Building in the Wild

🎙️ How We’re Building a Profitable Accounting Firm Without Burning Out | Building in the Wild – S3E2

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🚀 Lessons from a Year of Growth: Building a Firm in the Wild

📢 What happens when you build a firm from the ground up—live, in public? In this episode, we reflect on a full year of rapid growth, team e…

Key Takeaways:

1. Initial Inspiration: Chelsea's experience at UTEP, dealing with technological gaps, motivated her to create FundMiner.
2. Market Validation: She validated the market need through her networ…

Transforming Venture Capital: The Sweater Ventures Journey with COO Emma Clark

In this in-depth conversation, Emma Clark, COO of Sweater Ventures, shares her journey from a background in FinTech and h…

S02:03 - Founder Navigating Pivots, Fires, and Apricots.

This is a story about Founder vision and why it's imperative to stay aligned with your ethos, vision, and values. We dive into an exploration o…

Understanding Venture Debt with Brian Parks of Bigfoot Capital

This episode features a detailed conversation with Brian Parks, the founder of Bigfoot Capital, a company providing a different capital o…

In this episode, hosts Stacey and Roman discuss the progress of the second season of 'Building in the Wild' in 2024, reflecting on internal growth, frequent changes, and constant evolution in their o…

Startup vs Corporate: Comparing Work Experiences and Evaluating Opportunities

In this discussion, Stacey Feldman and Roman Villard explore the differences between working in a startup and a larger cor…

QuickBooks Connect Conference: Recap and Key Takeaways

In this episode, hosts Stacey Feldman and Roman Villard share their experiences and key takeaways from QuickBooks Connect conference in Las Vegas…

In this episode of Building in the Wild, Roman Villard and Stacey Feldman chat about budgeting and year-end planning for business owners. Where do you start with budgeting? How do you think about bui…

In this episode of Building in the Wild, Roman Villard and Stacey Feldman chat about 2024. How do we plan on evaluating new technology? What will go forward hiring look like? How do we plan to get fu…

In this episode of Building in the Wild, Roman Villard and Stacey Feldman chat about all things startup accounting and finance, from day 1. Where should you start to look to set up your financial inf…

In this episode of Building in the Wild, Roman Villard and Stacey Feldman chat about all things community. Why is building a community so important? How and where do you get started? What are formal …

S01:E07 In this episode of Building in the Wild, Roman Villard and Stacey Feldman chat about startup financial data and metrics. What are the key issues that we see for seed stage SaaS companies? How…

In this episode of Building in the Wild, Roman Villard and Stacey Feldman chat about sales and marketing. How did we start building a sales environment? What were some of the key pricing consideratio…

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In this episode of Building in the Wild, Roman Villard and Stacey Feldman chat about hiring. The planning, the strategy, and the fear in bringing on new employees. Why are your first several e…

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In this episode of Building in the Wild, Roman Villard and Stacey Feldman chat about prospect problems. What issues are prospects facing when they discover and reach out to Full Send? What are…

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In this episode of Building in the Wild, Roman Villard and Stacey Feldman chat about firm culture. What was the inspiration for the firm culture at Full Send, what are the elements that make i…

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In this episode of Building in the Wild, Roman Villard and Stacey Feldman chat about firm operations at a high level, where they started, where they are today, and what comes next in the world…

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In this episode of Building in the Wild, Roman Villard and Stacey Feldman chat about their individual backgrounds, how they got into the accounting firm space, and about the mission, vision, a…