Cameron Hayes

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How to Eliminate Churn for Good Before It Eats Your Growth

Killing Churn for GoodAlmost every founder finds out about churn too late. It’s usually the moment they realize…

145 Startups Raising Right Now: Stage, Sector, Geography, Decks

Most deal flow reaches you late. By the time a round lands in your inbox, it has already…

How to build a full FP&A scenario analysis with Claude

Every FP&A manager has lost a week to scenario analysis.The CEO walks in and asks what happens if…

Your Top 20 Investor Matches, Free, in 30 Seconds

The hard part of a raise is rarely the pitching. It is building the list.Weeks of Crunchbase tabs…

How to run a forensic-finance investigation with Claude Fable 5

Warren Buffett says“References to EBITDA make us shudder. Does management think the tooth fairy pays for capital expenditures?”…

Where to eat in San Francisco

Moriawase at AnThere’s actually a tradition of economics bloggers giving recommendations about where (and how) to eat out.…

The Endgame Of Vertical Integration🤖, VC Fund Performance💰, The Frontier AI Price Wars Continue💸

Another week, another pulse check on Tech.From top insights and reports to new funds, VC jobs, resources, and…

Most Founders Hire Their First Engineer Too Early, Too Fast and for the Wrong Reasons

Hiring Your First Engineer in 2026You just raised a $2M pre-seed round.Congratulations.Now, you’re probably about to make the…

A Founder’s Guide to the Secondary Market in 2026

A “secondary” is the sale of shares that already exist. A founder or an early employee sells stock…

How I built a multi-entity FX consolidation with Claude Opus 5

Readers keep challenging us to give Claude something genuinely hard.Not a variance commentary. Not a board deck. Something…

Claude Masterclass for CFOs (LIVE)

We are hosting a private Claude Masterclass for CFOs on Thursday, August 13, at 11:00 AM ET.This is…

CFOs are being asked one question about AI they can't answer

Your board has stopped asking whether you’re using AI.They’ve started asking what it returned.And most CFOs can’t answer…

How to use Claude safely as a CFO

I spoke to a CFO who asked me whether Claude was safe for her data.Right question, wrong place.Because…

Claude Masterclass for CFOs starts tomorrow (LIVE)

We are hosting a private Claude Masterclass for CFOs on Thursday, August 13, at 11:00 AM ET.This is…

The Ultimate Founder + AI Resources Bundle

You have been asking for this for months.Until now you had to pick one. The VC Corner or…