This CFO Took A Bootstrapped Company To IPO. Meet John Fong.

VERY excited to introduce John Fong on today's podcast. He has over 20+ years of accounting and finance experience in mining, healthcare, tech, and talent solutions. John was the CFO of a bootstrapped company that he took public in 2020 on the Venture Exchange and later uplisted onto the TSX. In this episode we talk all about his business, parenting, and life reflections. Where You Can Find John 🟢 https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnfong/ 🟢 https://hirebooth.com/ 🟡 Track Your Net Worth with Empower https://empower.sjv.io/c/6525680/3337675/13439 🟡 20% OFF Seeking Alpha Premium - https://link.seekingalpha.com/4KHDMBC/4G6SHH/ 🟡 $50 OFF Seeking Alpha Picks - https://link.seekingalpha.com/4KHDMBC/4HKP84/ CHAPTERS 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:14 - Reflecting on Career 00:01:59 - John’s Childhood & Background 00:02:47 - Growing Up in Vancouver 00:05:08 - What Got Him Into Accounting & Finance 00:06:24 - Working For The World’s Largest Silver Company 00:10:00 - Venturing Into The Tech Industry 00:15:00 - Meeting the Founder of Numinus (Payton) 00:16:12 - Payton’s Background 00:16:53 - Waves of Opportunity 00:20:51 - Going Public on the Venture Exchange + Uplisting to TSX 00:22:48 - Rapid Growth Phase + Hiring + Operational Challenges 00:26:36 - Balancing Regulation + Operations 00:29:05 - Hitting Burnout 00:37:16 - Alice’s Parenting Reflections 00:40:11 - Parenting + Kids’ Careers 00:43:03 - Becoming A Fractional CFO 00:47:56 - Scaling An Accounting Firm 00:50:51 - Learning Sales 00:52:43 - Tips For Sales For Fractional CFOs 01:02:35 - One Tip of Personal Finance Advice 01:05:08 - How AI Will Impact Finance 01:11:45 - AI Demos 01:14:38 - Running A One Person Accounting Team with AI 01:16:57 - Labour Arbitrage with Talent Solutions 01:25:07 - What Alice Has Been Struggling With 01:27:07 - How We Feel About Investing 01:31:22 - Buying Small Businesses