I sat in the back row of our $30 million investor pitch, watching Derek present my audit findings as a “cute little cautionary tale.” I whispered, “I’m sorry, are we pretending numbers don’t mean…
I said it under my breath, but the whole boardroom heard it. “I’m sorry, are we pretending numbers don’t mean things now? ” The CEO, Derek, paused mid-sentence and looked directly at me. We were in the middle of a $30 million pitch to series D investors, and he had just referred to my audit … Read more