What Is Working Capital: A Growth Engine or a Bottleneck?
Some financial terms intimidate even experienced managers. Working Capital is one of them, and that is unfortunate. Working Capital is one of the most influential mechanisms in a growing company. It affects not only the company’s internal order, but also its ability to deal with day-to-day challenges. In the following lines, we will explain what […]
Dollar Funding, Shekel Expenses: What a Stronger Shekel Means for Startups
As of this writing, the dollar-to-shekel exchange rate is around 1:3 – one of its lowest levels in decades. For private consumers, a weaker dollar may feel like an opportunity to order more from Amazon or shop abroad at attractive prices. But for companies that operate across both currencies, especially technology companies and startups, this […]
A Revolution on Borrowed Money: The Troubled Economics of the AI Revolution
There is something almost paradoxical about the AI revolution. On one hand, it is the most influential technology of recent years. It has already changed the way we search for information, develop software, conduct research, manage teams, create content, and much more. On the other hand, the companies driving this revolution are spending enormous sums […]
A New Era: The Day After the Funding Round And Your External CFO
There is a moment every founder aspires to reach. It is the moment when the announcement goes out to the press: the company has raised a new round. The photos are polished, investors are quoted, and the story feels almost perfect. Months of meetings, presentations, and negotiations finally come together. But anyone inside a technology […]
The AI Revolution: Financial Control in a Technologically Disrupted Environment
We see it with every client we provide financial management services to: AI is now entering כמעט every process. Development teams use it for coding and testing. Product teams analyze user data with it. Marketing teams create content and campaigns, and support teams deploy bots to handle customer inquiries. The first result is clear: productivity. […]
Israeli Financial Resilience and the Roaring Lion: How and Why Israel’s Economy Remains Strong Despite the Crises of Recent Years
There are moments when a quick glance at the headlines is enough to make it seem as if a country’s economy should be on the verge of collapse. In Israel, those moments arrive quite frequently. In just the past six years we have experienced a global pandemic, worldwide inflation, rising interest rates, political turbulence, and […]
Burn Rate and Runway: Two Numbers Every CFO Must Constantly Reflect to the CEO
It usually starts with a single number. The CFO presents the monthly burn rate, and the CEO nods. There are expenses, there is revenue, everything seems clear. But that number, important as it may be, is only half the story. The other half is runway. And that is where surprises often begin. In the following […]
Why Is It So Important to Maintain Realistic Transfer Pricing?
The moment a company operates in more than one country, it must address transfer pricing. This term describes the price at which related companies within the same business group charge one another for services, development, use of intellectual property, or sales activity. On the surface, it sounds technical. In reality, it is one of the […]
How To Write a Term Sheet in 2026?
It usually happens in a quiet moment. Not in a dramatic meeting, not with lawyers around the table. An investor sends a short email, a PDF is attached, and in a single line it says: “Let’s start with a term sheet.” For many founders and executives, this is a moment of relief. It is happening. […]
Running a Company in the United States: The Financial Obligations CEOs Discover Too Late
Opening a company in the United States is a major milestone for many Israeli companies and startups, and rightly so. The US is the most significant market in the world, one that almost every company or startup wants to be active in. Even though incorporating the company and opening a bank account are technical processes, […]