How to find your first finance hire

How to find your first finance hire

Bobby Pinero | | 2 min read

Anecdotes and customer conversations no longer tell the entirety of your business story. You need help! It’s finally time to hire your first finance person. (Don’t know when that is? Start here.) Yo…

The hardest leap to make as a scaling finance leader

The hardest leap to make as a scaling finance leader

Bobby Pinero | | 3 min read

I’m consistently asked how I scaled effectively as the finance leader at Intercom from less than $1M to $150M+ ARR. The truth is I didn’t. In the last few years of my 7.5 year journey, there was one…

Three mindset changes that helped me as an analyst

Three mindset changes that helped me as an analyst

Bobby Pinero | | 2 min read

“To succeed on your own, you’ll need to drop the passive mindset you learned in school and adopt an active one instead. School taught you that learning came from sit-down-and-listen consumption. The…

When to make your first finance hire

When to make your first finance hire

Bobby Pinero | | 2 min read

Ask CEOs, founders, and investors when a startup should hire its first full time finance person and you get a variety of answers. Some say to do so right after you’ve raised your seed. After all, the…

The only question that matters when interviewing analysts

The only question that matters when interviewing analysts

Bobby Pinero | | 2 min read

Over the last decade I’ve hired for 50+ analytical roles, and interviewed countless hundreds of candidates. I’ve tried giving take-home tests. I’ve tried in-person case studies. I’ve tried gimmicky…

The dangerous analyst

The dangerous analyst

Bobby Pinero | | 2 min read

Every pre canned report and every email to a fellow analyst or engineer requesting data says the same thing. “SPOON-FEED ME DATA PLEASE!” A friend and former colleague summarized it best while discu…

Every analyst is a finance analyst

Every analyst is a finance analyst

Bobby Pinero | | 3 min read

The world for analysts is changing. Unlike ever before, every interaction with a customer is at their fingertips. Only a decade ago, marketing took place primarily at events, on television, on radio,…