Startup Life Show With Ande Lyons

Our guest, Olga Bashkatova, left the stable world of corporate accounting and boarded the startup roller coaster ride by working at startup companies - 5 of them in 7 years. She found the work inspirational and educational and quickly learned she could never return to her former career as a corporate CPA. As the last startup she worked at filed for bankruptcy, Olga decided to launch her own business - NextStage Advisory - where she provides affordable outsourced CFO services to startups.Olga’s typical clients are VC-backed Seed or Series A startups looking to clean up historical financials, establish a stable, monthly financial process, produce GAAP financial statements and reports, pass an audit, implement financial software, manage an outsourced payroll and benefits company… and hire/train an internal accounting team. In addition, she makes sure her clients maximize their valuations by focusing on revenue growth while cutting expenses, automating manual processes, and developing more mature operations.Do I