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We ran out of runway with no warning signs

We had what we thought was twelve months of runway. The CFO had been hiding a payroll miscalculation for two quarters. Real number was three months. We told the team on a Thursday. By Monday, half had already lined up interviews. I learned more about cash flow in those eight weeks than in the four years before.
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