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


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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/laurenepearl/

    Daily CFO newsletter: https://www.laurenpearlconsulting.com/newsletter

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