#56 First Hire Series: Finance & Accounting with William Finkelstein

William Finkelstein, 43 min listen

This lesson is an episode of Startup CPG.

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What you'll get

William Finkelstein, a finance executive at a tea company, on what a first finance hire does day to day, how to choose among a freelancer, an employee and an accounting firm, which numbers to track and common mistakes. Use it to decide whether you need a bookkeeper or a finance lead first, and what you would hand over.

Do this week

Write down what your bookkeeping covers today and three finance questions you cannot answer yet, such as true margin by product, then decide who could answer them.