How to Manage and Model Finances for an Early-Stage Startup
Properly modeling, forecasting, and managing finances can make or break an early-stage startup. On this interactive online event, Rami Essaid will share tips for startup CEOs to effectively manage finances from the seed to Series A stage. Leveraging his experience starting Finmark (a YC-backed financial modeling startup) and Distil Networks (acquired), Rami will cover topics like how (and when) to transition from external help to a full-time finance hire, how to model expenses and very early revenue plans, the best way to communicate finances to a board and VCs, and more. There will also be a long Q&A session where you can ask questions.
>>> This is an interactive, live online event. To access the event, RSVP at https://fi.co/startupwebinar/7355
>> About the Speaker: Rami Essaid
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Rami Essaid is cofounder and CEO of Finmark. He also serves as Venture Partner at IdeaFund Partners where he focuses on investing in cyber, infrastructure, and fintech companies. Rami also serves as an Extended Team Member at Ubiquity Ventures. Prior to founding Finmark, Rami was founder of Distil Networks, the global leader in bot detection and mitigation. As CEO, Rami grew Distil to over 200 employees and $25MM in revenue. With hundreds of enterprise customers and 5 global offices, Forrester named Distil Networks as a leader in the Forrester Wave: Bot Management in 2018 and 2019. Distil was acquired in 2019 by Imperva, a leader in the application security segment. Prior to that, Rami was the founder of ChitChat Communications. An alumnus of the YCombinator and TechStars accelerator programs, Rami now serves as a mentor for current participants, advising the next generation of entrepreneurs and coaching them on how to scale their businesses while continuing to provide innovative and boundary-pushing products and services.
