1391 Succeeding as a Founder with Pilots Gillian OBrien
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In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with Founder in Residence of Pilot, Gillian O\'Brien.
Pilot operates the entire financial needs from start-ups to growing businesses. They offer solutions from finance to tax and high-level CFO services. According to Gillian, they take away the headache of hiring an entire financial firm to handle the numbers in business. Since entrepreneurs with at least three companies founded Pilot, they know what business owners need and the problems they want to solve -- they\'re incredibly founder-friendly and aim to help business owners succeed.
Key points from the Episode:
- What does it mean to be a Founder in Residences?
- What makes Pilot different from financial firms?
- Addressing Founder mistakes to avoid
- Overcoming the fear of mistakes in business
- The effect of imposter syndrome as a Founder
- Do Founders get paid? Yes or No?
About Gillian O\\u2019Brien: She\'s currently Founder in Residence at Pilot.com
Pilot offers the best bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for growing businesses.
As Founder of Residence, she works with founders and accelerators to scale up startup programs, among other initiatives.
Some topics she\'s passionate about: entrepreneurship, startups, company and culture building, people management, hiring, career building, relationships, and mental health - including managing OCD at work.
About Pilot: Pilot\'s leading team of US-based experts, supported by elegant software, delivers world-class bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services trusted by growing businesses like yours. Pilot focus on your finances so you can focus on your business. Choosing to work with Pilot means you get a team of finance experts who take the work off your plate\\u2013so you can focus on your business.
Pilot has received nearly $150 million in Series A, B, and C funding from Sequoia, Index Ventures, Stripe, Bezos Expeditions (Jeff Bezos\' investment firm), and Whale Rock. A broad list of world-class entrepreneurs, including Patrick and John Collison, Drew Houston, and Diane Greene, are among their investors.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillian-obrien/
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https://www.gillianroseobrien.com
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