A Day In The Life Of A Cofounder At Unconventional Ventures
For Aaron, a fractional CFO's day is characterized by tackling "new problems, but encountered the same way," involving constant communication and a variety of tasks ranging from training teams on new systems to building financial models. The work also extends to educating founders and producing content, both "free and paid," showcasing their multifaceted role in supporting entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship, Finance, Leadership, Communication, Problem-Solving
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Aaron Chavez
Cofounder/CEO/CFO
Unconventional Ventures
Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey | Barrett
Finance
Consulting & Related Professional Services
Business Strategy
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Took Out Loans, Greek Life Member, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Involves a variety of communication methods (emails, calls, Slack, WhatsApp, texts) to address daily problems and tasks.
2. Can range from intensive team training on new systems to building financial models and creating social media content.
3. Focuses on educating and assisting founders, building personal businesses, and generating both free and paid content to support entrepreneurship.
Transcript
What does the day in the life of a fractional CFO look like?
A day in the life involves new problems, but they are encountered in the same way. It's emails, phone calls, Slack messages, and WhatsApps, and texts with the problems or work of the day.
Some days I spend seven hours training a team on a brand new system. Other days, like later today, I'll be building a financial model for one of the companies I co-founded. On other days, I'm literally sitting there doing social media content.
Before this interview, I recorded two YouTube videos that will be posted over the next couple of weeks. My day is very much a series of educating and helping founders, building my own businesses, and producing content, both free and paid, to help more people learn how to do this whole entrepreneurship thing.