The Backbone: a journey inside finance at a startup

Ep. 35: Getting Dirt Underneath Your Fingers as an Operator with Tom Finn, VP Finance at Solstice

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Tom Finn, VP Finance at Solstice

On this episode of The Backbone, I chat with Tom about:

  1. His 20+ year journey within tech and finance from Ireland.
  2. Solstice — what the company does and what is it all about.
  3. What it means for an operator to get dirt underneath their fingers. 
  4. The contrasting priorities of your first 100 days as a finance leader varies from an early stage company, where you are setting up the finance function for the first time to a growth stage company, where you are inheriting a finance function.
  5. The importance of the finance function within a high growth technology company?

    6. We close things off with a quickfire round:

    • Your go to online resource for all things startup finance related
    • Your favourite productivity hack
    • Tech jargon that makes you cringe
    • The best advise you’ve received
    • One thing you don’t leave the office before finishing
      • ...more
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