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What do you do after helping grow a startup to 2,000 employees? For Jeff Erickson, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Forecastr, the answer was simple: help other founders do it better.

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From his early days at eShares (now Carta) to launching Startup Stack, Jeff has built a career on connecting people, building partnerships, and removing friction for early-stage startups. Today, he’s bringing that same mindset to Forecastr—a platform helping founders ditch clunky spreadsheets in favor of clean, customizable financial models to help inform business decisions.

In this episode, Michael Best Partner Shawn Stigler talks with Jeff about the habits that separate reactive founders from strategic leaders. They discuss how financial modeling has evolved, what investors really want to see in your numbers, and why building operational discipline early can make or break your next round of funding.

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Venture Best Spotlight Season Two Episode Four

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