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We read interest rates and credit markets and tell you when to pause or resume hiring, spending and fundraising. Updated every Monday, with an email the day a line is crossed.

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Decisions this role usually owns

  • • Who decides what
  • • How much compliance to take on
  • • Whether the team can take a shock

Common mistakes

  • • Governance theater
  • • Risk externalization

When conditions change

  • • When conditions say hold, add checkpoints
  • • Remove the extra controls once the readings have held for a month

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