Financial Operations
Stock-Based Compensation Expense: How to Record It Correctly
Stock-based compensation is one of the largest non-cash expenses on most startup income statements and one of the most consistently miscalculated. Founders…
Financial Operations
ASC 606 Revenue Recognition for SaaS: A Practical Guide
Every SaaS finance team has had the same argument at some point: when do we actually recognize this revenue? A customer pays…
Financial Operations
Web3 Accounting: How Token & Crypto Treasuries Change the Books
A Web3 company’s books look familiar at the top level: revenue, expenses, payroll, cash. The complexity starts where the cash ends. A…
Financial Operations
Cash Runway: How to Calculate It and Extend It
Cash runway is the simplest and most consequential metric in startup finance. It is the answer to one question: how long can…
Financial Operations
Nonprofit Accounting Basics: Fund Accounting vs Standard Books
Nonprofit accounting looks similar to business accounting on the surface but answers an entirely different question. A business asks: are we profitable?…
Financial Operations
SaaS Rule of 40 Explained: How Investors Read Your Numbers
Growth or profitability? For most SaaS founders, the answer used to be growth at all costs. That changed when capital got expensive…
Financial Operations
ARR vs MRR: What Each Metric Tells You and When to Use It
Every SaaS founder has been asked the same question by an investor: what is your ARR? And almost every founder has at…
Financial Operations
Outsourced Accounting for Startups: What’s Included and What It Costs
Most startup founders do not want to think about accounting until they have to. That moment usually comes the first time an…
Financial Operations
How Much Does a Fractional CFO Cost?
How much does a fractional CFO cost? Founders ask the question in one of two contexts: they are about to hire one…
Financial Operations
Fractional CFO for Startups: When You Need One and What They Do
A bookkeeper closes the books. A controller owns the accounting function. A CFO sets financial strategy and works with the board. For…