Thrive
NOT RIGHT NOW
We're not the right fit for you yet.
Thanks for filling that out, and for being straight about where things stand. Based on your answers we would be charging you for something that will not move the needle yet. We would rather say that now than three months into an engagement.
Nothing has been booked. If you think we read it wrong, email contact@wethrivemgmt.com and we'll look again.
WHY
Usually it comes down to one of three things.
You're earlier than $3M
We work with founder-led businesses doing $3 to $10 million. Below that, a full monthly close and a fractional CFO cost more than the decisions they improve. A good bookkeeper will get you further for less.
What you need is a tax return
We don't file returns and we don't do tax planning. We get books clean and tax-ready so your accountant can file without chasing you. If filing is the whole job, a tax accountant is who you want.
You want software, not a team
If the goal is to keep running it yourself with better tools, that's a fair answer and it isn't us. We're a team that does the work every month, not a system you log into.
DO THIS INSTEAD
What we'd do in your position.
These are free, they work without us, and they are what we would set up first for a client anyway.
1
Close the month, even roughly
A close by the 15th that is mostly right beats a perfect one in March. You can't make decisions on numbers you don't have yet.
Monthly close checklist
2
Watch cash, not profit
Profitable on paper and tight on cash is the most common way a growing business gets caught out. Thirteen weeks ahead is enough warning to do something about it.
13-week cash flow forecast
3
Learn to read your own P&L
Most founders have never been shown which four lines actually matter. It takes five minutes and it changes what you ask your bookkeeper for.
How to read your P&L in 5 minutes
LATER
Come back when this changes.
Crossing $3 million, raising money, or realising you're making calls on numbers that are six weeks old. Any one of those and it's worth another conversation.