Everyone seems to be talking about the return to the office. We talk about individual preferences, productivity, commute, distractions...
For obvious reasons, entrepreneurs tend to embrace innovation. Not only does it not matter to them that “this is the way things...
When you first start a company, everything is informal. Employees’ email addresses have their first name but no last name, because...
Every now and then, a founder assumes that because I do this finance thing, I must believe it’s the most important aspect of...
One of the main ways the finance function makes your company better? Systematisation. Especially as you grow.
If we know how much revenue...
Almost every time I give a talk, I am asked where founders should start when it comes to managing their company’s finances. Every...
“I can either be a good employer, or make a lot of profit.”
“Food is either tasty, or healthy.”
“You can...
“I have heard that no company is ever profitable in their first eight or so years,” a friend recently said to me, challenging...
When forecasting the financials for almost any business, there is a need to estimate the cost of people’s time.
How much does half...
A friend recently complained to me that some of her customers have lots of special requirements. One has slightly different payment...
Every now and then, I need to estimate how financially attractive some future opportunity is. What if we expand to Germany? What if we...
If you run your own company, chances are you’ve tried calculating something before.
Quite often, you start with a relatively simple...