Ep. 35: Getting Dirt Underneath Your Fingers as an Operator with Tom Finn, VP Finance at Solstice
May 01, 2019•23 min
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Episode description
Tom Finn, VP Finance at Solstice
On this episode of The Backbone, I chat with Tom about:
- His 20+ year journey within tech and finance from Ireland.
- Solstice — what the company does and what is it all about.
- What it means for an operator to get dirt underneath their fingers.
- The contrasting priorities of your first 100 days as a finance leader varies from an early stage company, where you are setting up the finance function for the first time to a growth stage company, where you are inheriting a finance function.
- The importance of the finance function within a high growth technology company?
We close things off with a quickfire round:
- Your go to online resource for all things startup finance related
- Your favourite productivity hack
- Tech jargon that makes you cringe
- The best advise you’ve received
- One thing you don’t leave the office before finishing
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