Filiberto Secchi · Venezia

The chaos is the point.

I run finance, operations and people for founders and small companies. Either an ongoing fractional retainer, or a short sprint to fix one specific thing. Fifteen years of it, four countries, most recently at GitStart.

Why a COFO?

CEO thinks the CFO has it. CFO thinks the COO has it. COO thinks the CEO has it. Nobody owns the bridge. Decisions that should take one conversation take three meetings.

A COFO owns that bridge. Finance and operations as one job, run by one person close enough to the founder to decide in the room. Faster and cheaper than two senior hires.

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How I work

Fractional retainer. One or two days a week, inside the company, owning finance and operations. A few months to a year.

Ops / finance sprint. A defined block of work with one outcome. Cleaning up the books before a raise, designing comp bands, untangling a billing migration.

Easiest way to start: send a short email about what's actually on fire.

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