Day-to-day business operations, efficiency, and tools. Workflow automation, tool stack decisions, hiring timing.
You've done the math. The offer letter says $85,000. Your model says you can afford $85,000. Six months in, the number leaving your account looks nothing like that.
Every founder I've worked with eventually Googles "when should I hire a CFO." Then they Google the salary. Then they close the tab.
The Thursday before a long weekend has a particular sound to it. Everyone else is talking about lake houses and grill orders, and you're quietly doing the math on whether the business survives three days without you touching it.
Two tools built for a world that doesn't exist anymore — and the hiring arms race nobody is winning.
You'll know it when it happens. Here's how to be ready.
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