E167 - Why Financial models are essential even at early stages of a company – Lauren Pearl

Lauren Pearl is a Business Strategist and CFO Advisor who helps startup teams build data-driven businesses. The 3x founder with over 13 years of startup leadership experience now serves as CFO, advisor, and instructor for over 300 growing companies. She also runs the podcast “Growth Minded CFO” and offers a free course on financial modeling.

In this episode:

Financial models at startups Sniffing out BS at startups Storytelling as a pitchdeck  Getting startups to engage with finance  Free financial modeling course  Being a punk band roadie  Functionality of Excel 

Connect with Lauren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lau...