This interview was originally published on Fortune.com on January 20, 2023 and was conducted by Sheryl Estrada on behalf of CFO Daily. Read the full newsletter here. Good morning, The use of tech software in everyday finance tasks is growing. So, how will it advance this year? Christina Melas-Kyriazi is a partner at Bain Capital…
Flight to quality is the strategy of the day and the funding frenzy of last year is long behind us. BCV Partner Merritt Hummer put it best in her recent Forbes article when she said, “for the venture industry, that means a reversion to revenue models that are profitable and predictable.” And last year serves as a potent reminder…
At BCV, we work closely with founders on their most difficult decisions. How aggressively should a company forward-invest? What profile of sales leader will work best? How should we position against competitors? So when we recruit, we look for people who bring new perspectives to these questions, based on their domain expertise and first-principles thinking.…
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