Episode Three: Chris Crowe • Recess

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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Chapters

• 0:38 What is Recess?
• 2:07 What Chris Crowe does at Recess and his background
• 3:34 What Chris did for finance, accounting, ops, systems, etc when he came on board
• 5:50 The two major focus items for Chris needed to manage for Recess and how he tackled each
• 8:01 Why forming a strong banking relationship early on was key
• 10:08 Recess sales channels and a background on each
• 12:15 Specific metrics Chris focuses on how they look at each sales channel
• 15:55 Why a newer company needs to reassess metrics and reporting along the way as they grow
• 16:57 The supply chain overview for Recess - challenges when they started to now
• 21:49 Inventory systems Chris uses and recommends
• 24:17 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
• 26:50 Chris explains his CPG Do and Don't list