They Don't Teach You This at Harvard Business School

The one topic that every leader, and especially a startup CFO, needs to understand

Sep 16, 2024 • 

Mika Kasumov

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August 2024

Good Tactics Eat Strategy For Breakfast

You may need strategic planning — but you do not need a Strategy (with a capital S)

Aug 27, 2024 • 

Mika Kasumov

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Your Startup Does Not Need A Budget

Get a better growth outcome with strategic initiatives + financial guardrails instead

Aug 14, 2024 • 

Mika Kasumov

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Hardest C-Suite Role to Master, Easiest to Fake — Who Wants To Be a CMO?

Series: How great leaders create value outside of their function

Aug 7, 2024 • 

Mika Kasumov

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July 2024

“Growth Pains” — Three Universal Truths of Scaling Up Your Go-to-Market Engine

Observations from a workshop with forty cross-functional startup leaders

Jul 29, 2024 • 

Mika Kasumov

Why Go-to-Market and Finance Teams Struggle To Work Together — And How to Fix It

How great leaders create value outside of their function

Jul 16, 2024 • 

Mika Kasumov

Seven Fundraising Deck Mistakes and One Trick to Unlock Your Next Round

When Narrative Trumps Numbers

Jul 5, 2024 • 

Mika Kasumov

June 2024

Ask your CEO where they stand on financial engineering. If they wince — send them this.

How great leaders create value outside of their function

Jun 24, 2024 • 

Mika Kasumov

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Most CFOs think they own annual planning & budgets — but behave as if they don’t

How great leaders create value outside of their function

Jun 18, 2024 • 

Mika Kasumov

Your CFO is failing and might not even know it

How great leaders create value outside of their function

Jun 7, 2024 • 

Mika Kasumov

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Be Your Own Culture Demolition Expert

Navigating Culture Change – Part 3 (Final)

Jun 3, 2024 • 

Mika Kasumov

May 2024

Recruiting for Organizational Resilience

Navigating Culture Change – Part 2

May 28, 2024 • 

Mika Kasumov

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