The startup finance 101 guide for first-time founders | Habi CFO Marcos Kantt

In this episode, Justin interviews Marcos Kantt. He's the CFO at Habi, a property tech startup backed by investors like Inspired Capital. Topics covered:
- How Marcos became a startup CFOAdvice he has for operators who aspire to be startup CFOs
- What he wishes he would have known before your first-time CFO role
- What his experience told him about what separates great CFOs from good ones
- 2-3 tactical things CFOs listening can do to improve
- Finance advice for non-finance founders
- How founders should consider building the finance function from the seed stage to Series D/IPO. What changes with each new stage?
- How founders run better board meetings and what their objectives should be
- The key to writing effective investor updates?
- Actionable advice for founders encountering the fundraising process for the first time
- Best practices for metrics reporting at a startup and what vanity metrics he recommends avoiding
- How founders should interact with their CFOs to make the most of the partnership
- The keys to a good CEO-CFO relationship
Links:
- Connect with Marcos: ⁠⁠ / marcos-kantt-96936269
- Habi: ⁠⁠habi.co/⁠⁠⁠⁠#startups
⁠ ⁠⁠#founders⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#technology⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#cfo⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠#interview⁠