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Ep. 67: Scaling for rapid growth & hiring for decision-making vs execution w/ Julian Rowlands, VP Finance at Spruce
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内容由Shubham Datta提供。所有播客内容(包括剧集、图形和播客描述)均由 Shubham Datta 或其播客平台合作伙伴直接上传和提供。如果您认为有人在未经您许可的情况下使用您的受版权保护的作品,您可以按照此处概述的流程进行操作https://zh.player.fm/legal。
Julian Rowlands, VP Finance at Spruce
I chat with Julian about:
- His career journey from a History major before going to business school at uChicago to becoming the VP Finance at Spruce.
- Spruce — what the company does and what it’s all about.
- Structuring and growing the finance function for scale at growth stage company. When Julian joined Spruce, the company was 75 employees. Since then, the company has tripled, growing to 250 folks. As the head of finance, Julian explains how he inherited the finance function and how it has evolved to accommodate this hyper growth.
- In June of 2021, Spruce raised a $60M Series C round from Bessemer, Scale Venture Partners and Zigg Capital. While Julian was at Xendit, he helped the company raise a $65M Series B round from Accel. Julian shares some of his biggest learnings going through these fundraise processes and imparts advice to folks going through fundraising rounds today.
- The biggest misconception about the finance function within growth stage tech companies like Spruce.
69集单集
Manage episode 299640778 series 1490557
内容由Shubham Datta提供。所有播客内容(包括剧集、图形和播客描述)均由 Shubham Datta 或其播客平台合作伙伴直接上传和提供。如果您认为有人在未经您许可的情况下使用您的受版权保护的作品,您可以按照此处概述的流程进行操作https://zh.player.fm/legal。
Julian Rowlands, VP Finance at Spruce
I chat with Julian about:
- His career journey from a History major before going to business school at uChicago to becoming the VP Finance at Spruce.
- Spruce — what the company does and what it’s all about.
- Structuring and growing the finance function for scale at growth stage company. When Julian joined Spruce, the company was 75 employees. Since then, the company has tripled, growing to 250 folks. As the head of finance, Julian explains how he inherited the finance function and how it has evolved to accommodate this hyper growth.
- In June of 2021, Spruce raised a $60M Series C round from Bessemer, Scale Venture Partners and Zigg Capital. While Julian was at Xendit, he helped the company raise a $65M Series B round from Accel. Julian shares some of his biggest learnings going through these fundraise processes and imparts advice to folks going through fundraising rounds today.
- The biggest misconception about the finance function within growth stage tech companies like Spruce.
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