2021 marks our 25th Anniversary!
We celebrated throughout the year by engaging in a variety of service projects and making financial contributions to 25 very meaningful non-profits.
As I reflect on this 25th anniversary, I am immediately thinking: where did the years go? A lot has happened since 1996. We started vcfo as virtual cfo, a heavily borrowed name these days, but one for which we hold the trademark. We pioneered the concept of fractional work as an alternative to an in-house team.
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— Ellen Wood
In our early days, Tivoli had just done an IPO in Austin, a remarkable event in the timeframe, making millionaires out of many Austinites and proving the investment model that Austin Ventures had been following with their investments in local tech. Tech here surged after that, only to go bust in a few years. The Austin economy diversified more broadly after that and we did as well, both in our client mix and our geographic expansion to Dallas, Denver, Houston, and Seattle.
Through the years, I have had the privilege of working with so many talented team members here at vcfo. Together we have supported more than 5,000 incredible teams of entrepreneurs. Oftentimes, these teams meet us worried that they don’t know enough about finance, but with an awareness they need help. I’ve often told them, and it is truer today than ever – thank you for coming to see us, as we wouldn’t have a job if you weren’t doing the critical work of innovation and job creation that you are doing.
I am very grateful for the opportunity I have had to build and lead this company over the past twenty-five years. Not everyone gets up every morning enjoying what they do and looking forward to more of it as I do.
I am also pleased to be able to give back to the community. This was modeled for me 26 years ago, when an entrepreneurial parent in our son’s school gave a $10,000 check from his company to support a reading program. As a PTA member working on the program, I saw how immensely impactful that gift was, and for the first time I saw a company giving money without expectation of any marketing return. He gave it because it was needed, and he could do it. That was eye opening and heavily influential to the actions of vcfo. To celebrate this milestone, we are investing in a year of giving rather than a big celebration by honoring 25 special nonprofits with our time and financial contributions.
To colleagues, clients, and friends in the market past and present, thank you for your trust and for the opportunity to work together. The individual relationships and friendships from the years are without question the best part of this anniversary.
— Ellen Wood
Co-Founder and CEO
VCFO THROUGH THE YEARS
JUST SOME OF THE NON-PROFITS WE PROUDLY SUPPORT
25 YEARS OF RELATIONSHIPS
MAKING COMPANIES STRONGER
vcfo is a professional services firm making companies stronger by bringing the wisdom and experience of senior level Finance, HR, and Recruiting executives to each client engagement. Our team of consultants guides CEOs and business owners in making strategic decisions, optimizing operations, and providing people support. Since 1996, vcfo has supported more than 5000 clients nationwide with offices in Austin, Dallas, Denver, and Houston.