🐄 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬

𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘴—𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬.

After working with ranchers and startups alike, I’ve noticed something:
Some of the 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐬 come from people in boots, not boardrooms.
Here’s what founders can take away:

🔁 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰 ≠ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭
Just like it takes 9 months to go from embryo to calf, your revenue might lag way behind your expenses.
👉 Watch your cash, not just your P&L.
A 13-week cash flow model is your early warning system.

🌱 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡
You can implant the best embryos, but if the timing or environment is wrong—no calves.
👉 Same with your team and product.
More spending ≠ more results. Context matters.

🎯 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬
Ranchers plan years ahead: breeding cycles, land use, genetics.
But they also track weekly feed costs.
👉 Great founders do both.

Discipline today enables bold moves tomorrow.
Finance isn’t just about counting—it’s about understanding how things grow.
If your business is scaling, but your margins aren’t—let’s talk.
We help founders build financial systems that support long-term success without losing sight of the short term.