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How to start an agency according to 8 successful founders
How your AI startup’s legal strategy can help secure enterprise customers
How to manage business expenses like a CFO
How to grow revenue—a business owner’s cheat sheet
The 6 small business metrics that matter and how to use them
How Barbara Stephenson scaled 300FeetOut by fixing operations
The most-used AI tools according to 2,500 companies
How former freelancer Rebecca built all the ops at the agency Beam
How Todd has kept the web agency Four Kitchens thriving for 19 years
From Incorporation to Operations: The 90-Day Pilot Playbook
How to Win Early Stage Health Tech Rounds
How to calculate your agency's profits
Raising in 2025: What Venture Trends in 2024 Mean for Life Science Founders
The Small Business Owner's Guide to Practical AI
2025 Predictions from Pilot and Carta
From Guesswork to Goldmine: End-of-Year Accounting & Cash Flow Checklist with Hopscotch
Effective Cash Management Strategies w/ Bridge Bank & Pilot
Back to School with Pilot: Annual Planning Basics
Is Venture the Right Path for You?
Actionable GTM Strategies from Index Ventures
The CEO Journey from Pre-Seed to Series F
Founders and Funders: Building with AI
Opening Keynote: Diane Greene
Demystifying Product-Market Fit with Sequoia’s Jess Lee
Metrics VCs Care About Today
How To Ace Your YC Interview
Financial Modeling 101: Your Roadmap for Profitable Growth
Unpacking Debt Financing Strategies with Pilot, Bridge Bank, and ClearCo
2024 Trends: Predictions from Pilot and Carta
Nailing Your YC Interview
Launching and Scaling a Consumer Brand with Steve O'Dell
Uncover the 3 Vital Steps to Take Before You Fundraise
Founders and Funders: AI Operating and Investing
AMA: Managing Startup Bank Balances of $1M+
Your Startup Tax Questions, Answered
4 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Annual Budget
Calling All YC Applicants!
Fundraising During a Downturn
Tips For Becoming a Successful Founder
How To Win Candidates in a Competitive Market
Compensating Your Team in a Principled Way
Effective Leadership Skills
What To Do When It’s Not Working
Take Control of Your Cash!
How To Navigate Turbulent Markets
Personal Finance for Founders
Save Time and Money by Maximizing Your Back Office Tech Stack
Pre-Accelerator Prep: Advice From YC, TechStars and ODX Alumni
Demystifying the Fundraising Process
Introducing Pilot Bookkeeping
How to get your first investor to say “yes”
How to Hire For Your Startup
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AMA on Startup Taxes
VC Fireside: From Growth to IPO with IVP
How to Choose Your Startup Tax Provider
Closing out 2021 strong: What to include in your EOY financial checklist | Watch the Webinar
Raising Your First Round
How Startups Scale: Real Life Stories from Stripe, Sequoia, and Pilot
So You Want to Build a Unicorn?
Claiming the R&D and Employee Retention Tax Credits
Pilot for eCommerce Businesses Demo
Startup Stories: How immi Is Disrupting the $42B Ramen Industry
Investor Fireside: Lindsay Lee of Authentic Ventures
Startup Stories: Lessons Learned From Winding Down Cherry
From Literally on Fire to $12M Series A: How Welcome Staged a Turnaround
Investor Fireside: Lan Xuezhao of Basis Set
Your Startup Budget: How to Get it Right
Set Your Finances Up for Success
R&D tax credit 101: Save up to $250,000
Pilot handled the finances so Jellypod could launch products
Freightr rose above a freight downturn with Pilot CFO guidance
When Continua’s COO left, their Pilot CFO took over
Fenwick ends its cash-crunch saga with a Pilot CFO
Kompliant’s founders go from idea to revenue with help from a Pilot CFO
Ladris gets better exec decision support with Pilot bookkeeping
Growth Plays gains complete trust in their financials so they can hire and grow
Element5’s CEO saves 15 hours per week thanks to their Pilot CFO
How Pilot handled the books so Optimal AI could raise $2M
Facktor Healthcare earns 20% more revenue with the same headcount
Ethos builds faster in Web3 because Pilot handles the books
A Vaccine Developer Finds a Partner in Growth
How Pilot Helped Commons Clinic Develop a Sustainable Business Model
How Outsourced CFOs Help a Pet Food Company Grow and Prosper
How a Crypto Management Platform Gets Their Books and Taxes Done Right
Saving Us Time: How Pilot Helped Bridge Focus on The Important Things
E-commerce Businesses: How Pilot Helped Sundaily Prepare for Growth
How One Viral Blog Uses Pilot to Grow Its Digital Media Conglomerate
How Pilot Helps Vertoe Confidently Operate in 16 International Markets
How Pilot Made Passage AI’s Acquisition More Seamless
How One Startup Fundraises and Wins Competitive Grants, Thanks to Pilot
After 4 Bookkeepers, One Consulting Agency Had Enough—Here’s Why They Went with Pilot
How One Founder Automates his Books with Pilot - Enabling Impressive Growth with a Lean Team
Founders & Funders: In Conversation with Sarah Ahmad & Jessica McKellar
Founders and Funders: AI with Riley Rodgers
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Entrepreneur Exclusive: Nashville
Founders and Funders: AI with Karan Goel
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Founders and Funders: AI with Harrison Chase
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Founders and Funders: AI with Nat Friedman
Founders and Funders: AI with Elad Gil
Founders and Funders: AI with Sarah Guo
YC Reunion Event - Personal Finance for Founders
Co-Working at Pilot HQ for YC S23 Batch
Founder Dinner with Pilot and Mercury
VC Fireside Chat with Chapter One
Co-Working and Pitch Prep Hosted at Pilot HQ
Pilot Hosted Networking Event at SXSW
VC AMA with Heartland Ventures
Founder Happy Hour
Brex Art Basel 2022
VC AMA SF Tech Week
Founders and Funders Dinner
Pilot's Operational Checklist: Essential Finance & HR System
H1 Mid-Year 2025 VC Market Insights
Cash Management for Startups
A Guide to Achieving Cash Flow Positivity
Guide to E-commerce Debt Financing
Turn Your Shopify Data into Actionable Insights with Pilot’s KPI Dashboard Workbook
The Comprehensive Guide to eCommerce KPIs
Pilot's Guide to Navigating an Economic Downturn
Annual Strategic Planning Guide for Startups
So You've Founded an E-Commerce Startup
The Founder Salary Report 2022
The Comprehensive Guide to Startup Finances
So You’ve Founded a Tech Startup: A Guide to Setting Up for Success
Annual Budgeting & Forecasting Checklist
The R&D Tax Credit: A Comprehensive Guide
Technology for Retail: The Systems You Need for Growth
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Chapter 2: Your cofounders
Chapter 1: Setting up your company
Introduction