Nine out of ten startups fail is a stat that is often wheeled out to both celebrate the companies that make it and demonstrate to would-be founders just how hard building a company can be.

Opinion
January 19, 2024
How to hire the right CFO for your scaleup
And how to avoid hiring the wrong one
5 min read
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Maria Hedengren is a venture partner at Eight Roads and former CFO at iZettle.

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