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Turn the round into a plan. Keep the board’s trust.
A practical guide and workbook for finance leaders. Model runway under three scenarios, release spending in stages tied to milestones, and leave with seven board metrics defined and a plan for your first 90 days.
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What you'll learn
From closing the round to deploying it
The guide runs nine short chapters. Here is what you walk away able to do, from the first 30 days to a board pack built on the new metrics.
01
Set the structure first
Work through a 30-day calendar counted from the day the wire lands: confirm funds and bank structure, list financing obligations, publish a delegation of authority, and review insurance and valuation. Check in week one for agreements that start reporting deadlines from the closing date.
02
Plan runway, stage the spend
Calculate runway as cash balance divided by net monthly burn under conservative, base, and aggressive scenarios. Release spending in three tranches, each tied to a milestone. Then write a one-page business case with kill criteria for every big bet.
03
Guard payroll and cash
Use a requisition that carries its own justification and price every hire at fully loaded cost. Know the $250,000 deposit insurance limit, write a one-page investment policy, and forecast cash weekly for the next 13 weeks.
04
Report with confidence
Shorten the close so flash results reach the CEO on day 6. Define seven board metrics once, run a 90-minute meeting with decisions on the first page, and know your levers, from pausing requisitions to restructuring, for when a quarter goes wrong.
INSIDE THE E-BOOK
Nine chapters, from the first checklist to a quarter that misses
The First 90 Days
The checklist that comes before the spending, with a 30-day calendar counted from the day the wire lands.
Reset the Plan and Deploy With Discipline
Runway under three scenarios, a revenue plan built backward from the milestone, and spending released in three tranches.
Build a Business Case for Each Big Bet
A one-page case for each bet, kill criteria written before the money moves, and a tracker reviewed monthly.
Hiring and Compensation After the Round
Requisitions that carry their own justification, compensation bands, and the fully loaded cost of every hire.
Protect the Cash
Deposit insurance limits, a one-page investment policy, and a weekly 13-week cash forecast.
Build the Finance Engine
A standardized close calendar, the systems behind it, and the team that supports a bigger company.
The Metrics Your Board Will Ask For
Seven metrics with formulas and the common misread for each, calculated the same way every month.
Running the Board Relationship
A sample 90-minute agenda, a pack people read before they arrive, and an early warning habit.
When a Quarter Goes Wrong
Tripwires, levers ranked by speed and reversibility, and how to reforecast honestly.
The round gives you runway. The first 90 days decide how far it goes.
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Who's behind it
Written by a three-time CFO
Christina Ross has been CFO three times, at companies from high-growth startups to global enterprises. This e-book comes out of a conversation she has had dozens of times, with controllers who were excellent at their jobs and still not ready for hers.
It ends where Cube starts. When 60 to 80 percent of a finance team's capacity goes to reconciliation, the strategic work never gets a calendar slot. Cube's four FP&Agents work on a single governed data layer, so the hours the close used to take go to the judgment only you can supply.
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