Proof, not promises.

Dana made our numbers fundable. She sat in diligence and answered things I couldn’t have — the round closed faster and higher than I’d modeled. The best money we spent before the raise.

We thought we were out of road. Dana found five months of runway we didn’t know we had and kept the team intact. She’s the calmest person in any cash crisis.

For the first time our board meetings were boring — in the best way. The numbers held up, and she built the in-house analyst who owns it all now. That’s the whole point of her.

Our CFO left at the worst possible moment, mid-acquisition. Dana stepped in within a week, the diligence was clean, and the deal closed on time. She held the whole thing together.

I’d been to three “fractional CFO” services that sent a junior with a senior title. Dana is the real thing — she’s done the job, multiple times, and it shows in week one.

She told me the hard truth about our burn before the board did. That conversation probably saved the company. I trust her with the numbers completely.