Matt Widdoes sits down with Lea Dudum, Chief Financial Officer at Elevation Advisory, to talk about the evolving roles a CFO can play in a startup in the latest episode of Growth@Scale. Lea shares insights on the strategic role of the CFO for early stage startups, and how a good CFO can foster organizational alignment on the road to sustainable growth. 

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