The First Operator

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The First Operator, “Bobby Pinero”, is a business site on thefirstoperator.com, in English, funded by its readers through Substack; no supporter count is published.

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Latest posts

What the First Finance Hire Actually Does2025-10-24
How to Build Your First Department Budgets2025-10-14
AI and SaaS Valuations2025-10-07
Beyond ARR and NetSuite2025-10-03
What is GTM Engineering?2025-09-30
Why SaaS Funnels Break (And How to Actually Fix Them)2025-09-23
Principles for First Finance & Ops Hires2025-09-19
The Operator’s Flywheel2025-09-16

From the site's feed, read 2026-10-22.

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41 pages indexed; the pages that lead the site by its internal links:

The Best Job in Startups (that isn't founder)

https://thefirstoperator.com/p/the-best-job-in-startups-that-isnt

Who to Hire First in Finance - by Bobby Pinero

https://thefirstoperator.com/p/who-to-hire-first-in-finance

Principles for First Finance & Ops Hires

https://thefirstoperator.com/p/principles-for-first-finance-and

Burn. Growth. Valuation. - by Bobby Pinero

https://thefirstoperator.com/p/burn-growth-valuation

How to Actually Measure Your Sales Team - by Bobby Pinero

https://thefirstoperator.com/p/how-to-actually-measure-your-sales

ARR Doesn’t Need a Redefinition - by Bobby Pinero

https://thefirstoperator.com/p/arr-doesnt-need-a-redefinition?open=false

Everything I Know About Fundraising (Part 1)

https://thefirstoperator.com/p/everything-i-know-about-fundraising

The ARR Mega Table - by Bobby Pinero - The First Operator

https://thefirstoperator.com/p/the-arr-mega-table?open=false

The Case for Finance AND Analytics - by Bobby Pinero

https://thefirstoperator.com/p/the-case-for-finance-and-analytics

The easy mistake CFOs make scaling FP&A

https://thefirstoperator.com/p/the-easy-mistake-cfos-make-scaling

The ARR Mega Table - by Bobby Pinero - The First Operator

https://thefirstoperator.com/p/the-arr-mega-table

Not All Growth Is Created Equal - by Bobby Pinero

https://thefirstoperator.com/p/not-all-growth-is-created-equal

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