The first operator - the case for 'finance and analytics'
Prior to joining Intercom, my background was in finance. I’d worked in FP&A at a large company (IBM) and then FP&A again within a smaller 150 person startup.
The less lonely finance leader
Talk to many early stage finance folks and you’ll hear a similar refrain: it’s a lonely role. We’re often brought in to clean things up. We put in controls around
The curious analyst
Curiosity is one of the most important characteristics that distinguish great analysts. And, unlike sql, python or any other technical skill, we’re quick to dismiss curiosity as something that can’t be
Who are analysts, technically?
Two posts in the analytics community have been bouncing around in my head for the past few weeks. They hit on something important. First was Benn Stancil’s “Analytics is at a crossroads”
Finance and describing product-market fit
We’re all familiar with the concept of product-market fit. It’s the goal of any startup: that elusive moment in which the product clicks perfectly with the market and things take off.