Thoughts · 9 essays

My argument for
building it now.

My essays on what AI actually changes in finance and business — less about the risk, more about the range of things a small, well-run company can suddenly do. Written from the seat between the founder and the numbers.

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JUNE 2026

The Fractional Manifesto.

A simple rule for the AI era — humans where they’re seen, AI where they’re not — and the fractional model that follows from it.

6 min

Faster numbers beat smarter analysis.

The CFO’s most underrated job is shortening the time between the event and the number that describes it.

4 min

Your books aren’t broken. Your reporting cadence is.

If your QuickBooks is clean and you still can’t run on the numbers, the gap is between books and decisions — not in the books themselves.

4 min

When does a startup actually need a CFO?

Concrete trigger conditions, and the equally important question of when not to hire one yet.

5 min

What software gets wrong about finance.

Accounting software was built for accountants. Finance software has barely been built at all.

5 min

Enough reading

Bring me the version of this that’s actually your company.