#fractional-cfo

#fractional-cfo

In the high-stakes world of regulated AI, your model is only as good as the person who built it. We are betting on a human-first approach to technology.

We power over 160,000 restaurants. So you can imagine the data that sits in our platform. This data creates value for operators, allowing them to benchmark prices and identify opportunities for improvement.

I consistently hear the same thing from small business owners: they're stretched too thin-acting as CEO, CFO, and COO all at once. Many are buried in spreadsheets and day‑to‑day decisions, with little time to step back and see what's really driving the business.

Every purchase you make as an entrepreneur is an investment decision, whether it's for a one-time $500 software subscription or a $500,000 equipment lease. What differentiates the successful founders from the struggling ones is how they approach each decision. Casual spenders leak margins over time, while founders who spend consciously build sustainable, profitable businesses. The key is learning to frame everyday spending through an investor's lens.

Entrepreneurs start homebuilding or land development companies, and right off the bat, it's all about finding and putting together deals and securing capital. After all, as a client once said, 'You know, all the company management is hypothetical if we don't have deals.' From that stems find 'em and finance 'em.

The emergence of so-called "agentic AI," systems that can perform tasks independently and support decisions, plays a central role in this. Two-thirds of respondents believe that there is currently more hype surrounding agentic AI than previous technological developments. At the same time, three-quarters are still discovering how this technology can be used effectively. According to Basware CEO Jason Kurtz, the time for experimentation is over; executives expect concrete results.

Good morning. During earnings calls this week, the CFOs of big tech companies, Meta and Microsoft, delivered a similar message: the AI race requires unprecedented capital spending, but that spending is disciplined, demand-driven, and ultimately margin-accretive rather than reckless. The companies urged investors to look past headline numbers and focus instead on utilization, long-term economics, and visible revenue traction.