makes sense for you? Read these first. They answer the decision behind the decision: not "what is a CFO," but "do I need one yet, and what changes the day I have one."
When To Hire A Fractional CFO (And When You Do Not Yet)
The honest version. The six event-driven signals that mean it is time, the one revenue line below which you need a bookkeeper instead, and how to tell the difference.
Read → Cash FlowCash Flow Forecasting: Why Growing Companies Get It Wrong
Profit is an opinion, cash is a fact. Why your P and L says yes while your bank balance says wait, and how a rolling 13-week forecast closes that gap.
Read → When to HireCFO vs Controller vs Bookkeeper: Who Do You Actually Need
Three different jobs, often conflated into one hire. A bookkeeper records the past, a controller keeps it accurate, a CFO decides the future. Here is how to staff each.
Read → When to HireFractional vs Full-Time CFO: Which One Your Stage Needs
If you do not yet have a full week of true CFO work, or cannot justify $250K to $400K all in, fractional wins. The stage-by-stage breakpoint, laid out plainly.
Read →Pick the decision in front of you
Short, specific, and written to help you make one real call: what a CFO costs, how to read your margins, what survives diligence, how much runway you actually have. Open the one that matches your week.
How Much Does A Fractional CFO Cost (And What You Should Get For It)
Most companies pay $5,000 to $10,000 a month. Here is what that fee should buy you every month, and the deliverable standard to hold any firm to.
Read → Cash FlowThe 13-Week Cash Flow Forecast, Explained
Why thirteen weeks, not twelve months. The exact model that tells you whether payroll, taxes, and your next growth bet are all covered, week by week.
Read → FundraisingWhat Investors Actually Want To See In Your Model
The model that survives diligence is not the prettiest one. It is the one that ties to your actuals, defends every assumption, and shows you know your own numbers cold.
Read → Pricing and MarginsReading Your Margins: Where You Are Quietly Losing Money
Margin by product, by channel, by client. The leak is almost never where founders expect, and plugging it often returns more than anything else we do.
Read → Free ToolDo You Need A Fractional CFO Yet? A 2-Minute Self-Check
Skip the guesswork. Answer a handful of honest questions and get a clear read on whether you are ready, almost ready, or better served by a bookkeeper for now.
Take the scorecard → Free ToolRunway And Burn: How Many Months Of Cash Do You Have?
Plug in your cash, revenue, and expenses and see your runway in months. The first number every founder should know cold, and most cannot say off the top of their head.
Open the calculator →Two answers you can have in the next five minutes
No email wall, no sales call. Run them, keep the result, and book a free consultation only if the numbers say it is time.
CFO Readiness Scorecard
Walks through the same signals we look for on a first call: your stage, how clearly you see your numbers, and the decisions stacking up in front of you. At the end you get a score, a plain reason behind it, and the one move that makes sense next.
Runway and Burn Calculator
Three numbers in, one number out: the month your cash runs dry if nothing changes. Then it tells you in plain English whether you have room to breathe, a quarter to act, or a decision that cannot wait until next week.
Reading helps. Knowing your runway to the week helps more.
Bring the question that has been nagging you and leave with a straight read on it. Free. About 30 minutes. You talk to the CFO, not a sales rep.