Founders often overcomplicate year-end board updates. This article explains what boards value most: clarity of performance, context behind changes, cash visibility, and a simple outlook for Q1.

The first months of the year reveal how realistic your assumptions were. Learn how early variance analysis helps you identify issues early and adjust before they grow.

Cohort analysis breaks customer performance into groups to reveal patterns that averages miss. Startups can use it to understand retention, product impact, and growth tradeoffs.