CEO / Founder Checklist for the New Year

The beginning of the new year is a popular time for personal and professional resolutions. As a business owner and operator, now is the best time to set the strategic vision for your firm and its employees to follow for the year. If you’re not sure where to start, we’ve compiled a checklist of seven topics that you can use for inspiration
The Power of Financial Planning and Analysis: Unlocking Financial Success

Providing another option such as hiring a fractional CFO allows a company to save more money and provide more profits.
New Year Checklist For Startups

Providing another option such as hiring a fractional CFO allows a company to save more money and provide more profits.
Why Early Stage Companies Choose A Fractional CFO Over A Full-Time Hire?

Providing another option such as hiring a fractional CFO allows a company to save more money and provide more profits.
Avoiding Death By Runway

Put simply, runway is cash on hand divided by monthly burn rate. With such a simple definition, it’s surprising to read that 29% of failed startups list “Running out of Cash” as one of their primary reasons for going under. And while it’s unwise to associate causation with correlation, a number of these startups might […]
Startup Cap Tables and Valuation: What to Know

Venture First has a strong philosophy about what a “good enough” appraisal means: “good enough” doesn’t exist.