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15 years of IBD — my shitty story
Fifteen years, four countries, and more colonoscopies than I can count to get three letters: IBD. The clinical side belongs to the doctors. The life around it is mine.
Filiberto Secchi · Venezia
The chaos is the point.
I run finance, operations and people for founders and venture-backed companies. Either an ongoing fractional retainer, or a short sprint to fix one specific thing. Fifteen years of it.
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.
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 — or book a 20-min intro call.
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