Inside The Mentoring Round, Calendly CFO John McCauley advises startups to prioritize building their product and achieving market fit before heavily investing in a finance organization. He believes that early-stage startups should focus on creating and selling their product, as this is more crucial to their immediate success. He expresses a preference for entering companies where the finance organization lacks maturity, providing him the opportunity to develop and mature the finance function from its foundational elements.
