The Backbone: a journey inside finance at a startup

Ep. 44: Striking the balance of growth and profitability as a bootstrapped company with Jessica Katz, Director of Finance at Format

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Jessica Katz, Director of Finance at Format

I chat with Jessica about:
  1. Her journey into tech and finance from EY to Wave and DHX Media before taking on her current role at Format as the Director of Finance.
  2. Format — what the company does and what is it all about.
  3. The challenges and opportunities faced as a finance leader in a 100% bootstrapped company having raised no outside capital. Including managing financial reporting when you know there are no outside stakeholders, certain metrics that she’s really keen on that a venture backed company may not be.
  4. How she balances profitability (or break even) and growth as a bootstrapped company and how she thinks about the competition that has raised a lot of venture capital funding and can afford to outspend Format.
  5. The biggest misconception about the finance function within a 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 advice you’ve received
    • One thing you don’t leave the office before finishing
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