There’s no shortage of things that can go wrong when you’re a founder just starting up. Cashflow issues. Botched patents. That one time you literally ran out of product.

 

Few people understand this as well as Jessica Davidoff. She’s built a business around expecting these kinds of mistakes and stopping them before they happen.

 

Sprezzatura, a business and production management company, helps startups at every stage, from pre-launch ideation, to fundraising, financial planning, production pipelines and more.

 

We talked to Jessica about the strange art of starting up and how 2020 has complicated that alchemy.

 

Highlights include:

-The biggest hurdles for early-stage founders and how to avoid them

-Changing trends in entrepreneurship

-Financial planning considerations for 2020 & 2021 and how to think about runway in uncertain times

 

More on today’s episode, including a full transcript @ https://rocketplace.com/blog/podcast-the-wolf-jessica-davidoff/.

 

[Guest / Host Bios]

 

Guest: Jessica Davidoff is the CEO and Managing Partner of Sprezzatura, a business and production management company in NYC. An experienced founder and a turnaround CEO, Jessica is known by her friends and colleagues as ‘The Wolf.” If you’ve seen Pulp Fiction, you’ll know why.

 

Host: Rocketplace is a curated marketplace of high quality professional service providers. A 3x founder, investor, and board member, Louis began his tech career as a partner at Andreessen Horowitz. When he’s not working or podcasting, Louis enjoys cooking for his family. His pizza, he’d like you to know, is incredible.