As a Founder, this may sound familiar…You've hired fantastic leaders who are experts in their function: whether it's sales, demand gen, finance, or operations, and your investors are fired up about your vision and supportive of growth targets.So to reach these goals, you've probably spent months talking through the strategic priorities and setting goals for the company...Yet:1/ Go-to-market and FP&A planning processes are disconnected2/ The teams put together static plans (aka budgets) and struggle to learn from them3/ A bigger company means priorities are drifting out of sync without strong systems in placeBy now you might even be wondering if you'll miss this year’s ARR goals…And what about next year?You need to reaccelerate your bookings growth - and soon. So you might have tried:➡️ Running a longer and more detailed planning process — it just created more busy work➡️ Formal OKR setting processes — which just led to more debate about the quality of your data➡️ Drawing clear lines for your VP+ leaders — they keep focusing on the wrong prioritiesYour next fundraise needs to happen in the next 12-24 months. You cannot afford to miss your revenue goals for another year.If this resonates, please know you're not alone.What you need is a strategic plan that will help your go-to-market, product, and finance teams operate in sync, adapt/adjust in real time, be accountable to each other, and ladder up to your investor narrative.👋 Hi, I’m Mika Kasumov and I help you do exactly this.I’ve worked for some of the most disruptive companies in the world, like Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK) and Pantheon (backed by Softbank) - accelerating their revenue growth, leading them to profitability, and re-building their leadership teams.I started Abacus & Pencil to bring these results to more startups.When you work with us, you get access to 15 years of leadership experience across finance, sales, and operations...Plus a Strategic Planning Playbook that’s been battle-tested across a dozen annual planning processes, directly leading to the creation of $2B+ of equity value.In just the past 12 months I've helped my clients achieve:📈 +20% acceleration in bookings📈 +10pt increase in gross margins📈 $26M Series B raise"Mika helped us align our org. design, resource allocation, and go-to-market motions as we focused on efficient growth." - Salman Kothari, COO @ MuxIf you’re ready to go into 2025 with a high-impact growth plan that transitions you from start-up to scale-up, drop me a message and we’ll help you map out a plan to get there.