Founder questions on services and advisory, answered clearly.

Choose Fractional CFO services if you need hands-on execution across reporting, forecasting, runway, fundraising readiness, and finance operations. Choose advisory support if you need structured guidance, mentoring, and decision coaching without a full execution mandate.

Yes. Many teams move between execution-heavy and guidance-heavy support as stage, team capability, and transaction pressure change.

No. We work with founders from pre-seed and early revenue through scale-stage teams that need stronger finance leadership and execution.

Yes. Many engagements start with just the founder and leadership team, then expand into wider finance operations as you scale.

Yes. Advisory support is built for founders, FDs, Financial Controllers, and Finance Managers who want stronger judgment, communication, and leadership progression.

Yes. You can start with a focused sprint: model rebuild, reporting reset, fundraising readiness, or cashflow and runway planning.

Usually quickly. We start with a discovery call, complete onboarding checks, and can typically begin work in 1 to 3 days.

Access to core finance data and tools, your latest model and reporting, current priorities, and key leadership decision points.

A typical cadence includes monthly reporting, forecast updates, priority decision support, and leadership alignment on cash and runway.

Usually 60 to 90 minutes per week in the first phase, then a lighter rhythm once systems, cadence, and ownership are in place.

Both. Most delivery is remote, with in-person sessions available when useful for board prep, planning workshops, or key milestones.

Yes. We support model quality, deck and narrative feedback, data room structure, investor Q&A readiness, and valuation and dilution scenarios.

Yes. We help choose and implement the right stack across accounting, billing, expenses, and KPI reporting, then embed workable processes.

Ongoing support can start at one day per month and scale with transaction activity, team growth, and operating complexity.

No. Engagements are flexible and can be ended with 15 days notice.

Usually either a monthly partnership retainer or fixed project scope. We confirm the right structure after discovery based on priorities, delivery pace, and expected outcomes.