Practical guides on fractional CFO cost, the fractional versus full-time decision, hiring locally in Houston, and the financial priorities of different fintech business models. Written for CEOs, founders and sponsors evaluating senior finance support.
A startup fundraising CFO consultant gets your financials, model, and story ready for investors before a raise. Here is what that work actually involves, when it pays for itself, and when you do not need one yet.
Read the guide →Series B boards underwrite what the board reporting proves. Here is what a board deck needs to show, what to stop reporting, and the rhythm that keeps investors leaning in.
Read the guide →Fractional CFO fees depend on responsibilities, complexity, and level of support. This guide explains market retainer and hourly ranges and how to compare proposals on scope, deliverables, and working arrangements.
Read the guide →The choice between a fractional and full-time CFO depends on the responsibilities the business needs covered. It also depends on how continuously they must be exercised. A framework for deciding which arrangement fits the stage.
Read the guide →What fractional CFO support covers, how to evaluate candidates, and what to ask before signing. Written from Houston for local investor-backed companies.
Read the guide →Lending, payments, and software-led fintech businesses have different revenue drivers and cash requirements. CFO support should be scoped around those differences and the expertise already in the business.
Read the guide →What investors check first in your Series A model: the assumptions tab, the revenue-headcount relationship, the bridge from actuals, unit economics, and the cash math, plus a five-step pressure test.
Read the guide →Burn targets fail when they come from the finance person instead of the strategy. A milestones-first method, three tests every target must pass, and the burn multiple.
Read the guide →The first 90 days after closing a round decide whether the money buys growth or burns. A 30/60/90-day playbook: burn targets, reporting cadence, and unit economics.
Read the guide →What a bookkeeper, controller, and fractional CFO each do, when each one fits by stage, and the expensive mistake founders make hiring the wrong one.
Read the guide →Thirty minutes on the current plan, reporting and capital position.