Are you sure your business case will survive a stress test by potential investors?
Usually, in the beginning founders still manage finance related issues themselves. But is that really a good use of your resources?
Maybe at some point you will employ an office manager and trust her/him with the prep work for the bookkeepers in your tax office. But again, is this a trained resource?
It only works so far. In my experience, young companies invest far too late in skilled finance professionals.
Either the budget doesn’t allow the investment in a full time position experienced enough to handle the usual challenges in a start-up environment, or believe it or not it can really go unnoticed that issues are piling up.
Do you really want to only take care of this crucial part of your business once the next financing round approaches?
Data credibility is crucial now: without it you cannot stear the company in the right direction and once the trust of investors in data is lost, it is immensely difficult to regain.
Sooner or later, all your decisions are reflected in your numbers.
Let me handle your finance processes, interpretations of your numbers and collaboration with third parties such as tax consultants, auditors and alike.
The famous vicious circle: let’s be honest which finance departments have enough capable resources nowadays. Not only the business needs to adjust to new demands of the market – finance departments need to as well. Usullay, they though always are a step behind and merely reactive as there is always shortage in time.
Let me help you bridge that gap. Whether by pulling together the strings as project manager introducing improvements to the department or by just lending a dedicated helping hand within a project.
You are in the lucky situation of having a promissing business proposal on your desk – let me give you a collaborative second opinion on that.
Maybe your angel investor activities are not your main daily occupancy. Let me do the first screen of the figures for you and lets discuss next steps.