Department leader: "Can you sign this contract, legal approved it already" ✍🏼 Me: "What?" 🤨 Teams going around finance, whether intentionally or not, was one of the most frustrating things that used to happen as a finance leader. Who can relate? 🙋🏻‍♀️ If the contract isn't in budget and we haven't aligned on ROI... guess what... it doesn't matter if legal approved it or not.

#TBT. Just your average Sunday at Uber a decade ago... spend a few AM hours in the office talking about Black Car pricing strategy. Let your boss crash a girls brunch with bschool friends because he doesn't have other plans. Head back up to SF, do some emails, and then maybe an UberPOOL jam session at night. Almost everyone I knew at Uber worked an equivalent of one day over the weekend every weekend for a period of 2-3 years. We would often chat with coworkers leaving the office together at 9pm during the week. We had standing 10pm meetings with India and China

As a mom, finance leader, and CEO, I'm finding it a little harder today to go about a normal routine after seeing pictures and hearing stories from Nashville. While I don't have a great way to process all of this, let alone an answer to the super complex problem, it makes me even more appreciative of the amazing people I get to spend time with.

Is everyone's cash in a decent spot at this point? If so, let's shift gears to discuss strategically deploying your cash to the most impactful parts of your business. My guest for Sudozi Finance Fridays tomorrow is Sarah Keller. Sarah has spent the last 7+ years at Uber leading Technology Sourcing and Supply Chain. Prior to Uber, Sarah has worked at Workday, Facebook, and Google. (just some small startups, nbd)

Diversified cash management strategies weren't critical... until they were. The same can be said about your vendors and vendor relationships. Think about the critical pieces of software and other suppliers for your business today. Do you have a prioritized list of vendors, contact information, and backup options? What if your CRM had an outage? Or your ERP? Managing a robust vendor strategy is so much more than being able to negotiate the lowest cos

When a finance leader wants to take on a COO/GM role, here are the top areas that typically could use more experience: 📈 GTM: A robust GTM plan isn't just a bunch of numbers on a spreadsheet. You need to think about the actual messaging, assets, and customer profiles your marketing dollars are getting deployed to. Can you come up with the words for your marketing email? Can you create a design and actually launch a campaign? While you may have support, people will be looking up to your opinions and guidance! 🛠️ Product: Understand how your product gets made, either by software engineers or other manufacturing methods. It can get pretty technical, pretty quickly