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Startup operations

Startup operations covers the unglamorous parts founders and COOs actually deal with, hiring, finance ops, legal, fundraising mechanics, and the runbooks that get a Series-A company to Series-B alive.Hiring, finance ops, legal, fundraising mechanics. The Series-A-to-B runbook.

ACTIVE SOURCE-ORIGINS

Substack · Podcasts · Twitter / X

AVERAGE CARDS PER WRAP

2–4 on a normal week

TYPICAL READERS

Founders, COOs, fractional CFOs, GCs

A REAL CARD FROM THIS NICHE

STARTUP OPSSUBSTACK CHATTER

What happened

A widely-shared finance-ops essay from a Series-B CFO walked through their first 12-month close process, including the three retros they ran with the audit team.

Why it matters for you

You said you're hiring a first finance lead. The post is the cleanest public protocol for what a Series-A-to-B finance-ops handoff actually looks like.

What to watch next

Two fractional CFOs said they'd publish their counter-examples this week.

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From the wrap of 4 May 2026. Members read this on Monday at 07:00 local.

What we cover

What this niche includes, and what it doesn't.

INCLUDES

Hiring-loop and offer-process retros

Finance-ops essays (close, headcount planning)

Legal milestones (D&O, IP, vesting)

Fundraising-mechanics essays (SAFEs, priced rounds)

COO-craft and founder-ops content

DOESN'T INCLUDE

Generic productivity content

Tool-launch announcements without context

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