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Ops & Finance for Seed Stage
1 Setting Up Your Financial Stack 2 Building a Finance Function (Before You "Need" One) 3 Cash Flow Management 4 Founder Compensation & Personal Runway 5 Burn Rate vs Growth Trade-offs 6 Unit Economics That Matter 7 Operational KPIs by Business Model 8 Pricing & Packaging Strategy 9 Pricing in an AI-First World 10 Hiring Your First Employees 11 Forecasting That Actually Drives Decisions 12 Cleaning Up Early Messes 13 Board Meetings & Reporting
Ops & Finance for Seed Stage / Hiring Your First Employees
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Hiring Your First Employees

When to hire, who to hire first, equity compensation, and common early-stage mistakes.

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