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Hey Eliana, thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself here Hello I'm Mariya, founder of founderfirst, a cfo practice firm netting over $2m a year and currently building tinymarigns. com for my Twitter buddies Been here for 3 weeks and grew to 600, the community is amazing So yes, we can connect!

Hi Mariya here fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst I've spent 13 years inside startups helping founders own the financial logic I've lasted: - 2 hypergrowth journeys, 4 pivots - 3 near-bankruptcies, 1 exit - 70 founders in the portfolio since I write about building, founder journey, cash, growth, the messy middle, and the conversations founders avoid until they're too expensive to ignore if you're building and posting about it on X you're welcome to connect.

Alright cool my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst I've spent 13 years inside startups helping founders own the financial logic I've lasted: - 2 hypergrowth journeys, 4 pivots - 3 near-bankruptcies, 1 exit - 70 founders in the portfolio since I write about building, founder journey, cash, growth, the messy middle, and the conversations founders avoid until they're too expensive to ignore My goal is to sprint to 10k by end of year if you're building and posting about it on X you're welcome to connect

Alright cool my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst I've spent 13 years inside startups helping founders own the financial logic I've lasted: - 2 hypergrowth journeys, 4 pivots - 3 near-bankruptcies, 1 exit - 70 founders in the portfolio since I write about building, founder journey, cash, growth, the messy middle, and the conversations founders avoid until they're too expensive to ignore My goal is to sprint to 10k by end of year if you're building and posting about it on X you're welcome to connect

Alright cool my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst if you're building and posting about it on X you're welcome to connect

Alright cool here we are: my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst I've spent 13 years inside startups helping founders own the financial logic I've lasted: - 2 hypergrowth journeys, 4 pivots - 3 near-bankruptcies, 1 exit - 70 founders in the portfolio since I write about building, founder journey, cash, growth, the messy middle, and the conversations founders avoid until they're too expensive to ignore My goal is to sprint to 10k by end of year if you're building and posting about it on X you're welcome to connect

Let's gooo my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst I've spent 13 years inside startups helping founders own the financial logic I've lasted: - 2 hypergrowth journeys, 4 pivots - 3 near-bankruptcies, 1 exit - 70 founders in the portfolio since I write about building, founder journey, cash, growth, the messy middle, and the conversations founders avoid until they're too expensive to ignore My goal is to sprint to 10k by end of year if you're building and posting about it on X you're welcome to connect.

None of those but I believe I can build some valuable connections here so here we go Hey founders, Mariya Valeva here fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst I've spent 13 years inside startups helping founders own the financial logic I've lasted: - 2 hypergrowth journeys, 4 pivots - 3 near-bankruptcies, 1 exit - 70 founders in the portfolio since I write about building, founder journey, cash, growth, the messy middle, and the conversations founders avoid until they're too expensive to ignore My goal is to sprint to 10k by end of year if you're building and posting about it on X you're welcome to connect.

ok thanks for the opportunity hey founders new on X my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst, $2M ARR fractional CFO practice for saas and service founders I've spent 13 years inside startups not advising from the outside but owning the financial logic behind what happened next 2 hypergrowth journeys. 4 pivots. 3 near-bankruptcies. 1 exit. 70 founders in the portfolio since. glad to connect with founders.

ok thanks for the opportunity Mathieu hey founders new on X my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst, $2M ARR fractional CFO practice for saas and service founders I've spent 13 years inside startups not advising from the outside but owning the financial logic behind what happened next 2 hypergrowth journeys. 4 pivots. 3 near-bankruptcies. 1 exit. 70 founders in the portfolio since. glad to connect with founders.

Hi, Not a indiehacker but my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst I've spent 13 years inside startups helping founders own the financial logic I've lasted: - 2 hypergrowth journeys, 4 pivots - 3 near-bankruptcies, 1 exit - 70 founders in the portfolio since I write about building, founder journey, cash, growth, the messy middle, and the conversations founders avoid until they're too expensive to ignore My goal is to sprint to 10k by end of year if you're building and posting about it on X you're welcome to connect.

GM my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst I've spent 13 years inside startups helping founders own the financial logic I've lasted: - 2 hypergrowth journeys, 4 pivots - 3 near-bankruptcies, 1 exit - 70 founders in the portfolio since I write about building, founder journey, cash, growth, the messy middle, and the conversations founders avoid until they're too expensive to ignore My goal is to sprint to 10k by end of year if you're building and posting about it on X you're welcome to connect. Tinymargins.com

Hi everyone, my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst I've spent 13 years inside startups helping founders own the financial logic I've lasted: - 2 hypergrowth journeys, 4 pivots - 3 near-bankruptcies, 1 exit - 70 founders in the portfolio since I write about building, founder journey, cash, growth, the messy middle, and the conversations founders avoid until they're too expensive to ignore My goal is to sprint to 10k by end of year if you're building and posting about it on X you're welcome to connect.

ok thanks for the opportunity Dragan i'm new on X my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst, $2M ARR fractional CFO practice for saas and service founders I've spent 13 years inside startups not advising from the outside but owning the financial logic behind what happened next 2 hypergrowth journeys. 4 pivots. 3 near-bankruptcies. 1 exit. 70 founders in the portfolio since. glad to connect with founders.

I'm honestly blown away - 150 followers in 24 hours - 200 in 2 days I've been on X for less than a week and the support and community here has already exceeded every expectation thank you, genuinely for those just finding me: I'm Mariya, fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst I write about the things founders feel but rarely say out loud: cash, growth, the messy middle, and the conversations that feel too expensive to have until they're too expensive to avoid here's what to expect from this account: - the financial truth behind scaling - real stories from 13 years in founder rooms - the operator lens most finance people don't have - no fluff, no performance, just what I actually see I have been documenting in detail most of my stuff here, feel free to indulge in my weekly newsletter: tinymargins. com if you're building something real, you're in the right place glad you're here.

I started posting on X 3 days ago since then: - added 50 new follows - learned that tweeting alone isn't enough - built a daily Twitter activity routine but who am I? my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst I've spent 13 years inside startups helping founders own the financial logic I've lasted: - 2 hypergrowth journeys, 4 pivots - 3 near-bankruptcies, 1 exit - 70 founders in the portfolio since I write about building, founder journey, cash, growth, the messy middle, and the conversations founders avoid until they're too expensive to ignore My goal is to sprint to 10k by end of year if you're building and posting about it on X you're welcome to connect.

Hi Mariya here fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst I've spent 13 years inside startups helping founders own the financial logic I've lasted: - 2 hypergrowth journeys, 4 pivots - 3 near-bankruptcies, 1 exit - 70 founders in the portfolio since I write about building, founder journey, cash, growth, the messy middle, and the conversations founders avoid until they're too expensive to ignore if you're building and posting about it on X you're welcome to connect.

hey founders new on X my name is Mariya fractional CFO and founder of FounderFirst, $2M ARR fractional CFO practice for saas and service founders I've spent 13 years inside startups not advising from the outside but owning the financial logic behind what happened next 2 hypergrowth journeys. 4 pivots. 3 near-bankruptcies. 1 exit. 70 founders in the portfolio since. glad to connect with founders.

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