Been solving fintech problems without a finance background
Four stories from my career where I was solving fintech problems without knowing that's what I was doing.
Four stories from my career where I was solving fintech problems without knowing that's what I was doing.
A few weeks ago I spent two weeks evaluating a startup. It didn’t convert into something substantial. Company was go...
Four things I now make sure I know before committing to any early-stage business engagement. Learned the slow way.
Customer experience didn’t exist.Not talking about a bad one, there was well, none.• Reviews came in across platforms...
At one point, I was directly handling parts of the revenue process, not by design but out of necessity. We had a sal...
Most founders hire senior operators before the system is actually ready to absorb them. This post examines why founder-dependent operations don't scale through addition, what gets mistaken for scale-readiness, and what needs to change before a senior hire makes structural sense.
Chief of Staff isn't a career destination - it's a phase role, redundant by design. This post breaks down when the role is actually justified, why experienced operators feel unplaceable in startups, and what the honest exit paths look like.
A bootstrapped agency had systems, dashboards, and defined roles, yet deadlines kept slipping. This call breakdown explains why operational breakdowns at early-stage companies are almost always accountability failures, not tool or process failures.