Episode Three: Chris Crowe • Recess

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In episode three, Accountfully's Managing Partner, Brad Ebenhoeh sits down with Recess Head of Finance and Administration, Chris Crowe. Chris runs all things finance and administrative at Recess; a hemp-infused sparkling water with adaptogens. He joined Recess in June of 2019 as one of the early employees. Prior to Recess, he worked for Procter & Gamble and also worked in the wine industry, at Heineken, and for five different startups. With his background in both beverage companies and startups, he was a natural fit for Recess.
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1. Episode Three: Chris Crowe • Recess (00:00:00)

2. What is Recess? (00:00:38)

3. What Chris Crowe does at Recess and his background (00:02:07)

4. What Chris did for finance, accounting, ops, systems, etc when he came on board (00:03:34)

5. The two major focus items for Chris needed to manage for Recess and how he tackled each (00:05:50)

6. Why forming a strong banking relationship early on was key (00:08:01)

7. Recess sales channels and a background on each (00:10:08)

8. Specific metrics Chris focuses on how they look at each sales channel (00:12:15)

9. Why a newer company needs to reassess metrics and reporting along the way as they grow (00:15:55)

10. The supply chain overview for Recess - challenges when they started to now (00:16:57)

11. Inventory systems Chris uses and recommends (00:21:49)

12. Brad explains what the biggest resource for small ($1-3m) businesses is and what they often don't know about that can help manage that resource (00:24:17)

13. Chris explains his CPG Do and Don't list (00:26:50)